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Submit Abstracts for GAP 2020

October 25, 2019
The call for abstracts for the MD Anderson Cancer Center's GAP 2020 conference in Melbourne is now open until November 15.
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Peter Mac Awards 2019

October 24, 2019
Peter Mac is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Peter Mac awards.
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Peter Mac Research Prizes Announced

October 23, 2019
Peter Mac’s best and brightest have been recognised in this year’s prizes for top research.
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Continued access to Peter Mac services in Moorabbin

October 21, 2019
Patients at Monash Cancer Centre in Moorabbin will continue to access Peter Mac's state-of-the-art radiation therapy services after a new deal was signed with Monash Health this week.
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Success in ARC Future Fellowships

October 17, 2019
Peter Mac researcher Dr Andrew Cox has been awarded a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council to support his research into metabolic control of organ growth and regeneration
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Associate Professor Jayesh Desai
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Targeted approach delivers survival gains in aggressive colorectal cancer

October 11, 2019
An international trial involving Peter Mac patients with aggressive colorectal cancer has shown a new combination therapy can dramatically improve survival.
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(from left) Prof Sarah-Jane Dawson, Prof Karin Thursky, Prof Mark Dawson
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Dame Kate Campbell Fellowships awarded to Peter Mac researchers

October 10, 2019
Prof Sarah-Jane Dawson, Prof Mark Dawson and Prof Karin Thursky have been awarded prestigious Dame Kate Campbell Fellowships from The University of Melbourne in recognition of outstanding research performance.
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Peter Mac Researchers and Clinicians elected Fellows of the AAHMS

October 10, 2019
Peter Mac’s Professor Monica Slavin, Professor Karin Thursky, Professor Gail Risbridger and Associate Professor Prue Francis have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
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A/Prof Alicia Oshlack
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New co-Head of Computational Biology Program appointed

October 1, 2019
Internationally-recognised bioinformatics expert, A/Prof Alicia Oshlack, will join the Peter Mac Research team following her recent appointment as co-Head of the Computational Biology Program.
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Tassie Devils hold clue for how human cancers evade the immune system

September 27, 2019
Melbourne researchers from Peter Mac, in collaboration with Cancer Research UK, have uncovered a new way that some human cancers can hide from the body’s immune system, a feature they share with tumours from an unlikely source - the Tasmanian devil.
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