WAHTN Streams of Excellence Plenary Session The West Australian Health Translational Network (WAHTN) is delighted to invite you to attend its plenary session on the 10th of August 2015. The WAHTN is now a rapidly growing Network linking all WA researchers whether they are located in a hospital, university, medical research institute or in a … Continued

Invitation to Cancer Stream – Monthly Speed Networking Meeting WHEN: Tuesday 25 August, from 4.30pm – 6 pm WHERE: Harry Perkins North, Ground Floor meeting room SPEAKERS: Dr Claire Johnson Dr Pilar Blancafort Dr Tarek Meniawy Dr Nick Gottardo Prof Lin Fritschi Asst Prof Cleo Robinson Please RSVP to info@wahtn.org 20th August 2015

Workshop places are limited to 30 participants. To register, please send your name, trial group affiliation and whether you have any dietary requirements to: Richard De Abreu Lourenço Richard.Deabreulourenco@chere.uts.edu.au For more information about CREST, please visit : www.crest.uts.edu.au

All are welcome Please RSVP online at higginsseminar.splashthat.com

Dr Kathryn Holt completed her undergrad at UWA before going on to the University of Cambridge to do her PhD at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Insti-tute. She returned to Australia to take up an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology of The University of Mel-bourne, and complete her Masters in … Continued

“Ethical Principles - Demystifying Ethics for Research: How hard can it be?” Overview: Ethics review is often regarded as a ‘hurdle’ to be struggled over. Instead, ethics should be regarded as an important element of the proper design and proposed conduct of a study that is embraced by researchers. This presentation will focus on how … Continued

Please join us for the last Cancer Stream Speed Networking Meeting for 2015 Tuesday 24 November 2015 4.30pm – 6.30pm Harry Perkins Institute (North) 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands Lecture Theatre 272 - Level 2 Speakers include: Alistair Forrest (Perkins) Arlene Chan (The Mount and Curtin) Scott Bringans (Proteomics International) Nik Zeps (St John of God, … Continued

Dr Babu Simon will give a presentation on current WA Department of Health funding opportunities, with a focus on the two schemes currently open – FutureHealth WA Grant support and Telethon - Perth Children’s Hospital Research Fund. Presenter:          Dr Babu Simon, Manager – Research Development Unit, WA Department of Health Title:                     “WA Department of Health … Continued

Perkins Seminar - Professor Ian Campbell Head, Cancer Genetics Laboratory Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre   “Breast and ovarian cancer genetics and genomics: the application of technology for discovery and translation”   4.30pm to 5:30pm   Seminar Room 272, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Building

Professor Michael Lisanti Director of the Manchester Breast Cancer Now Research Unit Founding Director of the Manchester Centre for Cellular Metabolism   “Caveolae in Cell Signaling and Cancer”   Thursday 28 January 2016   9.00am to 10:00am   Seminar Room 272, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Building

The WA Department of Health, Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the WA Health Translation Network are proud to present the 2016 Research Skills Seminar Series (RSSS) aimed at advancing the skill set of health professionals, research students, their supervisors and foe support staff. The monthly seminars  are held at Princess Margaret Hospital, usually on a Friday from … Continued

“Can Melanoma Be Cured” Dr Gavin Robertson Founding Director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center Melanoma Therapeutic program, Penn State University Venue: Seminar Room G24, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Building

"Dynamic melanoma heterogeneity and cell cycle-specific drug resistence" Associate Professor Nikolas Haass Principal Research Fellow The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Venue: SEMINAR ROOM G24, HARRY PERKINS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, NORTH CAMPUS

Professor Xu Dong Zhang Head of the Melanoma Research Laboratory Newcastle University  “My work on overcoming resistance of metastatic melanoma to treatment: the past, present, and future” Venue: Seminar Room G24, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Building

Come join us and support a good cause! An informative evening with some of Perth’s leading cancer researchers presenting to the public at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research An excellent opportunity to ask those burning questions whilst enjoying scrumptious refreshments& entertainment! When:             Thursday 25th of Feb 2016, … Continued

'Good Clinical Practice' (GCP) Training Telethon Kids Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital are proud to offer the Transcelerate-accredited  'Good Clinical Practice' (GCP) training course designed to provide an introduction to GCP, Human Ethics and Governance requirements. The all-day seminar is highly recommended for all health researchers. (Successful completion of a GCP seminar  must be declared on all governance applications.) The seminar … Continued