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CHIRI People – Dr Evelyne Deplazes

Please congratulate Dr Evelyne Deplazes on her $32,000 early career grant award from the Cancer Council WA.  An article published today in The West Australian  can be seen here:

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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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Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation visit to CHIRI

Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation Director, Caroline Kelly visited Curtin Innovation Research Institute at Curtin University on Friday 24th March 2017 to meet the research group recipient of one of the 2016 Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation Accelerator Grants.

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CCTRM Annual Research Symposium

On behalf of the organising committee we are pleased to announce that this year’s CCTRM Annual Research Symposium will be hosted by Curtin University on 12th April 2017, venue: Tim Winton Theatre, Building 213.104:LT, Curtin University. Confirmed Invited keynote speakers include Professor Andrew Elefanty, Professor David Becker and Professor Geoffrey Laurent. Attendance at the symposium is free but for […]

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CHIRI Seminar Series – 6/4/2017 – Building 405.201:LT

The next seminar in the CHIRI Seminar series is Thursday, 6th April at 1.00pm, presented by A/Prof Julian Heng from the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute.  The title of is talk is “Interpreting the architecture of genetic mutations in brain developmental disorders and early onset neurodegeneration”.  A light lunch will be provided from 12.15pm onwards in room 305:139 […]

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CHIRI People – Rob Steuart

Dr Rob Steuart, CHIRI’s Facility has been invited to be part of a delegation of researchers from the soon to be formed Australian Metabolomic Phenotyping Centre at Murdoch University.  They will travel to Imperial College in London next week to visit the National Phenome Centre. The National Phenome Centre is the world leader in large scale […]

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CHIRI Microscopy

Ultraview confocal microscope: the facility has recently upgraded the 405nm and 561nm lasers. With installation all lasers were optimised and this has greatly improved the instrument capabilities. Please note previous laser power settings may need to be adjusted for the system. If you have any questions or need help with setup with the new lasers […]

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Welcome to CHIRI – Dr. Matthew Albrecht

Please welcome Dr Matthew Albrecht, an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow who extends CHIRI’s expertise in preclinical and clinical neurological disorders theme. Matthew graduated from his PhD (Pharmacology, UWA) in 2012 studying the effects of dexamphetamine on electrophysiology, phenomenology, and behaviour associated with schizophrenia in human subjects. 

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