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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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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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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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