A new study by @onjcri x La Trobe Cancer Medicine scientists has found that #Bazedoxifene has remarkable potential as an anti-cancer agent in the fight against #ColorectalCancer .

Congrats to Dr Ashwini Chand & Rhynelle Dmello
on this fantastic discovery.
onjcri.org.au/latest-news/ba…

A comprehensive clinically informed map of dependencies in cancer cells and framework for target prioritization - a study by Wellcome Sanger Institute Garnett Lab, Francesco Iorio & colleagues in Cancer Cell #AACR24 hubs.li/Q02rwTDY0

🎉 Congratulations A/Prof Elaine Sanij - Well deserved!

Exclusive: After a decade of investigation, Melbourne researchers have made a discovery that will lead to new ways to treat an aggressive blood cancer. WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Peter Mac Cancer Centre

Herald Sun
heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/…

The study, led by Dr Kira Behrens, Prof Rick Pearson, Assoc Prof A/Prof Elaine Sanij & Assoc Prof Ashley Ng was able to kill leukaemia cells in the lab and stop #cancer cells from growing, after identifying two new proteins critical for the development of the aggressive disease.🧵2/2

Celebrating awesome collaborations! Congrats Lord Blood and Kira on discoveries that improves our understanding of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and oncogene-driven ALL addiction to ⬆️ribosome biogenesis; highlighting the importance of developing therapies to target ribosome synthesis

From the lab benches to the patient bedside, women have played a pivotal role in every aspect of Peter Mac over our 75-year history.

Today on #InternationalWomensDay , we pay tribute to every woman who has contributed to our success.

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Nominations still open!! Great recognition for our ANZGOG members, consider nominating your colleagues who work so hard to improve outcomes for women with gynaecological cancers #ANZGOGASM2024

We are advertising a 0.5EFT permanent haematologist consultant position St Vincent's. If you are a haematologist interested in either malignant or classical haematology, and clinical research, applications welcome through this link:
svha.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SVHA_SVH…

Very proud of PhD student ⁦Shalini Chelliah⁩ winning poster presentation prize ⁦Lorne Cancer Conference⁩ conference 🤩 continuing to hit milestones and earn accolades 👏 #WomeninSTEM . Thank you to the organising committee for a fantastic meeting!

What Andreas advises ⁦WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)⁩ ⁦Lorne Cancer Conference⁩

ALLG's MM23 trial, led by Prof Hang Quach, is the only trial globally assessing a new treatment option, Selinexor, for eligible myeloma patients after stem cell transplant.

MM23 is open to patients at 18 hospitals across ANZ. For more info, visit: allg.org.au

Imp. paper by Vincent Rajkumar 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙 on mode of progression in a 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 of patients with smoldering #myeloma !

Helpful for initial discussion in patients with 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐒𝐌𝐌 re. clinical trials vs active surveillance vs Len
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I received notification of a successful international grant. It was my 3rd attempt at this application and it felt like chasing the end of the rainbow at one point 😆🤣

Childhood backgammon game proved entertaining to Miss 14 and Mr 11! Was my favourite summer game to play with siblings! Old trends can come back!

I have analysed the 2023 NHMRC Investigator Grant data & summarise here. 3 ppl were funded in “other”, 2 at L3 and 1 at L2 ($8,422,029 total), I report here only those who ID’ed gender as man or woman. Total $ and # awarded in 2023 in each of 4 disciplines👇🏻 🧵 1/10

Registrations are open now for our Women in Science Symposium - a celebration of leading women in research.

Our keynote is Professor Prof Louise Purton - an internationally recognised researcher in the field of blood cells.

Register: petermac.org/about-us/news-…

#WomenInSTEM

I am looking forward to this event in Melbourne on March 1st, 2024 at Peter Mac Cancer Centre 👇🏻 Thanks for the invitation!