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BodyLab

Produced by QIMR Berghofer, BodyLab podcast features our world leading researchers exploring the science behind having a healthy mind and body.

health & fitness life sciences

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22:57

From exploding gels to the QIMR Berghofer goose: Greg...

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2025/10/15

Get ready for a remarkable journey through nearly four decades of iron metabolism research, from ground-breaking discoveries in liver disease to unforgettable lab stories involving a gel disaster and the QIMR Berghofer resident goose. Professor Greg Anderson reflects on mentorship, scientific breakthroughs, and the vibrant culture of QIMR Berghofer. Plus, hear about why science is as much about people as it is about data. A wonderful celebration of curiosity, collaboration and the colourful h...

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27:32

The Sunscreen Scientist: How one woman and her team...

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2025/09/29

What drives a doctor to swap the wards for epidemiology, and spark a global revolution in skin cancer prevention? In this deeply human conversation, Professor Adele Green reveals how a desk in a sick bay led to one of the most significant public health breakthroughs of our time. With warmth and candour, she shares the story behind the first clinical proof that sunscreen prevents skin cancer, the power of community collaboration, and the joy of building a team that changed lives. This is scien...

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21:03

Forty years of genes and grit: Professor Georgia...

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2025/09/16

What’s it like to land in 1980s Brisbane with no email, no fax and a suitcase full of hope? From measuring heads in Charleville to rewriting the global playbook on breast cancer risk, one of Australia’s leading voices in cancer genetics shares what’s changed, what hasn’t and why science is always personal. This episode is for anyone curious about the people behind the petri dishes — and the persistence behind the publications.

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12:44

Pioneers, parasites and the remarkable...

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2025/09/02

From wartime breakthroughs to modern-day discoveries, Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras reflects on his remarkable family legacy, including his uncle Ian Mackerras, QIMR’s very first director, and his aunt Josephine Bancroft, a pioneering scientist in her own right. Together, they helped shape the future of health in Australia. It’s science, yes, but it’s also love, legacy, and the lives behind the lab coats. Colin Mackerras about his legendary aunt and uncle, Josephine Bancroft and I...

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14:10

Liver disease research legends: Professor Grant Ramm

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2025/08/19

In this special episode celebrating 80 years of QIMR Berghofer, one of the Institute’s longest-serving scientists about his early days in biochemistry, the mentors who shaped him, and the world-first research that’s changing lives. It’s funny, heartfelt, and full of science that hits close to home.

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19:37

COVID career pivots, caravan park biopsies and the...

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2025/08/05

Stories of his time as a PhD student borrowing a ute to from UQ to take blood from truckdrivers on the roadside, “Robust discussions with his colleague,” and remembering life when finding the latest published paper was a social occasion. He fondly recalls the people and the work that make us punch above our weight.

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33:21

Professor Michael Good 80th Anniversary conversation

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2025/07/23

Professor Michael Good, AO, distinguished immunologist and former director of QIMR, Berghofer, from 2000 to 2010, joins Clare Blake to celebrate eight decades of bold ideas, real science and the brilliant men and women who made it happen.

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18:24

Colon Cancer- A potential cure and what you can do to...

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2025/07/09

What if we told you a scientist set out to cure malaria… and might end up curing cancer? Join Associate Professor Michelle Wykes as she shares the remarkable story behind her game-changing discovery that could help treat common but tricky "cold cancers" like colon and triple-negative breast cancer. From jaw-dropping lab results to her surprising fibre epiphany (and love for burgers!), Michelle gets real about prevention, diet myths, and what it takes to move a promising treatment from mice to...

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20:32

Childhood brain cancer research breakthrough

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2025/03/18

It is a sickening blow when a child is diagnosed with brain cancer, and most of us know recurrence is the major concern, but less well known are the possible and permanent effects from radiation therapy. Professor Bryan Day and his team, and a collaboration from all around the world, have a likely breakthrough on both of these fronts.

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25:21

World-first clinical trial to test promising new...

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2025/02/11

Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer has limited treatment options and is commonly diagnosed in younger women, aged under 40. But a promising combination therapy could offer a new approach to target this highly aggressive and treatment-resistant type of breast cancer. QIMR Berghofer Professor Sudha Rao and Kazia Therapeutics CEO Dr John Friend share the incredible story that led to their collaboration, and a world-first clinical trial.

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17:56

Lifesaving cell therapy: Bringing hope to...

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2024/12/19

A groundbreaking new treatment is giving hope to critically ill Australians with severe viral infections. Professor Rajiv Khanna and his team at QIMR Berghofer developed a lifesaving immunotherapy helping patients who’ve run out of options. Hear the incredible stories behind this game-changing breakthrough.

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22:51

QIMR Berghofer Depression Discovery Brings Fresh Hope...

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2024/11/26

Depression is not all the same, our researchers, for the first time can diagnose a severe form of depression known as melancholia by analysing facial expressions and brain activity during different types of movies.

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16:42

Australia's population diversity may be helping to...

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2024/09/01

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found that declining melanoma rates among young Australians have been influenced by the country's increasingly diverse population and more varied skin tones.New research from Professor David Whiteman has found almost 30% of young Australians now have a low to moderate risk of melanoma because of their ancestry and darker skin tones. While public health campaigns like the "Slip! Slop! Slap!" ads of the 1980s have been credited with reducing melanoma rates, ...

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14:37

How babies can now tell us their exact brain age to...

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2024/08/22

Dr Nathan Stevenson and Dr Kartik Iyer have developed a tool to accurately pinpoint the brain age of preterm babies, helping clinicians spot neurodevelopmental delays earlier. This exciting development could lead to more effective therapeutic intervention and management, at a time when preterm babies need all the support they can get. The doctors tell us how the tool came about and the exciting possibilities of implementing into clinical care.

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14:58

The real cost of vaping

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2024/05/24

Professor Louisa Collins fears the long term effects of vaping will be more devastating than smoking.Her new research tabled in parliament estimates the high cost of addiction on our struggling health system.

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15:17

Important findings for fertility thanks to...

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2024/03/18

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21:53

The mission to eliminate a deadly parasitic worm...

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2024/01/30

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18:53

The researchers determined to find new treatments for...

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2023/12/12

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New genetic research could help prevent ‘silent thief...

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2023/08/21

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Asthma & AIP2 - the new protein designed to rest the...

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2023/06/27

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