UNSW RNA Institute

Green light for universal COVID-19 vaccine project

25 Jan 2023

A universal vaccine that could bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic is now in development at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

$2m funds COVID research at UNSW including new RNA treatment

31 Aug 2022

Researchers will investigate treatment measures for COVID-19 infection and the aerosol transmission of SARS-COV-2.

Australia's RNA capability strengthens as UNSW RNA Institute opens

21 Mar 2022

Director of the Institute, Professor Pall Thordarson says the RNA revolution is just getting started.

He almost became a farmer in Iceland. Now, he's leading RNA development in Australia

21 Mar 2022

UNSW Sydney professor Pall Thordarson shares the chemical reaction that took him from working on a farm in Iceland to running the first RNA institute in Australia.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announcing RNA facility

UNSW academic to help establish $96m RNA pilot manufacturing facility

21 Oct 2021

It’s hoped NSW’s first RNA pilot manufacturing facility will spearhead a commercialised RNA industry in the state.

RNA technologies explained: the long and the short of it

25 Aug 2021

Beyond fighting pandemics with mRNA vaccines, there is significant potential to treat cancer, genetic and autoimmune diseases.

Pall Thordarson smiles in a white lab coat and plastic safety goggles

New UNSW institute to spearhead NSW government drive for RNA research

21 Aug 2021

The UNSW RNA Institute will position Australia as a leader in the global research effort to combat emerging vaccine-resistant viruses, such as COVID-19 variants.