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If you’re heading to the 5th WA Synchrotron Symposium at Curtin University today, be sure to catch Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) PhD student Clinton Kidman talk about how he’s using synchrotron science to explore the link between iron and fatty liver disease. Clinton is among a team of CHIRI researchers using the Australian […]

Three PhD students linked with the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) recently scored prizes at two national symposia. CHIRI PhD Student Ashley Hollings won second place in the Student Talk category at the Australian Society for Molecular Imaging (ASMI) 2018 Scientific Meeting. Ashley then went on to achieve third place in the Australian Synchrotron […]

As users of the Australian Syncrotron facility in Melbourne gather for their annual meeting, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researcher Dr Mark Hackett is shining a light on his research. Mark is a speaker at the two-day Australian Synchrotron User Meeting 2018 on 22-23 November 2018 – an event proudly supported by CHIRI. The […]

The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) is sponsoring a public lecture by Professor Manny Noakes as part of its support of the Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience 2018. Manny’s lecture on ‘Mind and Diet Connections – Food for Thought’ is at 5.30pm on Thursday 29 November at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research […]

The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) is thrilled to welcome new appointment Associate Professor Pieter Eichhorn, from Curtin’s School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, to its cancer research team this year. Pieter’s research focuses on the use of functional genetic screens to identify novel mechanisms of resistance to targeted cancer therapies. Over the past […]

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) Research Fellow Dr Virginie Lam recently put up her hand to promote Curtin University’s biotechnology capabilities at the AusBiotech conference in Brisbane. Virginie, who is from the School of Public Health, represented Curtin as part of Team Perth. Her role, along with fellow Curtin representative Deputy Director IP Commercialisation, […]

Having your research published in the prestigious publication Science is such a momentous achievement that Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researcher Professor Marco Falasca, from Curtin’s School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, received an additional award for it. The Curtin Research Office recognised Marco’s achievement and significant contribution to the university’s research at its […]

New research led by Curtin University and involving several Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researchers has shed new light on the role of immune cells known as macrophages in the growth and progression of mesothelioma tumours during the ageing process. With these immune cells found in tissues and tumours making up about 50 per […]

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute researcher and Curtin School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Senior Lecturer, Dr Hani Al-Salami, was recently a guest speaker at a special seminar sponsored by the School of Pharmacy at New Zealand’s University of Otago in Dunedin. The seminar explored the latest advancement in bio and nano technologies in drug […]

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) and Curtin School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences researchers Professor Marco Falasca and Professor Arunasalam Dharmarajan were recently part of an impressive line-up of invited speakers at the 4th International Conference on Translational Research in Goa, India. Speakers came from across the host country as well as Australia and […]