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May 24, 2024 · Our research encompasses 20+ brain and mental health conditions including anxiety, dementia, motor neurone disease, epilepsy and stroke. We investigate how the brain works, what drives behaviour, find the underlying causes of diseases, and unravel the connection between the body and the brain.
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The institute was formally established in 1971 by the Victorian Government and named in honour of Howard Florey, an Australian Laureate of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine who helped to isolate the active principle of penicillin and developed the first manufacturing process for the antibiotic.
The Florey is named to honour Professor Sir Howard Walter (Baron) Florey OM, who was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist. Born in Adelaide in 1898, he is considered to be one of our greatest scientists.
Originally named the Howard Florey Laboratories of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, The Florey was named in honour of one of Australia’s greatest scientists – Professor Sir Howard Walter (Baron) Florey OM. Born in Adelaide in 1898, Professor Florey was a pharmacologist and pathologist.
Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health. The Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health is home to Australia’s largest cohort of researchers investigating more than 20 diseases and disorders of the brain. Associate Professor Jess Nithianantharajah, Head of Department.
Aug 4, 2009 · 1 Howard Florey Institute, 2 School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany, and 4 Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Jan 1, 2013 · The original Howard Florey Institute has gradually evolved by a series of amalgamations with other neuroscience-based institutes. As well as the Howard Florey Institute, the amalgamations included the National Stroke Research Institute, the Brain Research Institute and, more recently, the Mental Health Research Institute.
