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. ow.ly/C2cW50MTAxf
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
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Garvan Institute of Medical Research
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We see a future where we’re able to stop disease before it starts.
- 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
- 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. ow.ly/XN0650DVGAN 🏅
- 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 ow.ly/w5fQ50wWQCM
- 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. ow.ly/Ln0K50P9abs @LabPhan
- 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 ow.ly/p0xM50JUrXZ
- 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. ow.ly/Ro6z50GNmOi @dralexswarbrick
- 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. ow.ly/y7Sa50I8HTm @Timpson_Lab @paultimpson7
- Garvan’s Associate Professor Thomas Cox has been awarded an @nhmrc Development Grant to investigate a new treatment approach for pancreatic cancer. ow.ly/vwq950HmtWx @thomasrcox
- 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?
- 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
- 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.. ow.ly/Kxoy50GGC0t
