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We are excited to announce Professor Benjamin Kile, an internationally recognised and highly regarded blood cell molecular biologist, will lead Garvan as its next Executive Director.
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Breaking news! Our researchers have achieved a milestone in DNA seq with
@nanopore
tech – a read over 1 million bases long. Congrats to
@martinalexsmith
& collaborators!!
#longread
#skyisthelimit
#pushingboundaries
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Congratulations Professor
@drjosephpowell
for being awarded the prestigious 2021 Ruth Stephens Gani Medal from the
@Science_Academy
for his research in harnessing the genomic information of individual cells to drive new medical approaches. 🏅
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Congratulations to Professor Susan Clark who has been awarded the 2019 NSW Premier’s Prize for Excellence in Medical Biological Sciences for her influential contributions to epigenetics over the last 3 decades!
#PremiersPrize
#nsw
@GladysB
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Congratulations Prof Tri Phan, for securing MRFF funding to use state-of-the-art genomics to drive research into how the immune system’s response to a common virus affects our risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
@LabPhan
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The European Molecular Biology Organization (
@EMBO
) has awarded Dr Anna Cuomo a prestigious and highly competitive $156,000 post-doctoral fellowship to support her work studying the genetic basis of human diseases.
@AnnaSECuomo
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A/Prof Swarbrick was awarded a $1.24 million grant to identify and characterise new subsets of cells that make up the environment in and around a tumour, which suppress the immune system’s ability to attack breast cancer cells.
@dralexswarbrick
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Congratulations Professor Paul Timpson for receiving a grant from the US Department of Defense to explore a potential new approach to treating fibrosis in breast cancer.
@Timpson_Lab
@paultimpson7
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Garvan’s Associate Professor Thomas Cox has been awarded an
@nhmrc
Development Grant to investigate a new treatment approach for pancreatic cancer.
@thomasrcox
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Today we're celebrating the promotion of three of our senior researchers to the status of associate professor: A/Prof Cindy Ma, A/Prof Clare Stirzaker and A/Prof Elissa Deenick. What better day to congratulate three exceptional female scientists than on
#MarieCurie
's birthday?
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Congratulations Dr Kylie James for being awarded a 2021 Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant. This funding will help Kylie's research into assays that can more accurately predict colorectal cancer risk.
@KylieReneeJames
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Visionary researcher Chris Goodnow to take the helm at Garvan
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Ten Garvan researchers will share in $7.1 million in
@nhmrc
Ideas Grants to support their pioneering work in cancer, vaccine development, diabetes, and sarcopenia..
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Congratulations A/Prof Marina Pajic for being awarded an eight-year Snow Fellowship to carry out precision therapy research that aims to improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients.
@SnowMedical
#snowmedical
@DrMarinaPajic
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That something so tiny can read a human
#genome
in 48h... it blows our minds. 😮 😮
@oxfordnanopore
#longread
#realtime
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A team led by Dr Ira Deveson developed an app called ‘Genopo’ that can analyse the coronavirus genome on a smartphone in less than half an hour. This will make genomics more accessible to remote or under-resourced regions.
@nanopore
@GenTechGp
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Prof Paul Timpson and his team have discovered a new approach to ‘prime’ pancreatic cancers before chemotherapy, which may be a more effective way to treat the cancer in patients.
@Timpson_Lab
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Breaking news! So far,
#loveyoursister
's
#bigheartproject
has raised approx. $1.48m for
#cancerresearch
. Just incredible,
@loveyoursister
.
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The Hidden Genes of Professor K is
#BookOfTheDay
on
@ereadernewstoda
. The novel is inspired by Garvan. Have a read:
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Prof Susan Clark, head of Genomics & Epigenetics at Garvan, has been awarded the Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research!
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How fortunate are we to have two such outstanding leaders in Chris & John?! Today is both a sad and exciting day for us. A changing of the guard from Professor Mattick to Professor Goodnow as our new Executive Director.
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Congratulations A/Prof Alex Swarbrick, for being awarded an
@nhmrc
Investigator Grant. He aims to use cellular genomics to understand the nature and interactions of cells that make up breast cancers.
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Garvan researchers have used cellular genomics to uncover promising therapy targets for triple-negative breast cancer.
@sunnyz_wu
@dralexswarbrick
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An article in
@sciam
highlights the work from our researchers
@paultimpson7
and
@thomasrcox
as one of the best science
#gifs
of the week showing how metastatic pancreatic cancer cells (green) crawl through body tissue and spread.
@NatureComms
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Associate Professor David Croucher has been awarded a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Childhood Cancer Research Grant to lead the development of better treatment strategies for children with neuroblastoma.
