Gene Regulation Grants & Funding
Gene Regulation Grants & Funding - Research at Peter Mac
| Current Grants and Funding |
| NHMRC Project Grant: $168,750 p.a, ‘Defining the apoptotic and therapeutic activities of histone deacetylase inhibitors’, R.W. Johnstone 2009-11 Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Concept Grant: $150,000 p.a, ‘Cell death and mobilizing immunity for the treatment of established prostate cancer’, R.W. Johnstone & M.J. Smyth. 2009-10. Leukaemia Foundation of Australia Grant-in-aid: $100,000 p.a., ‘Developing new treatments for blood cancers;’, R.W. Johnstone & M.J. Smyth. 2009 Novartis Collaborative Research Grant: $183,000 p.a. ‘Determining the effects of panobinostat on platelet production and survival’. R.W. Johnstone, H.M. Prince, S. Harrison. 2009-10 Victorian Cancer Agency Platform Technology Capacity Building Grant: $150,000 ‘Enhanced access to whole genome RNA interference screens through the Victorian Centre for Functional Genomics’. R.W Johnstone. 2009-10. Australian Cancer Research Foundation: $2.5 million. ‘Establishment of the ACRF Cancer Genomics Program’. R.W. Johnstone, D. Bowtell, R. Hannan, G McArthur, P. Humbert, D. Thomas, K. Simpson, V. Marshall. 2009 Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium (VBCRC) Translational Research Grant: $1,288,500, ‘Development and testing novel anti-breast cancer therapies’. R.W. Johnstone, M. Smyth, R. Hannan, R. Pearson, S. Loi. 2009-12 Cancer Council Victoria Venture Grant: $850,000, ‘Identification of novel tumour suppressor genes in breast cancer and lymphoma using shRNA-mediated functional genomics screens’, 2007–09. NHMRC Program Grant: $2.16 Million p.a., ‘Immune regulation, effector function and therapy’, R.W Johnstone, D.I. Godfrey, H.M. Prince, M.J. Smyth & J.A. Trapani. 2007–12. Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation (USA): $US200,000 p.a. 'Combination chemo-immunotherapy for established breast cancer', R.W. Johnstone, M. Smyth, 2008–10. Pfizer Australia Senior Research Fellowship for Assoc. Professor Ricky Johnstone: $200,000 p.a., 2005–10. |
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| Contact Details | |||||||
| +61 (0)3 9656 1238 | |||||||
| ricky.johnstone@petermac.org | |||||||
| Research Personnel | |||||||
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| Group Leader | |||||||
| Associate Professor Ricky Johnstone | |||||||
| Postdoctoral Fellows | |||||||
| Dr Amber Alsop Dr Michael Bots Dr Vanessa Solomon Dr Geoff Matthews Dr Michael Waibel Dr Ailsa Frew Dr Inge Verbrugge | |||||||
| Research Assistants | |||||||
| Leonie Cluse Andrea Reitsma Ben Martin Rachel Ralli | |||||||
| Technical Assistants | |||||||
| Kellie Banks Kym Stanley | |||||||
| PhD Students | |||||||
| Helen Arthur Jessica Bolden Nicole Messina Andrea Newbold Adrian Wiegmans Alison West Dr Jake Shortt Dr Mark Bishton | |||||||
| Laboratory Manager | |||||||
| Jason Brady | |||||||
| PA to A/Prof Johnstone | |||||||
| Belinda Kelly |



