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HISTORY The institute was founded in 1915 using funds from a trust established by the family of Eliza and Walter Russell Hall . It owed its origin to the inspiration of Harry Brookes Allen . It was Australia’s first medical research institute and adopted a crest bearing the Latin inscription ''Fiat Lux'' – Let there be light. Dr Sydney Patterson was the first director, between 1920 and 1923, and was followed by Charles Kellaway (1923-1944). Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet was the institute director between 1944 and 1965, and he brought the institute to international prominence for virological research, especially Influenza , and then for immunology. Such was the nature of Sir Macfarlane’s achievement that he was awarded the Nobel Prize For Medicine in 1960 . Sir Gustav Nossal succeeded Frank Macfarlane Burnet as director in 1965 , aged 35. Under his stewardship, the Institute grew in size and scope, with its scientists making important discoveries in the control of immune system responses, Cell Cycle regulation and Malaria . Since 1996 , it has been led by Professor Suzanne Cory . CURRENT RESEARCH Currently the work of the Institute is centered on Cancer , the Immune System , Autoimmune Diseases – such as Diabetes , Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis – Malaria , Neural Development , Genetics and Drug Discovery . REFERENCE
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