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Bringing together our brightest minds to end brain cancer as a terminal illness. Founded by @carriesB4BC & established in partnership with @WEHI_Research.
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Congratulations to one of our Research Rockstars Dr Ryan Cross Ryan S Cross awarded one of The Kids' Cancer Project fellowships! Ryan is a mid career researcher at WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) working on Glioma, Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG)/ Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) His research


Awesome to see our Research Rockstar Prof Misty Jenkins AO work in the Herald Sun today. Misty and her WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) teammates Leesa Lertsumitkul Melinda Iliopoulos, Stacie Wang, Dr Alex Davenport and Ryan S Cross authored this study, proudly funded by The Brain Cancer Centre with funding

Catch our Research Rockstar, BCC Co-Head Research Strategy Prof Misty Jenkins AO talking to @10NewsFirst about her brain cancer research breakthrough. This cutting edge immunotherapy known as CAR T Cell therapy uses the bodyās own immune system to attack the brain tumour and

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This month weāre proud to share the some of the brilliant minds behind our paediatric brain cancer research programmes. Like A/Prof Dr Raelene Endersby Co-Head Brain Tumour Research The Kids Research Institute Australia in Perth āNo-one expects a child to be


Welcome to some new brilliant minds joining the BCC team! Dr Joseph (Joe) Sia Radiation Oncologist Peter Mac Cancer Centre & Dr Negar Asadian, Neuroscientist have joined the Brain Cancer Lab team at WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Joe brings his expertise from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centreās Department of Radiation


Dr Jim Whittle BCC Co-Head Research Strategy is presenting at ESMO - Eur. Oncology in Barcelona, a platform with over 30,000Ā researchers from all over the world. His talk will focus on the early data from one of our first trials targeting IDH1-mutatedĀ Low Grade Gliomas (LGGs), testing


One of our brilliant minds BCC member Sammy Shaya presented his research RESET-GBM at the Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology ASNO annual meeting. Sammy works with our Co-Head Research Strategy Dr Jim Whittle with collaborative partners Peter Mac Cancer Centre WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) and The Royal Melbourne Hospital


Proud to have brilliant minds like Dr Lucy Gately and Megan part of our BCC dream team. Many Minds. One Focus.

Our BCC Research Rockstars have had another exciting new paper published, led by Dr Lucy Gately WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) This study is part of BCC funded programme the BRAIN Registry and captures comprehensive data from patients with brain cancer, from the time of their diagnosis


Weāre turning 3!! š„³ Happy Birthday to us! š Weāre so excited about how far weāve come in 3 short years. Weāre celebrating: š§āš¬ 3 years of ground-breaking research š° $30 million committed to research & clinical trials š A world-first clinical trial Brain POP š©āš¬ 70

Our Research Rockstars Prof Misty Jenkins AO & Dr sarah best WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) have just returned from the EANO Neuro-Oncology Conference in Glasgow, where some of the leading brain cancer clinicians and researchers gathered to discuss the latest in brain cancer research.




Check out our BCC Research Rockstars and Cover Stars! Ā Prof Kate Drummond AM is Director of Neurosurgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Professor University of Melbourne Sheās a passionate mentor and advocate for junior colleagues, like Dr Heidi McAlpine, trainee neurosurgeon.Ā Ā Currently only around 11% of




Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science š©āš¬ Weāre celebrating the incredible women behind our research. š¬ Most of our senior research leaders are female š©āš¬ 60% of our Chief Investigators are women 𧬠We support 50+ brilliant female research minds Weāre

Today is International Childhood Cancer Day. Prof. Nick Gottardo, Paediatric Oncologist at Perth Children's Hospital & Co-Head of Brain Tumour Research at The Kids Research Institute Australia is leading the charge against childhood brain cancer. Some brain cancers, like DIPG, still have no effective

The Brain Cancer Centreās most significant investment has been the establishment of The Brain Cancer Research Laboratory (BCRL) at @wehi_research The Brain Cancer Lab is pioneering a new model for a collaborative laboratory. Co-headed by Dr sarah best cancer biologist
