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

Raine Medical Research Foundation Seminar- New procedure for Raine Programmes Date and Time: 9am, Tuesday 1 March 2016 Venue: G24 Seminar Room, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands campus

Getting Research Started Workshop Series Presented by The University of Notre Dame Australia 

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

Venue: Seminar Room 272, Level 2, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Building

An ASCEPT Symposium Molecular Medicine: Discovering the Next Generation of Therapeutics Please see the attached flyers for more information   Time: Thursday:8.00am – 5.30pm ; Friday: 8.00am – 12.15pm Venue: McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre Registration information: Registration is free.Please RSVP to kevin.pfleger@perkins.uwa.edu.au for catering. Additional information: Morning/afternoon tea provided, as well as lunch on Thursday.

Save the date! A research event for early to mid-career investigators Monday 21 March 2016Hear about a new funding opportunity for E+MC researchers Workshop ways to collaborate in your research Network with cancer researchers from different research fields 8:30 am to 12 pm Seminar Room, Cancer Council WA 15 Bedbrook Place Shenton Park Join speakers Prof George … Continued

SEMINAR 8 APRIL (12:30 - 1:30PM) 'ETHICS FOR RESEARCH: OBSTACLE OR POWERFUL TOOL TO ENHANCE DESIGN AND CONDUCT?' This seminar will show how to use Ethics as a powerful tool to enhance study design and conduct. It will empower researchers to think in ethical terms without seeing themselves ‘bio-ethicists’. A video-recording of the seminar can be accessed … Continued

The Melanoma Research Group at Edith Cowan University is hosting a seminar by Dr  Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani. Dr Warkiani belongs to the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), and has ample expertise in the development of microfluidic devices for the isolation of circulating tumour cells and subsequent genetic and … Continued

There is a global epidemic of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The personal and economic burdens are enormous, particularly if the chronic vascular complications of diabetes develop. Please see attached flyer for more information.   Venue: SEMINAR ROOM 272, LEVEL 2, HARRY PERKINS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, NORTH CAMPUS