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Perkins researcher awarded Raine Priming Grant

Dr Mridul Johari from the Perkins Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics Group has been awarded a prestigious Raine Priming Grant from the Raine Medical Research Foundation. Dr Johari’s project,…

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National study’s findings support genetic carrier screening for all Australian couples wanting children

A ground-breaking study into government-funded genetic carrier screening for Australian couples seeking to have children has published its main findings in the leading international journal, The New England Journal of…

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WA’s Brightest Minds Recognised through the 2024 Aspire Awards

Associate Professor Elena Juan Pardo, a researcher at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, is among ten Western Australian recipients of the Business Events Perth 2024 Aspire Awards. The…

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