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The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research family is today remembering Professor Peter Thompson AM, who passed away yesterday. Prof Thompson was past Deputy Director and Laboratory Head of Cardiology…
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WA joins national call to improve cancer outcomes
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Funding, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, Research Area, StatementsFast Facts Cancer is a leading cause of death by disease in adults and children in Australia More than 145,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2020 In 2020 nearly…
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Mackenzie’s Mission Applauded in Federal Parliament
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & Events, StatementsMinister for Health Greg Hunt MP speaks to the importance of initiatives such as Mackenzie's Mission in Parliament. Mackenzie's Mission, co-led by Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research geneticist Professor…
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Professor Peter Leedman recognised with Order of Australia
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & Events, StatementsProfessor Peter Leedman, Director of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, is one of the newest recipients of an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). Professor Leedman says…
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Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research increases big data analysis with DUG McCloud partnership
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & Events, StatementsWorld-class researchers working at Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research are using the high-performance computing expertise of DUG Technology under a partnership that will enable the Institute to achieve…
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Perkins researcher elected as prestigious new Fellow
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cell-To-Cell Communication, Cells, Disease Area, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Statements, Systems Biology and GenomicsProfessor Alistair Forrest from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has been selected alongside 27 new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Professor Forrest is…
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Genetic screening study begins national roll-out
By Alicia Bienkowski | Funding, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Media Releases, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research, StatementsFull-scale recruitment for a $20 million reproductive genetic carrier screening study has begun in four states and territories ahead of national expansion next year. The pilot phase of the Mackenzie’s…
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Ground-Breaking COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Starting in Australia
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & Events, StatementsA Perth clinical research company has been selected to undertake a trial of one of the first vaccines in the world to demonstrate safety and immune response against COVID-19. Linear…