@Croucher_Lab
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Whooping cough, the common cold, flu, thrush, winter vomiting bug, tetanus, Hepatitis B, Ebola and Zika fever are all represented in our
@VividSydney
Installation with
@CSIRONews
!
#BeautifulandDangerous
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This just in! We've now sequenced 20,000 whole genomes
#genomics
#DNA
#precisionmedicine
#crackingthecode
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Individually rare but collectively common: ~2M Australians are living with a rare disease, usually genetic-based. Our Rare Disease Program, led by
@jodieingles27
and A/Prof Owen Siggs, uses the latest tech to help with diagnosis and treatment.
#RareDiseaseDay
@rarediseaseday
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We’re proud to share that A/Prof Jodie Ingles
@jodieingles27
contributed her
#geneticcounselling
expertise to the new
@escardio
guidelines for managing cardiomyopathies, just published in the European Heart Journal
#EHJ
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Garvan researchers have shown how new genomic sequencing technology can reduce the 'diagnostic odyssey' experienced by people with rare neurological and neuromuscular diseases.
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Congratulations Dr David Croucher for being the recipient of the inaugural Elaine Henry NBCF Fellowship award for 2020. The award goes to the Fellow who, along with their funded work, demonstrates the greatest potential for impact in breast cancer research and as a future leader.
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Today is an important day, not only is it Monday of the long weekend, it's the beginning of
#MensHealthWeek
.
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Congratulations to five of our PhD students on receiving a
@UNSW
Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis. The recipients were 5 of 12 awards given to the Faculty of
@UNSWMedicine
and include Oliver Skinner, Etienne Farquhar, Sunny Wu, Ghamdan Al-Eryani, and Andre Martins Reis.
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Out now in Bioinformatics
@OxfordJournals
: Garvan’s
@drjosephpowell
and
@josealquicirah
introduce Nebulosa, a powerful approach for visualising single-cell
Data. Check out the paper and download the R package here:
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Garvan’s Prof Stuart Tangye, in collaboration with KU Leuven's Prof Isabelle Meyts, has co-led a multi-centre international consortium to assess the severity of
#COVID
-19 in individuals with inborn errors of immunity.
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$61 million grant to fast-track treatments for rare and ‘untreatable’ cancers from lab to clinic to industry. Announced by
@GregHuntMP
and
@AngusTaylorMP
today. This is part of a $185 million project led by
@OmicoAustralia
@ProfDMThomas
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Garvan researchers have received a total of $5.8 million in Ideas Grants from the
@nhmrc
. These seven grants will help our researchers find new treatments in the fields of cancer, autoimmune disease, and eating disorders.
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Garvan researchers are developing methods to take DNA analysis ‘offline’. Last month, a team lead by Dr Martin Smith made it possible to do genomic analysis on a smartphone
@martinalexsmith
@Hasindu2008
@UNSWCOMPUTING
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Just published: By fine-tuning how algorithms carve up DNA data, Garvan's
@martinalexsmith
has made it possible to do genomic analysis on a smartphone.
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Garvan researchers led by A/Prof Tom Cox have developed a new open-source bioinformatics method for processing spatial mass spectrometry data – a powerful new tool for studying tissues affected by disease.
@NatureComms
@AucklandUni
@TCox_Lab
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The Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation has awarded Garvan's Dr Andy Philp a Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship. Andy aims to harness the effects of exercise into therapies for diseases of ageing. Congratulations Andy!
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Congratulations
@DrLizCaldon
for being awarded a
@CancerSPHERE
seed grant for her research project investigating a class of gene fusions that can act as cancer drivers and have the potential to be immediately matched to available therapies.
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Published today in
@nature
!
@bogdanoviclab
and an international team have discovered the first ever evidence of advanced DNA regulation in invertebrates.
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A/Prof Thomas Cox and Dr Jessica Chitty reveal that their research using an Australian drug that targets scar-like tissue in tumours shows promise for treating aggressive pancreatic cancer.
@thomasrcox
@NatureCancer
@TCox_Lab
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Dr Venessa Chin has received a prestigious two-year
@Lungfoundation
fellowship to use cellular genomics research to develop a diagnostic tool that will change the management of lung cancers.
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Published in
@NatureComms
our researchers have released a
#DNA
database of thousands of healthy older Australians that is set to change how we determine which genes underpin disease.
#medicalresearch
@MonashUni
@SaxInstitute
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Dr Amelia Parker and A/Prof Thomas Cox have discovered that molecular profiles of the matrix around non-small cell lung cancers identifies which tumours become aggressive and require more targeted treatment.
@thomasrcox
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Our hearts are broken. Vale Connie Johnson OAM.
Thank you for all you did.
