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CHIRI professor joins expert panel of stem cell researchers

CHIRI Associate Professor Pritinder Kaur will join five other leading Australian stem cell researchers as a panellist at a free public forum in Melbourne in June. The ‘Stem Cell Research – Now and in the Future’ public forum will discuss how stem cells could change the future of medicine. As the Head of CHIRI’s Epithelial […]

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CHIRI hosts EU Ambassador – Horizon 2020 funding of MEDLEM project

The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute was privileged to host His Excellency, the European Union Ambassador, Mr Michael Pulch. The primary purpose for the Ambassador’s visit was to celebrate and learn more about Curtin University-CHIRI’s Dr Hani Al-Salami’s involvement as a Chief Investigator in the MEDLEM project, which has received $500K funding through the Horizon […]

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Prizes awarded to CHIRI scientists at the prestigious Lorne Conference

The Lorne Conference Series, held annually in the town of Lorne along Victoria’s picturesque Great Ocean Road, is one of the premiere events in the Australian biomedical research calendar.  CHIRI’s Dr Mark Agostino, along with PhD students Sebastian Pohl and Melissa Eccles, recently attended the 43rd Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function.  Dr Agostino […]

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CHIRI Seminar Series – Professor Andrew Whitehouse

Prof Andrew Whitehouse Head, Autism Research Team Telethon Kids Institute “Can we prevent disability in autism through infant interventions? Re-writing the rulebook” Thursday August 24 – 1:00pm to 2:00pm Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley Building 401 – Room 001:LT Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by deficits in social communication ability and […]

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CCTRM Annual Research Symposium

Please congratulate Deirdre Coombe & Pritinder Coombe who, on behalf of CHIRI, co-hosted UWA’s Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine’s 5th Annual Research Symposium. Approximately 65 attendees were hosted to a series of outstanding national and international presentations. In addition to the exceptional presentations, feedback from the postgraduates in attendance indicated they were very […]

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CHIRI Cancer Workshop

Post Science on Swan, CHIRI hosted a Cancer Workshop which was kindly organised by Delia Nelson, Pritinder Kaur, Nina Tirnitz-Parker, Connie Jackaman, Carl Mousley, Pat Metharom, Deirdre Coombe and Yu Yu.  The meeting had the opportunity to host 5 International/national speakers, as well as featuring CHIRI researchers and PhD students.  Attendance was once again strong, […]

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2017 Science on the Swan Conference

The Faculty of Health Sciences and CHIRI were pleased to sponsor the Science on the Swan Conference, Perth’s premier conference for health and medical research and to also support attendance of postgraduate students via complimentary registration.  More than half of the submitted abstracts presented at Science on the Swan were from CHIRI postgraduate students.  Moreover, two […]

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2nd Annual Day of Immunology hosted by CHIRI

CHIRI hosted two events in as many days for the Annual Day of Immunology.  Close to 40 staff and students competed in the 2nd annual Day of Immunology 5-a-side soccer tournament organised by PhD student, Waheed Alrehaily, on 27th April.  A number of other staff and students also came to support the “immune cells” in […]

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CCTRM Annual Symposium

Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine Annual Research Symposium 12th April 2017 – 8.45am-5.00pm, Curtin University, Building 213, Room 104 For further information, please select the links below: CCTRM Plenary Speakers Program

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International Day of Immunology Events

  To celebrate the International Day of Immunology CHIRI is hosting the following events: 2nd Annual Immunology-Themed Soccer Match Thursday, 27 April, 3.00pm-5.30pm, Curtin University Contact Waheed: a.alrehaily@postgrad.curtin.edu.au to join a team!  Prizes on offer to the winning team sponsored by the ASI WA branch. Day of Immunology Morning Tea Friday 28 April, 10:30am, CHIRI […]

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