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Professor Wayne Tilley co-convenes the 15th Indo-Australian Biotechnology Conference in Adelaide
The 15th Indo-Australian Biotechnology Conference, held biennially in Australia, was hosted by the DRMCRL on 16-18 November in Adelaide.
NHMRC 2020 Ideas Grant success for DRMCRL
The DRMCRL is excited to announce we have been awarded an NHMRC Ideas Grant for funding commencing in 2020. Professor Wayne Tilley will be the PI for the project entitled “A combinatorial drug strategy to target lethal forms of breast cancer” which will address a critical unmet need by combining new treatment strategies in the most lethal forms of breast cancer.
Dr Jean Winter speaks at the 10th Functional High Throughput Technologies Australia meeting
Dr Winter was invited to present her work on “High throughput drug screening in breast and prostate cancer using an innovative cell morphology-based analytical pipeline” at the 10th Functional High Throughput Technologies Australia meeting held at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Canberra on 30-31 October.
Dr Iza Denis presents at the ESA 2019 Conference
Dr Denis was invited to present her research work at the combined Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA) and Society for Reproductive Biology Annual Meeting in Sydney, 18-21 August. Iza’s presentation entitled “Androgen Receptor: A Soloist in a Breast Cancer Symphony” was very well received.
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Daffodil Day
The Daffodil Day Appeal is Cancer Council’s most iconic and much-loved fundraising campaign. It is a day for Australians to give hope to those affected by all cancers by donating to support a cancer free future. This year, researchers at the DRMCRL volunteered in fund-raising activities across Adelaide to support the Cancer Council’s aim to raise more than $4 million for life-saving cancer research.
Mother’s Day Classic – National Breast Cancer Foundation’s (NBCF) annual fund raiser
Every single day, 50 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. University of Adelaide researchers at the DRMCRL work on research programs to improve disease outcomes by deeply understanding the role of sex hormones in tumour behaviour. Their research will be used to develop new drugs and treatments.
Dr Luke Selth – inaugural Rob Sutherland Award recipient
Dr Luke Selth from the DRMCRL was the inaugural Rob Sutherland Award recipient at\ this year’s PacRim meeting. This award, presented to an outstanding early/mid-career researcher, was the awarded by Rob Sutherland’s daughter and wife, Sarah and Cheryl Sutherland, at the PacRim Meeting Big Bash conference dinner at Seppeltsfield on last evening of the meeting.
[Read more about Dr Luke Selth – inaugural Rob Sutherland Award recipient ]
Dr Luke Selth inaugural recipient of the Rob Sutherland Award at 7th International PacRim Breast & Prostate Cancer Meeting
Congratulations to Dr Luke Selth as the recipient of the inaugural Rob Sutherland Award at this meeting. Dr Selth presented his research work on “The epigenetic and transcriptional landscape of neuroendocrine prostate cancer”.
Professor Wayne Tilley co-convenes 7th International PacRim Breast and Prostate Cancer Meeting
The PacRim Meeting series is a highly regarded think-tank meeting that focuses on breast and prostate cancer research. The 7th meeting in this series commenced on Sunday 17 March and a theme of “Breast and prostate cancer – more similar than different” with the view to leveraging similarities between these two cancers to develop new therapeutic targets and predictive biomarkers to improve disease outcomes.
Drs Theresa Hickey and Luke Selth co-present at the 7th PacRim Meeting
Dr Theresa Hickey and Dr Luke Selth jointly presented the opening address at the 7th PacRim International Breast & Prostate Cancer Meeting, Barossa Valley, SA, Australia. March 17, 2019. Opening presentation: "Breast and Prostate Cancer: more similar than different".
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