The Malaghan’s Dr Lisa Connor spoke with RNZ's Ruth Hill about the extraordinary potential of mRNA technology – from infectious disease, cancer and autoimmune diseases to rare conditions – and why New Zealand’s role is more vital than ever.

The Malaghan Institute has been awarded three Health Research Council grants, totalling $7.4M over five years, to improve cancer immunotherapies, protect vulnerable populations from measles outbreaks and investigate new therapeutic targets for eczema

Fantastic to have Johanne Jacobsen at @malaghan.bsky.social this week presenting her beautiful work on germinal centre T cells, in all their complexity.

Tama Braithwaite-Westoby explores how framing the immune system through a te ao Māori lens offers an opportunity to engage Māori communities and to better support public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

Postdoc Theresa Pankhurst is redefining leadership! As a Kia Niwha Leader Fellow, she is exploring leadership through the lens of Māori history, culture, and perspectives. “Leadership takes many forms,” she says—and she’s proving it every day 🙌 #IWD2025 @linterman.bsky.social @malaghan.bsky.social

New research from the Malaghan's Dr Kerry Hilligan in collaboration with colleagues at NIH, published in Science Immunology, is changing what we know about how our bodies fight off infections @niaidnews.bsky.social @jamiemorton.bsky.social @science.org @scinews.bsky.social @kerryhilligan.bsky.social

Had a great time presenting my poster at ASI2024 Sydney Australia! We’re studying how the lung’s cellular landscape shifts during infection and influences future infections, using high-dimensional flow cytometry to profile and characterise pulmonary cells at steady state and during infection! 🫁

Prof Kjesten Wiig has been appointed Director of the Malaghan Institute as Professor Graham Le Gros continues in a leadership capacity as Deputy Chair of the Trust Board and advisor to the new Director @grahamlegros.bsky.social

Super privileged to have been apart of this amazing tour-de-force study from @pauljbaker.bsky.social, @mayerbarber.bsky.social and team showing how inflammatory history of the 🫁 alters susceptibility to #covid19. Congrats team!! 🎉🎉