UMCCR's A/Prof RichTothill and Prof Niall Corcoran have appeared on RRR science program Einstein A Go Go, speaking with Dr Shane Huntington OAM about the power of #Genomics and their The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC) Innovation Projects. 🔊Read more and listen to the show: mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/centre-for-can…

The UMCCR Cancer Health Services Research group have published a new disease prediction model using real-world Australian data, demonstrating unparalleled adaptability & relevance for future healthcare. 📊Read more in the Journal of Value in Health: go.unimelb.edu.au/dvb8

Happy 10th Birthday The Dawson Lab! 🥳

UMCCR's Dr Meena Rafiq, Jon Emery & colleagues from University of Melbourne Cancer in Primary Care have published a new article in CancerMedicine, identifying early markers of lung & colorectal cancer in blood tests, supporting early diagnosis in general practice. 🩸Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca…

Hear from UMCCR researcher Hue Mai La as part of Millennium Science and 10x Genomics' Spatial Conversations seminar this Friday. ⬇️ BOOK: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join our 1st #SpatialConversations featuring Hue Mai La from UniMelb Centre for Cancer Research TOMORROW at 12PM AEST. Webinar link➡️bit.ly/spatial-conver… Sean Grimmond 10x Genomics #Genomics #Oncology #Xenium

At 12pm today UMCCR researcher Hue Mai La will be presenting as part of Millennium Science and 10x Genomics #SpatialConversations seminar. There's still time to register! 🔗us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

From internship to employment—after completing an internship with UniMelb Centre for Cancer Research at the The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC) genomics hub, Luke Tork is now a researcher with the variant curation team, working to identify, interpret & classify genetic variants. UniMelb MDHS Read more: tagcaustralia.com/blog/from-inte…

UMCCR's Prof Niall Corcoran and A/Prof RichTothill will present as part of Melbourne Connect Innovation Week on Wed 4 September, exploring how they utilise #Genomics in their The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC) Innovation Projects. 🧬Book: go.unimelb.edu.au/yhw8

UMCCR's Jon Emery and Dr Sibel Saya have been named chief investigators on a new $3m project led by the The Daffodil Centre to evaluate non-invasive multicancer early detection tests, helping detect cancer early & improving patient outcomes. 🔗Read more: go.unimelb.edu.au/3vw8

Next week is Melbourne Connect Innovation Week! On Wednesday the 4th, UMCCR's Prof Niall Corcoran and A/Prof RichTothill will be speaking about their groundbreaking The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC) Innovation Projects, hosted by University of Melbourne partner Illumina. 🔗Bookings: go.unimelb.edu.au/yhw8

UMCCR's Genomics Platform Group, led by Professor Oliver Hofmann Oliver Hofmann, has collaborated with Hartwig Medical Foundation in Australia & Hartwig Medical to support access to a bioinformatics workflow for genomic sequencing analysis of cancer. 🧬Read more: go.unimelb.edu.au/49w8

Professor Laszlo Radvanyi, director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, will be introducing the work of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) in a special UMCCR seminar on Tuesday, 17 September. 👉Click through to register to attend in-person or via Zoom: go.unimelb.edu.au/h9w8

Two of our researchers will be presenting their groundbreaking #Genomics work tonight at Melbourne Connect Innovation Week—don't miss your chance to hear Prof Niall Corcoran and A/Prof RichTothill speak about their The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC) Innovation Projects. 🔗Book: go.unimelb.edu.au/yhw8

Recent research by UMCCR's Javiera Martínez Gutiérrez (She/her) identifies unexpected weight loss as an early warning sign for cancer. The review synthesized data from 25 studies involving 910,000+ patients—over 92% of the studies provided strong evidence for the correlation. 🔗go.unimelb.edu.au/54c8

Our own A/Prof RichTothill spoke to a packed room last night on his The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC)-funded cancer of unknown primary liquid biopsy project, and how genomics has changed his research in the last 25 years.

🏅Congratulations to UMCCR's Professor Jennifer Philip, who has received an award for Research Excellence from St Vincent's Melbourne for her important work on improving quality of life for those with serious illness & their families. 🔗Read more: svhm.org.au/newsroom/news/…

Prof Christobel Saunders, head of UMCCR's Breast Cancer Research Group, has published a history of breast cancer advocacy in the ANZ Journal of Surgery RACSurgeons, exploring how advocacy has led to improved outcomes for those affected by breast cancer: 🔗go.unimelb.edu.au/rqw8