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UNSW Cancer Research Centre scientists have won 4 out of 4 ARC Discovery or NHMRC Project grants in the 08 round

ARC Discovery Grant
John Pimanda; Tissue specific regulation of gene expression; $278,000

NHMRC Project Grants
Megan Hitchins, Robyn Ward, Nicolas Hawkins; The role and inheritance of constitutional epimutations in early-onset colorectal cancer; $334,250

John Pimanda, Bertie Gottgens, Marella de Bruijn; Interactions between transcription factor networks and cell signalling pathways during early blood development; $566,500

Philip Hogg, Christina Schroeder; Mechanism of interaction of VWC domains and consequence for protein function; $496,500

Building of the Lowy Cancer Research Centre

Construction has commenced at the site of the Lowy Cancer Research Centre at UNSW, the first centre in Australia to bring together childhood and adult cancer research at the one site more...

Molecular Imaging of Cancer Treatment Efficacy

NewSouth Innovations Pty. Ltd., the technology transfer arm of University of New South Wales, and Covidien Ltd. have announced the signing of a license agreement to develop an innovative, radiolabeled molecular imaging agent for evaluating the efficacy of cancer treatments. This technology could assist oncologists in determining the effectiveness of treatment and the necessity for other therapeutic measures more...