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Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) cancer researcher Professor Arun (Dharma) Dharmarajan (from Curtin’s School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences) is guest editing special issues of two international research journals. The first is a special issue on ‘Cancer Stem Cells’ for the International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Impact factor 3.2) and the second […]

Congratulations to the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute’s (CHIRI) Dr Mark Hackett from Curtin’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences on receiving the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Division Paul Haddad Medal. The medal recognises Mark’s research and contribution to analytical and environmental chemistry, both nationally and internationally, in particular his […]

The involvement of several Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researchers in the recent Gastroenterological Society of Australia’s (GESA) 2018 Research Workshop in Surfers Paradise helped to ensure a swell event. The workshop, convened by CHIRI Associate Professor Nina Tirnitz-Parker, from Curtin’s School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, and Professor Nicholas Shackel from the Ingham […]

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) Work Experience Volunteer Ayeisha Milligan Armstrong has been awarded a highly-prized 2018 Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration (DCRC) Postgraduate Scholarship. Ayeisha, who is a former CHIRI Honours student, received one of only three of the highly-competitive scholarships awarded nationally this year. She will use the scholarship of $30,000 a […]

“We could make that little bit of hope a bit bigger,” says Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researcher Professor Marco Falasca, on news his potential new treatment for pancreatic cancer is moving into clinical trials. Curtin University is conducting the clinical trials, which will see pancreatic cancer patients in Western Australia offered a medicinal […]

  Another successful Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience (SWAN) may be behind us but it’s fresh in the minds of many at the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) who are celebrating their involvement in the two-day event. A total of around 190 people participated at various stages throughout the program, which featured an impressive […]

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 […]