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Today is
#WPCD
. Last night, the
#PancreaticCancerAlliance
turned the
@SydOperaHouse
purple to shine a light on
#PancreaticCancer
and kick off the celebrations for
#WorldPancreaticCancerDay
. 💜🎆
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Garvan researchers have discovered a new type of bone cell that may reveal new therapeutic approaches for osteoporosis and other skeletal diseases. 🦴
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A genomic study of more than 30,000 people, co-led by A/Prof Joseph Powell, has identified thousands of locations on DNA that control disease-linked genes.
@drjosephpowell
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Our researchers have discovered a gene variant that sheds new light on how human immunity was fine-tuned throughout history. A finding ~50,000 years in the making and published in
@NatImmunol
shows how extinct humans gave modern humans an immunity boost.
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The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has elected Professor Susan Clark as Fellow for her world-leading discoveries in the field of epigenetics.
@AAHMS_health
@suscla1
@ClarkEpiLab
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On International Women's Day, we celebrate the achievements of our incredible female staff, scientists, and colleagues. At Garvan we
#ChooseToChallenge
and we can't wait to see the amazing breakthroughs that come from you all this year.
#IWD2021
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Garvan researcher Dr Deborah Burnett has received one of five prestigious 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowships, to support her cutting-edge research investigating the immune mechanisms behind Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Read more:
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New research led by Garvan’s Dr David Gallego-Ortega has revealed how breast cancer cells that develop during or after pregnancy change their environment to form more aggressive tumours.
@dgallegoortega
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Marina Pajic on receiving the Ruth Stephens Gani Medal from the
@Science_Academy
for her work in understanding the genetic complexities of pancreatic cancer.
#Honorifics20
@DrMarinaPajic
@UNSWMedicine
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Our Executive Director, John Mattick, says we need to invest in the scientists looking over our horizon.
@australian
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It's the
@UN
Intl Day of Women & Girls in Science! We're celebrating Garvan's 400 awesome women – by introducing you to just a few
@WomenScienceDay
#womeninSTEM
#IDWGS2018
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This happened :) Wonderful to share ideas with
@BillGates
,
@MelindaGates
and Prof Michelle Simmons
@UNSW
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A genetic diagnosis led to the successful treatment of a 52-year old man, guiding immune therapy for his rare cancer and providing relief after a lifetime of unexplained immune symptoms.
@CIRCA_genomics
@LabPhan
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Garvan’s Professor Chris Ormandy and Dr
@thomasrcox
accepting their project grants from
@CCNSWResearch
at the
#ccnswawards
. This support is critical to continue our research important investigation into breast and pancreatic cancer. Thank you.
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Congratulations to Professor Joseph Powell for being named as one of the six finalists of the AAMRI Rising Star Awards! This is a highly prestigious and competitive award and we are very pleased to see one of our researchers being recognised.
@drjosephpowell
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Congratulations Amelia Parker for being awarded the Evangeline Lim Grant in Aid from the Lung Foundation. Her work aims to identify biomarkers that take some of the guesswork out of the clinical decision-making for squamous lung cancer patients.
@TCox_Lab
@Lungfoundation
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We are excited to announce that Garvan will have a sculpture in
@VividSydney
this year! The piece is called "DNA: Illuminating You" and is an interactive light sculpture that mimics real biological processes that occur in the human body.
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Congratulations to Dr Andre Minoche, Dr Mark McCabe, Dr Fatima Valdes Mora, Dr Ozren Bogdanovic, Dr Christine Chaffer and Dr Michelle McDonald, all of whom have been awarded
@cancerNSW
Fellowships!
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More inclusive genomic resource for diverse Australian communities kickstarted with $10M from the Australian Government via the Medical Research Future Fund.
@MCRI_for_kids
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Sydneysiders! Been to
@VividSydney
this weekend? Would love to see your pics and videos of
#BeautifulandDangerous
– our installation with
@CSIROnews
#viruses
#invisibleworld
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Congratulations Shona Ritchie for winning the 2020 Dennis Lowther Student Award. This award recognises a student researcher in the matrix biology field who has demonstrated outstanding research contributions and communication.
@ShonaCRitchie1
@MatrixBioANZ
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Congratulations A/Prof Cindy Ma, for being awarded an
@nhmrc
Investigator Grant. Her research will investigate immune cells from PID patients and other cohorts of patients with allergic disease to reveal disease mechanisms.
@DrCindyMa
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A/Prof Marina Pajic and Prof Paul Timpson have been working on an idea for pancreatic cancer and never in their lifetimes would they have dreamed that their research would go from the lab to a clinical trial in just three years!
