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Since 1998, the Perkins has grown to become one of the nation's leading adult medical research centres, where a close-knit team of more than 450 research and clinical staff work together to defeat the major diseases that impact our community.
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Perkins researchers focus on some of the major diseases that affect our community. In particular we focus on cancer, diabetes, heart disease and neuromuscular diseases.
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Perkins Represented in Premiers Science Awards

By Richard Schoonraad | Antibiotic diagnostics, awards, BioDiscovery, Community, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Lungs, Media Releases, News & Events, Research

Three celebrated scientists from WA’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, have been named as finalists in the 2024 Premier’s Science Awards. Associate Professor Gina Ravenscroft, Dr Kieran Mulroney and…

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Buckle up as WA’s Premier Truck Show announces HUGE money raised for Cancer Research!

By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Community Events, Events, Funding, Fundraising, Media Releases, News & Events, Supporters

$500,000 donated to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth to drive cutting-edge cancer research! Last night the WA Mack Muster and Truck Show team and their sponsors…

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AI to help WA researchers get to the heart of Australia’s #1 killer

By Richard Schoonraad | News & Events

Transforming heart care—WA researchers secure $2.99M grant for AI-driven health digitisation WA Researchers led by Professor Girish Dwivedi from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of…

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Swim for Your Life and Make a Splash for Medical Research

By Richard Schoonraad | Community Events, Events, Media Releases, News & Events, Perkins Events

Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research announces a new fundraising challenge event to raise money to fight the world’s toughest diseases. Listen to Perkins CEO Professor Peter Leedman's interview…

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‘Smart’ Plants for Space Travel

By Richard Schoonraad | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, News & Events, Research

Researchers from Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the University of Western Australia have developed synthetic genetic circuits that can turn plant genes on or off based on the…

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Perkins pioneering research gets funding boost

By Richard Schoonraad | Funding, Media Releases, News & Events, Research

Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research is set to boost its life-changing research outcomes, thanks to generous funding from the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Enabling Scheme.…

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Perkins welcomes new Board Member

By Richard Schoonraad | Media Releases, News & Events

Lorraine Driscoll, a senior executive with extensive experience in state and local governments, associations and private enterprise, has been appointed to the Board of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical…

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Perkins researchers granted funds to advance epigenetic research

By Richard Schoonraad | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Funding, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, Research

Two researchers at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have been awarded separate grants totalling $3.6million in federal government funding to better understand and treat diseases. Perkins CEO, Prof…

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1000 walkers raise over $1.45m for women’s cancer research

By Richard Schoonraad | Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer, Disease Area, Events, Fundraising, News & Events, Ovarian Cancer

Taking steps to reduce the devastating impact of cancer on women. Fast Facts On average 69,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Australian women each year. One in two…

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Perkins is registered with the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR): Charitable Fundraising Authority No DGR CC20761

The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research recognises Australia’s first healers and scientists, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation, the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live and work, and pay respects to their elders past and present.

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