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
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