
Ricky Johnstone
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Exec Director @PeterMacRes & Head @JohnstoneLab @PeterMacCC, Head @UniMelb Sir Peter Mac Dept of Oncology, cancer biologist, passionate about #CancerResearch
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https://www.petermac.org/users/prof-ricky-johnstone 11-03-2014 10:34:09
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Our very own Peter Mac Cancer Centre Executive Director Cancer Research Ricky Johnstone is up for election on the prestigious AACR Board of Directors! Read Prof. Johnstoneโs full vision statement and cast your vote here: shorturl.at/abN89. Voting closes February 27!




๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. For #WorldCancerDay check out some of our key collabs accelerating scientific discoveries & fostering innovation in research, treatment & education. maphub.net/PeterMac/map-2


Discovery science at its best! Congrats to Vi, Greg and all involved. Fundamental discoveries like this are the foundation of translational science. Bravo ๐ Peter Mac Research Centre for Cancer Biology

Published in Developmental Cell today is new collaborative research by Mark Dawson and Assoc Prof Andy Cox. They uncovered how the liver is triggered to regrow when it has undergone injury. doi.org/10.1016/j.devcโฆ

Congrats to Coner Kearney, Mario Djajawi, and Lizzy Pijpers for this beautiful study. Awesome collaboration between Peter Mac Research and ONJ Cancer Research Institute. cell.com/cell-reports/fโฆ

We are focussed on exciting and impactful science across the full translational research spectrum. Peter Mac Cancer Centre we offer an exciting and collegiate environment and terrific resources to conduct innovative cancer research. Check out these exciting new positions!

As the inaugural Director of the The Barrie Dalgleish Centre I cannot tell you how excited I am to work with colleagues Peter Mac Cancer Centre, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute), University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, @StVincentsMelb and SVIResearch on Myeloma and other blood cancers. Barrie and his family leave a great legacy bravo ๐


Bravo Ambassador Kennedy ๐ Thank you for supporting cancer research in Australia. Enjoy our beautiful outbackโฆ.. Iโm sure it will be a blast! Box Rallies Peter Mac Cancer Centre Garvan Institute of Medical Research WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Melanoma Institute Australia Tara Brown

This additional investment in medical research is sorely needed, and will help Peter Mac researchers continue to find new treatments and potential cures for all types of cancer. Itโs encouraging to see medical research prioritised in this way. Mark Butler MP Peter Mac Research


More than 90,000 at The G tonight for the Peter Mac Cup. How awesome!! Peter Mac Cancer Centre Peter Mac Research


Peter Mac's biomedical animation on CAR T-cell therapy has won GOLD at the The Telly Awards, selected from more than 13,000 entries worldwide. Created by Maja Divjak, PhD, it explains how this revolutionary #cancer treatment works. See more: tellyawards.com/winners/2024/nโฆ


Obtaining funding for blue sky ideas in cancer research can be a challenge which is why the The Barrie Dalgleish Centre created the grand challenge grants. Lev Kats & Anna Trigos are the inaugural recipients. Read more about their big ideas. #bloodcancer #research petermac.org/grand-challengโฆ

What a celebration at Vic Parl house last night, marking the life-saving medical research of our Vic institutes, focusing on supporting the full costs of their vital research. Thank you to all our speakers & guests, in particular Ben Carroll Georgie Crozier MP Ricky Johnstone ๐


Scientists have identified #ID3 as marker for #StemLike T cells that sustain immune responses to chronic infection and cancer. Ricky Johnstone KalliesLab University of Melbourne Read more in Science #Immunology: scim.ag/4hCNlhH


science.org/doi/10.1126/scโฆ First paper from the The Johnstone Lab for the year and a brilliant collaboration with Doherty Institute colleagues Dan Utzschneider and Alex Kallies. Thanks to all Peter Mac Research Peter Mac Cancer Centre for help and support and great job Dane Newman and Leonie Cluse!