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Community Q&A: “Why are the future rock stars of research at risk of disappearing?”
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & EventsPlease join us on 6 April at 7:00PM (AWST) for the first Perkins Community Q&A for 2022: “Why are the future rock stars of research at risk of disappearing?” In…
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Why WA needs its own Peter Mac
By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Centre News, News & EventsOne of the unexpected benefits of being director of a major research institute is that, in addition to spending time with other researchers and with patients in clinic, I get…
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Next generation disease detection technology destined for Perth
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & EventsNew technology that can detect genetic diseases previously unable to be identified is coming to Perth. It is the second of its type in Australia. A Bionano Sapphyr instrument will…
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Single test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to days
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & EventsA new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and collaborators from Australia, UK and Israel, has been shown to identify a range…
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John Barrington AM takes the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research helm
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & EventsFormer Chair, The Honourable Wayne Martin AC QC steps down as Chair after three years …
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WA needs a dedicated cancer centre to improve outcomes
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer Centre News, News & EventsWA needs a dedicated cancer centre to improve outcomes OpEd Opinion piece, The West Australian: 1 March 2022, by Professor Leedman AO While COVID and preparing for its entry…
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Facing the fear that you may have a fatal disease
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & EventsHuntington disease may be rare but if you have a parent with Huntington’s you have a 50% chance of having it too. …
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Perkins Researchers Rebooting Evolution
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery, Synthetic Biology Gene TherapyThe building blocks of life-saving therapeutics could be developed in days instead of years thanks to new software that simulates evolution. Proseeker is the name of a new computational tool…
