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It gives us great pleasure to see a substantial and complex line of research enquiry be recognised via publication in the prestigious journal Developmental Cell.  CHIRI’s Carl Mousley is a leading author in an international collaborative study shedding light on functional proteins that are critical in regulation of cell proliferation and by extension, potential target for […]

Congratulations to CHIRI’s Dr Mark Hackett (School of Molecular and Life Sciences) who has been awarded Dementia Australia Research Foundation’s Mamutil Project Grant ($50,000) for his project titled “Investigation of age-related alteration to hippocampal elemental and biochemical homeostasis and neuro-vascular function, as a means to identify new therapeutic strategies to minimize or delay dementia onset in the […]

Congratulations to CHIRI PhD Student Himel Khaleque who has received two A* for her PhD and was also recommended for a Chancellor’s Commendation.  Her thesis was entitled “Acidihalobacter: Novel Halotolerant Iron- and Sulfur- Oxidizing Acidophiles with Potential for Saline Water Bioleaching”. Himel is a microbiologist biotechnologist who joined the School of Biomedical Sciences in 2014 […]

Another PhD success story with CHIRI PhD Student Revathy Carnagarin, primary supervised by Prof Crispin Dass and co-supervised by Prof Arunasalam Dharmarajan (School of Biomedical Sciences) securing a position as a post doc research associate- clinical research at UWA Medical School.  Revathy is now located at Dobney Hypertension Clinical Research, Royal Perth Hospital and reports to Winthrop Professor Markus Schlaich, Dobney Chair […]

Congratulations to CHIRI PhD candidate, Abhijeet Deshmukh (School of Biomedical Sciences) for receiving a position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center.  The MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the prestigious centres devoted exclusively for cancer research, patient care and education.  It is affiliated with University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA.  […]

CHIRI is delighted to celebrate one of our own with the announcement of a prestigious NHMRC Research Fellowship awarded to Professor Christopher Reid: Improving the Prevention, Treatment and Management of Cardiovascular & Chronic Disease in the Community ($774,540).  Chris is one of CHIRI’s lead eminent researchers within the Vascular & Metabolic Theme of CHIRI.  Chris  is a […]

Congratulations to CHIRI Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr. Jully Gogoi Tiwari (School of Biomedical Sciences).  Her research project titled “Targeting the Fn14 receptor to inhibit chronic liver disease progression” has been successful in attracting a 2018 Spinnaker Grant of $15,000. The grant will be formally awarded at the Spinnaker Health Research Foundation’s Annual Awards Night on […]

Congratulations to CHIRI PhD student Malini Visweswaran (School of Biomedical Sciences), who has received outstanding academic achievement for her PhD thesis examination.  Malini’s PhD thesis has been awarded an A grade distinction and supported for the Chancellor’s commendation from both her thesis examiners. Malini is a stem cell and cancer researcher who joined the School of […]