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An international collaborative study, of which Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute researcher Associate Professor Pieter Eichhorn is one of the lead authors, has discovered that using drugs to target a pathway in the body that causes cancerous cells to spread aggressively may help to reduce the severity of bladder cancer. The research is published in […]

The inaugural biennial meeting of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology was particularly rewarding for PhD student Yi Jer (Richard) Tan, whose research poster won him the International Journal of Molecular Sciences prize. Richard, who is undertaking his studies at the Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM) at Universiti Sains Malaysia in […]

Two Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) PhD students have put their heads together and their hands up to secure a welcome funding boost for their research as part of an awards scheme offered by the institute. Shelley Waters and Michael Wildie are the latest recipients of funding under the CHIRI-Hands-Up Support Scheme, receiving a […]

Curtin University researchers and final and second year students recently came together to talk 2020 Honours projects and summer scholarships at a meet and greet session hosted by the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI). Organised by Curtin’s Biomedical Sciences Club and the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences in partnership with CHIRI, the event […]

The Neurotrauma research team at Curtin University and the Perron Institute, led by CHIRI Deputy Director Professor Lindy Fitzgerald, are currently recruiting participants for an exciting new study on concussion – the CREST Concussion REcovery STudy. The study is the largest of its kind in Western Australia and involves a range of techniques that are […]

Three strategic projects supervised by Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute researchers are up for grabs as part of the 2020 Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarships Competitive Round. The prestigious scholarships will receive additional complementary funding to current RTP standard scholarships. The RTP is an Australian Government funded scholarship scheme that provides funding support […]

Making diseases of ageing old news is Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) immunologist Dr Connie Jackaman’s aim and she now has two new funding grants totalling $175,000 to help her do it. The Cancer Council WA awarded $100,000 to a research team Connie’s leading to investigate immune dysregulation during ageing and the impact on […]

Imagine if the key to improving outcomes for patients with degenerative brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease was sitting right there in our kitchens and in the meals we eat. Our research at the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute is telling us this is a possibility and our PhD student […]

Research led by Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researcher Professor Marco Falasca has discovered a potential new treatment for an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer which the team hopes may increase the survival of patients resistant to currently available chemotherapeutic drugs. Published in the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research, the research found […]

  The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) is looking to welcoming the first recipient of a newly launched PhD scholarship thanks to support from the Lions Cancer Institute. Announced this week and fully funded by the Lions Cancer Institute, the Lions-Lotus PhD Scholarship will attract high-quality PhD students to Curtin University to conduct cutting-edge […]