Australia Day Honours for Professor Justin Yerbury
IHMRI motor neurone disease researcher Prof. Justin Yerbury was honoured on Australia Day with an Order of Australia Award.
Professor Justin Yerbury takes flight
Motor neurone disease researcher Professor Justin Yerbury will fly to Perth this week for the International Symposium on ALS/MND, after months of planning.
IHMRI researchers share in $3m MND grants
Associate Professor Lezanne Ooi has been awarded a $100,000 Benalla Act to d'feet MND Research Innovator Innovator Grant to support her project investigating ways to protect motor neurons before they start to break down in MND.
Remember life is beautiful!
A Queensland school student has traded her weekend screen time for a life lesson in philanthropy and community spirit, raising funds for the MND research of Professor Justin Yerbury.
Magnified Justin Yerbury Travel Scholarship winners announced
Recipients of the 2019 Magnified Justin Yerbury Travel Scholarships are set to attend the International Symposium on MND/ALS in Perth in December.
Genetic testing results inspire sisters to live life to the full
MND Genies Kaitlin and Jessica Ellis, and Rebecca Young, visited Professor Justin Yerbury's research team to learn more about the genetic form of motor neurone disease.
MND Awareness Week launched in the Illawarra
IHMRI helped raise awareness of motor neurone disease at the Motor Neurone Disease Association of NSW's Walk to d'Feet MND at Bulli beach on Sunday 5 May.
Go Commando boot camp raises $6,000 for MND research
UNIActive's fundraising boot camp was a great success, with almost 200 people taking part to support the research of Professor Justin Yerbury.
USA Department of Defense funds MND research
Senior Professor Mark Wilson and Professor Heath Ecroyd have been awarded the funding to identify potential new drug treatments.
Philanthropy for motor neurone disease research at IHMRI
Professor Justin Yerbury hosted a public lecture on MND research at IHMRI to thank people who have donated to his research, and also met with philanthropist John Laidlaw.