MPCCC Precision Cancer Seminar: Mal Ameratunga
OnlineDr Ameratunga will discuss how novel computational approaches could be utilised to expand the array of therapies available to patients with poor prognosis and aggressive cancers.
MPCCC Precision Cancer Seminar: Professor Nicholas Huntington
OnlineNHMRC Leadership Fellow & Head Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute "Targeting Natural Killer cells in cancer immunotherapy" Prof Huntington will present recent clinical evidence that natural killer (NK) cells are a key in the protective anti-tumour immune response and discuss new opportunities to target NK cell function to [...]
MPCCC Tech Talk – Dr Joel Geoghegan
OnlineComprehensive Genomic Profiling plus the detection of Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) with a gold-standard assay
MPCCC Precision Cancer Seminar and Scholarship Award
Towards a new era in granulosa cell tumour research: patient driven outcomes, genomics, diagnostics and therapeutics
MPCCC Precision Cancer Seminar: Associate Professor Kara Britt
Associate Professor Kara Britt leads the Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention Lab at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. “Defining the changes associated with cancer risk in order to develop preventative therapies.” Kara will talk through the rising incidence of breast cancer and the changes in society that might be driving this. [...]
MPCCC Precision Cancer Seminar: Dr Paul Yeh
OnlineDr Paul Yeh is a consultant haematologist and clinician-scientist with dual appointments at Monash Health and Monash University. He is the Head of the Blood Cancer Biomarkers Laboratory in the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health. “Liquid biopsy to understand blood cancer evolution.” Paul will discuss the key to [...]
COVID-19 and Cancer Care: an update for healthcare professionals
OnlinePresented by the Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network Taskforce As the next COVID-19 wave swells in Victoria, tune in for an expert update on the latest advice and protections for patients with cancer. New variants and vaccinations – an update Evusheld prevention options Criteria and access for antivirals – Lagevrio vs [...]
MPCCC Tech Talk – Dr Heidi Fettke
OnlineYou, me, and the liquid biopsy - how to get the most out of your ctDNA Dr Heidi Fettke will discuss the necessary considerations and information required for successful design and analysis of circulating tumour DNA assays. Dr Heidi Fettke is a postdoctoral researcher at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre where she leads the [...]
MPCCC Tech Talk – Dr Pouya Faridi and Dr Terry Lim
OnlineImmunopeptidomics, Phosphoproteomics and Olink: state-of-the-art technologies to study Antigen discovery, Cell signalling and Biomarker discovery Dr Pouya Faridi and Dr Terry Lim will briefly introduce three states of art technologies in the area of proteomics. They will explain how immunopeptidomics will enable of us to discover targets for immunotherapy of [...]
Women’s Health and Career Empowerment: A Pathway to Equity
Join us for an exciting panel discussion for International Women's Day Tuesday 7 March, from 12pm-1pm in Room 335 of the Learning Teaching Building at Monash University Clayton. This event will be available both in person and via zoom live stream. This event is supported by Monash BDI. The panel [...]