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🟧Landmark mtg to setup an Australasian Pleural consortium to promote pleural research, education+care. THx all for supporting this effort! Exciting plans to come! TSANZ Vineeth George Thepleuralfellow Bristi Roy CalvinJ S Phan Nguyen Arash Badiei Tajalli Saghaie Kirstin Tirant


The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Podcast on Pleural Medicine: Free online racp.edu.au/pomegranate/vi… Thx Marion Leighton + Mic Cavazzini for hosting me. Always fun to talk pleural research/care. Alejandro AABIP TSANZ Irish Thoracic Society Pulm PEEPs CHEST ERS CHEST ALAT


New #mesothelioma research with NCARD contributions maps protein markers on cancer cells that immune cells can recognise—identifying 2,000+ potential targets that could inform #immunotherapy development. Published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #AsbestosDisease

🔬 Congratulations to NCARD's Dr. Alistair Cook on receiving a $100K Tour De Cure grant! His preclinical research explores how low-dose #radiotherapy might enhance #immunotherapy responses. #mesothelioma #NCARDresearch #cancerresearch ncard.org.au/boosting-immun…

Celebrated this week: Prof Fiona Lake's distinguished career Charlie’s Respiratory UWA in Western Australia + contributions to #respiratory #ILD & #MedEd at all levels esp students @UWAresearch/junior doctors North Metropolitan Health Service. Happy retirement! TSANZ The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sanjay Ramakrishnan



PRIMARY #PNEUMOTHX: variations in Rx in n=456 surveyed 🇦🇺🇳🇿 ER vs chest physicians vs surgeons. Congrats to Prof AM Kelly Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton OAM 🌈 #YES2023 Sanjeevan Muruganandan Arash Badiei Gerben Keijzers Peter Jones Prof. Peter Cameron Frances B Kinnear PMID: 40162593 The IMJ The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Alfred Emergency Academic Centre Royal College of Emergency Medicine



Wonderful having Cancer Council WA donors tour NCARD today with Dr. Kofi Stevens! Your support makes our research possible. Together, we're advancing cancer treatments and bringing hope to patients. Thank you! 📸 #CancerResearch #CommunityImpact



Happy International Day of Immunology! 🧬 NCARD researchers showcased creativity at the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology 's bake-off with three unique immunology-themed entries! Science + baking = perfect celebration! #InternationalDayOfImmunology #ASImmunology


Congratulations to NCARD's Prof Y C Gary Lee on recently receiving the 2025 Lung Health Legend Award! 🏆 His pioneering work in pleural medicine is improving lives for Australians with lung disease & cancer. 👏 Well-deserved recognition! Lung Foundation Australia


🔬 Kicking off #NationalCancerResearchMonth with big news! NCARD receives $500K for MAGIC - using AI to advance mesothelioma research through international collaboration. QIMR Berghofer UWA Respiratory Health More details: ncard.org.au/ncard-secures-…

Sleep matters for science! 💤 Yesterday, our team joined UWA's Sleep Masterclass to boost wellbeing & productivity. Proud that this came from our PhD students' Kindness in Science - Kind Scientists initiative—proving great science needs healthy minds. #ResearchWellbeing #NCARD #UWAResearch


📢 NCARD is expanding! - Research Associate in tumour immunology: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/520089/… - Research Associate (Bioinformatician): external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/520088/… We anticipate strong interest - Applications close May 21! #CancerResearch #Perthjobs #Immunology #bioinformatics


If you have lived experience with an #asbestos-related disease, we encourage you to apply for the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases Consumer Advisory Panel: bit.ly/43g9pt2


🔬NCARD awarded $200K from Medical Research Future Fund for groundbreaking IMAGER study, testing a targeted approach that could transform how we detect and monitor #mesothelioma. Telix Pharmaceuticals Insurance Commission Australian National Imaging Facility Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia Reflections ncard.org.au/ncard-secures-…


🟩Heart failure: commonest cause of #pleural #effusion. José Manuel Porcel Pérez will discuss this under-represented topic at THE AUSTRALASIAN PLEURAL SEMINARS on Jun 4. Link on 🧵. TSANZ AABIP WABIP Alejandro Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group American Thoracic Society (ATS) ERS CHEST Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
