Katharina Gaus

Supercharge your microscope: researchers share guide for ultra-precise 3D imaging

03 Dec 2020

UNSW Sydney researchers have shared step-by-step instructions to empower other scientists to enhance the resolution and stability of single-molecule microscopes.

Self-aligning microscope smashes limits of super-resolution microscopy

20 Apr 2020

An ultra-precise microscope that surpasses the limitations of Nobel Prize-winning super-resolution microscopy will let scientists directly measure distances between individual molecules.

Breakthrough could impact cancer, ageing and heart disease

20 Jul 2018

A team of Sydney scientists – including UNSW's Katharina Gaus – have made a groundbreaking discovery in telomere biology with implications for conditions ranging from cancer to ageing and heart disease.

Pioneering work earns UNSW researcher Iranian science award

15 Mar 2018

Biomedical researcher Katharina Gaus has been recognised for her pioneering work using super-resolution microscopes to examine how the immune system reacts to disease.

Katharina Gaus - finalist, Eureka Prize for Scientific Research

28 Jul 2017

Professor Katharina Gaus is at the forefront of deciphering T cell signalling, a critical part of the human immune system. Her research combines new super-resolution ﬂuorescence microscopes and analysis routines to reveal the decision making process of T cells.

‘Animal Farm’ immunity receptors only work in a crowd, researchers find

30 Aug 2016

UNSW scientists have discovered how human immune receptors become activated in the presence of harmful substances, paving the way for new technologies to fight against deadly diseases.

Medical research leaders elected to Academy

07 Oct 2015

Nine UNSW researchers have been elected as fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

UNSWTV: Extreme close-up on immunity

13 Mar 2015

Every second our immune cells make life or death decisions to activate or not. How do we switch these cells on? UNSW Professor Katharina Gaus investigates.

Immunity under the microscope at new Centre of Excellence

15 Oct 2014

The molecular mysteries that allow cancers, viruses and autoimmune diseases to dodge the body’s defence mechanisms will come under the microscope at a new ARC Centre of Excellence.

Four UNSW researchers win top NHMRC Excellence awards

10 Jun 2014

UNSW has won four of 20 prestigious awards given to the country’s top health and medical researchers. The haul includes a particularly strong performance by female researchers.

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