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Congratulations to
@DrLizCaldon
, who with
@CMRI_AUS
Prof Hilda Pickett was awarded a
@cancerNSW
Grant. The team will lead a program investigating changes in telomeres - the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes - as a new approach for treating drug resistant breast cancers.
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Congratulations Professor Vanessa Hayes for being selected as a finalist for the 2020 UNSW Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research for pinpointing the homeland of modern humans to southern Africa.
@eurekaprizes
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Our researchers have discovered that targeting the tissue around pancreatic cancer cells may be the key to stopping their spread and improving chemotherapy outcomes.
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A new clinical trial will test whether ‘priming’ pancreatic cancer can make it more susceptible to chemotherapy.
@Timpson_Lab
@paultimpson7
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Congratulations
@KendelleJMurphy
on winning the prestigious ECR prize for best talk at the 2022 Lorne Cancer Conference for her research targeting FAK and the stroma in pancreatic cancer using intravital imaging. Read about the research here:
@Timpson_Lab
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Congratulations A/Prof Jodie Ingles and Dr Ira Deveson, for receiving grants from the Medical Research Future Fund to further their research in inherited cardiovascular diseases and genetic disease diagnosis.
@jodieingles27
#MRFF
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Four projects led by Garvan researchers Dr Kishore Kumar, Prof Stuart Tangye, Prof Joseph Powell and Dr Ira Deveson have been awarded grants totalling $11.6 million from the Medical Research Future Fund Genomics Health Futures Mission.
Learn more:
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Using cellular genomics technology, Garvan researchers have revealed a new method for classifying breast cancers that may better predict which treatments they respond to.
@dralexswarbrick
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We are so privileged to have world-leading talent at Garvan, like Dr Kylie James who contributed to a recent Science publication at the Wellcome Sanger Institute on the origins of inflammatory bowel disease.
@sangerinstitute
@ScienceMagazine
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We recently hosted the launch of the Centre of Population Genomics, celebrating the collaboration between
@MCRI_for_kids
& Garvan. The vision of CPG is a world where genomic information enables comprehensive disease prediction, accurate diagnosis & effective therapeutics for all.
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A team led by Prof Sue Clark has discovered new insights into DNA demethylation – a change to our epigenome that is found at high levels in many cancers. The discovery may contribute to an entirely new basic understanding of how cancers develop:
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Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. A great opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the incredible contribution our Garvan women make to science. We can't ask for a better team.
#February11
#WomenInScience
#WomenInScienceDay
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Today is Gregor Mendel's birthday.
#Scientist
, Augustinian friar and founder of modern genetics, a huge part of our day-to-day at Garvan.
Mendel’s experiments with peas established many of the rules of heredity and he even coined the terms ‘recessive’ and ‘dominant’
#scifri
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Dr Kendelle Murphy has been awarded the Australasian Metastasis Research Society Early Career Researcher Award, in recognition of her contributions to cancer metastasis research. Congratulations, Kendelle!
@OzMRS1
@KendelleJMurphy
@Timpson_Lab
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A 37 yo woman came to our researchers with aggressive adrenocortical carcinoma, which had spread to her lungs.
Genomic analysis revealed the genetic driver of the cancer and through immunotherapy, the woman is now in remission.
This incredible story is in
@molcasestud
today.
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Congratulations to our PhD students Marija Simic and Michael Papanicolaou for receiving the 2020 Stuart Furler Travel Fund Awards for their PhD research. 🏅👏🏼
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It is Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day! Garvan is very fortunate to have many research genetic counsellors, from a platform head, program director, PhD students, project managers, variant curators and of course, research GCs.
We're grateful for all their work!
@jodieingles27
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A huge congratulations to
@stutangye
on joining the Council of the Henry Kunkel Society! A huge honour and a well deserved recognition of his outstanding contributions to immunology!
@UNSWMedicine
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Our Executive Director Chris Goodnow and Prof Ido Amit after a great day discussing single cell genomics and immunology at the Weizmann-Garvan Research Symposium. Collaboration is key to moving forward!
@IdoAmitLab
@WeizmannScience
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$5 million in funding announced by
@Nick_xenophon
to expand Garvan's Genomic Cancer Medicine Program to SA. This will give thousands of people with rare and uncommon cancers access to this innovative and vital clinical trial.
…
#rarecancer
#clinicaltrial
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Channel 9 covering Garvan's recent breakthrough of a new type of bone cell discovered by Garvan and UNSW researchers.
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Congratulations to five of our researchers who have received a total of $3.4 million in Ideas Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Check out the research projects here
@nhmrc
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Exciting news for rare cancer patients and researchers alike as
@GregHuntMP
announces $26M will be invested in 19 Australian clinical trials.
#RareCancer
#GenomicMedicine
@rarecancers
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