On 1 July 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) and the Cancer Research Trust (CRT) was signed, setting forth the terms and understanding to further enhance cancer research capacity in Western Australia and increase the coordination by cancer research funders. This cooperation is in the form of the CRT …
Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) MOU Renewed Read More »
The Cancer Research Trust is very pleased to announce that, following a very favourable review by a panel of internationally renowned cancer researchers of the first five years of Professor Alistair Forrest’s “Enabling Advance Single Cell Cancer Genomics in WA” project, the CRT WA Collaborative Cancer Research Grant funding of this project first awarded in …
The Cancer Research Trust (CRT) is very pleased to announce that the successful applicants for the 2020 CRT WA Collaborative Cancer Research Grant are Professor Peter Leedman and Associate Professor Nina Tirnitz-Parker, Co-Chief Investigators of their “Defeating Primary Live Cancer” application. Further information can be found on the project summary page and in the following …
Boost For Liver Cancer Patients With New $10.8 Million World-Class Research Centre Read More »
The CRT Board is delighted to welcome two new Board members viz. Professor Ruth Ganss and Dr Joost Lesterhuis. Professor Ruth Ganss is the Scientific Head of the Cancer Division at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Her current research activities focus on translational anti-cancer aspects of stromal remodelling and immunotherapy.Read more >> Dr …
![[L to R] The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Professor Alistair Forrest and Mr Tom Dery AO, ACRF Chair.](https://www.cancerresearchtrust.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2017.11.29-Latest-Genomic-Technology-01-1000x667px.jpg)
A $1.75M grant awarded by the Australian Cancer Research Fund (ACRF) will fund three pieces of equipment, including a high throughput next generation DNA sequencer and equipment to isolate single cells from a patient’s tumour. The equipment will make it possible to analyse thousands of cells from hundreds of tumours and examine billions of genetic …
Latest Genomic Technology to Analyse Tumours in Perth Read More »
![[L to R] Professor Alistair Forrest, the Hon Roger Cook, Professor Christobel Saunders and Mr Peter Mansell](https://www.cancerresearchtrust.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2017.06.03-UWAs-Cancer-Researchers-02-1500x1000px-1024x683.jpg)
World-leading cancer research projects led by The University of Western Australia have today received a boost with $18 million in funding from the Cancer Research Trust and other partners. The projects, led by Professor Christobel Saunders and Professor Alistair Forrest, span the spectrum of research that will have a direct and immediate impact on clinical …
UWA’s Leading Cancer Researchers Awarded $18 Million Read More »
![[L to R] Prof Peter Klinken, Prof Alistair Forrest, Mr Peter Mansell, Dr Elin Gray, the Hon John Day and Mr Peter Leonhardt](https://www.cancerresearchtrust.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2016.09.16-CRT-WA-Collaborative-Grant-Launch-01-1500x1000px-1024x683.jpg)
On 16th September 2016, the CRT’s WA Collaborative Cancer Research Grant was launched at an event held in COMO The Treasury in Perth. The event was attended by the then Minister for Health, the Hon John Day MLA and the then Shadow Minister for Health, the Hon Roger Cook MLA. [L to R] Prof Peter …
An internationally renowned genomic researcher who published breakthrough discoveries about cell development in top international journal Science today, has returned to his home town of Perth after 20 years. Professor Alistair Forrest has joined the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research to continue his important work in Systems Biology and Genomics with a renewed focus …
Edith Cowan University melanoma researcher Dr Elin Gray will investigate how to better target treatment for cancer patients after being awarded a $750,000 research fellowship. The five-year Cancer Research Trust Fellowship will strengthen Dr Gray’s research into the role of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in melanoma patients and expand to other cancer types. The Fellowship …
