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1/2 In work published this weekend, Children's Medical Research Institute's ProCan® team and collaborating cancer researchers have uncovered new clues in the proteins of pancreatic cancer that could help clinicians detect the disease earlier and choose the best treatments for each patient.
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We work with closely with the team at SCHN, particularly in the exciting field of gene and cell therapies, and it was wonderful to hear Michelle passionately explain how scientists and clinicians can work together to bring treatments to children sooner.
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We are incredibly grateful to Dr Michelle Lorentzos, Advanced Therapeutics Medical Lead at The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, for taking the time to speak at Children's Medical Research Institute last Friday.
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Please take the time to ask, listen, and check in with the people around you. Because life happens every day.
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Supporting wellbeing is central to how we work together, because without our people we could not carry out our vital research for children’s health.
A big thank you to our People Team for organising such a thoughtful event for staff.
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Today at Children’s Medical Research Institute, staff gathered to mark R U OK? Day.
R U OK? Day reminds us of the importance of looking out for one another and taking time to connect. At CMRI, every employee matters.
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Congratulations to Dr Pragathi Masamsetti and our Embryology team for receiving front page of Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social this week. The knowledge gained through this publication enriches our understanding of early human development. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.de...
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We’re proud of our researcher Dr Radek Szmyd who has received a 2025 University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health Mid-Career Research Outstanding Publication Award - for Radek’s extraordinary work to understand why cancer cells die in different ways following radiotherapy.
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Congratulations to A/Prof Pengyi Yang, Head of CMRI’s Computational Systems Biology Unit, on receiving Australian Research Council 2025's Future Fellowship! His project will use single-cell omics technologies to improve the study of cell programming.
Read more here: www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
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We are excited to announce a groundbreaking study out in @natcomms.nature.com from #CMRI Dr Alex Sobinoff & team. They have discovered proteins that guide telomerase — opening doors to new treatments for #cancer, aging & genetic disease. Read more: www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/scienti...
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Touring CMRI labs and meeting with our scientists, the Governor-General took tremendous interest in our research. We were delighted to hear that Her Excellency had been participating in Jeans for Genes Day since its inception and will wear her DNA double helix pin with pride.
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Children's Medical Research Institute is thrilled to announce Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Australia’s Governor-General, as our Patron. We were delighted to welcome Her Excellency to the institute today.
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A new research group at CMRI, led by Dr Rebecca Poulos, aims to improve precision medicine for hard-to-treat #childhoodcancers. The Multi-Omics in Childhood Cancer group addresses urgent needs in diagnosis and treatment.
www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/newest-...
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CMRI is excited to announce that Dr Scott Cohen and Prof Tracy Bryan have won a $440,000 grant from @CCNewSouthWales for their work identifying two new drugs, known as telomerase inhibitors, that could work with chemotherapy to improve cancer treatment. www.cancercouncil.com.au/research-pt/...
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The NSW Organoid Innovation Centre was launched this week by NSW Chief Scientist Prof Hugh Durrant-Whyte with partners @sydney.edu.au and @unsw.bsky.social. A very exciting time for #stemcell research with CMRI at the forefront of this work. Read more: www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/organoi...
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2025 ISSCR Public Service Award Honoree - Patrick P.L. Tam, PhD, Children's Medical Research Institute, Australia.
Congrats to Prof Patrick Tam on receiving the 2025 @isscr.org Public Service Award! As a member of their working group, he has played a key role in refining guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation. We're proud to see Patrick's contributions recognised globally.
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@thecesarelab.bsky.social at CMRI & Kyoto University have discovered the previously unknown “active’’ role that telomeres can play in avoiding #cancer. Now in Nature Communications @springernature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is going to be a great discussion. We can't wait! 🙌
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Review from our lab out today: "Roles for the 3D Genome In the cell cycle, DNA replication, and double strand break repair." Written by @scientistkate.bsky.social, with her co-supervisor @piptaberlay.bsky.social and collaborator Mat Jones. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
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We’ve had another amazing discovery from our ProCan® team – this time impacting #throatcancer! This collaborative project has led to a way for scientists to predict patients who may experience a recurrence of a type of throat cancer. Read more here: doi.org/10.1158/2767...
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Non-Animal Technologies Network (NAT-Net) - NSW Health & Medical Research
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This initiative aims to serve the research community in NSW and across Australia, and everyone interested is invited to connect.
Join the network and share your views by registering your interest today: www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/nat-net/
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Are you working in the non-animal technologies space?
The Non-Animal Technologies Network (NAT-Net), including CMRI, aims to make groundbreaking discoveries in the field of medicine and health while developing and promoting alternative methods that reduce the need to use animals in research. 1/
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3-🧵 Join us at Lorne Genome 2025 to discover how CMRI is transforming the future of healthcare through pioneering research, innovation and collaboration. Let's work together!
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Collaborative Research Opportunities: Learn about our collaborative projects and how you can partner with us to accelerate your research outcomes.
Expert Team: Meet some of our Research Facilities support scientists who are at the forefront of biomedical research.
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1-🧵 🔬 Why Visit CMRI's Booth?
CellBank: Explore the full range of CellBank services including cell line deposits and testing, and distribution of cell lines from a broad inventory of different species and cell types including iPSC lines from EBiSC.
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🌟 Last Day of Lorne Genome 2025! 🌟
We are thrilled to have showcased the cutting-edge research facilities of Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at this year's conference. Our services are driving groundbreaking discoveries in genomics and if you're at Lorne, stop by! 🧵
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Research aims to improve data for cancer clinicians
Two new research papers out this week show how ProCan is helping cancer clinicians to tailor treatment plans
Two new research papers are out now showing how our ProCan team is developing methods for analysing the proteins in cancer, to provide clinicians with the data that will assist in tailoring treatment. #cancer #proteomics #medicalresearch #datascience
www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/researc...
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