Prime Minister announces $375 million funding towards a Comprehensive Cancer Centre for WA
By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Centre News, News & Events“It’s not just about saving lives, it’s about the quality of life that you are able to have over the course of your treatment. It’s also about ensuring that all…
Perth cancer treatment centre: Scott Morrison to announce $375 million for new comprehensive treatment centre
By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Centre News, News & EventsArticle in the West Australian about Scott Morrison’s announcement of $375 million Federal funding for a Comprehensive Cancer Centre in WA. Read the article here (subscription required)
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…
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…
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…
Perkins secures biobanking grants to answer important questions in future research
By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Centre for Diabetes Research, Diabetes, Diabetes, Funding, Inspiration, Liver, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Liver Disease, News & Events, Translational OncologyThe McGowan Government recently announced that the Harry Perkins Institute will receive two of the 16 grants totalling more than $1.5 million to support Western Australian biobanks. Congratulations to both…
NHMRC funding for DEFINER to identify “the right drug for the right patient” in liver cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Cancer, Cancer, Funding, Liver, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Liver Disease, News & Events, xOncofetal EcosystemThe Harry Perkins Institute's Oncofetal Ecosystem Laboratory, established early in 2021, has received its first NHMRC Ideas Grant in the most recent grants round. This collaborative project run by the…
West Australians making a difference to cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Community, Community Events, Events, Funding, Fundraising, Inspiration, News & Events, Perkins EventsHow riders are making a difference in battle against cancer OpEd Opinion piece, page 42, The West Australian: 21 October 2021, by Professor Peter Leedman AO For the tenth year I…