The Bosch Institute Mission

The Bosch Institute is a major centre for medical research at the University of Sydney. It brings together basic and clinical research scientists to tackle major unsolved questions about the human body in health and in illness.

Our mission:

To perform high quality research into the normal functioning of the healthy human body.
To perform high quality research into the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of human diseases.
To provide outstanding training for junior scientists in the intellectual, practical and ethical aspects of biomedical research.

Latest news & events

ASM 2013: Visual Neuroscience: Modern Challenges and Australian Pioneers

Call for Abstracts - submission date EXTENDED TO 2ND JUNE CLICK here for instructions
The Bosch Institute conducts an Annual Scientific Meeting each year. This is a full day program and registration is required. This year the event, with support from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, will run over two full days and will feature more than 20 national and international speakers. Registration is now open. Read more...

Bosch Distinguished Seminar Series

The Bosch Distinguished Seminar Series comprises two "one hour" seminars which are held in May and October each year. This year the first seminar will be held on Thursday 9 May, 2013 by Professor William Stanley. The topic is "Fueling the Failing Heart: Mitochondrial Function in Heart Disease". Read more...

Roger Dampney will be leaving for Boston to present 2013 Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship in April

The Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section this year is to be given by Professor Roger Dampney. Roger will present this lecture at the Meeting of the American Physiological Society on Monday, April 22 in Boston. Read more...

Translational Drug Studies Reveal Important Nerve-To-Muscle Signalling Clues

Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which the patient's antibodies interfere with Muscle Specific Kinase (MuSK), a protein involved in making the synapse by which motor nerves control muscle. Patients become weak and can have trouble breathing and swallowing. Dr Marco Morsch from Associate Professor Bill Phillips laboratory, Bosch Institute, used a mouse model of anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis to test potentially useful treatments. Read more...

Bosch Young Investigator Retreat, Kioloa 2013

The 7th Annual Bosch Institute Young Investigator’s Retreat was held at the Kioloa ANU Coastal Campus, from the 19th-21st of February 2013. The retreat brought together 31 young researchers from laboratories of the Bosch Institute for 3 days. Read more...