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Announcement of the Executive Director for Maridulu Budyari Gumal - SPHERE

Prof Mark Parsons has been appointed as the Executive Director, Maridulu Budyari Gumal - Sydney Partnership for Health Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE).  He commenced in the role on 1 July 2021. Prof Parsons is an internationally recognised neurologist and leader in stroke medicine.

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ABC Top 5 Media Residency

Dr Mandy Hagstrom (UNSW) has been awarded an ABC Top 5 media residency with ABC Radio National. Dr Hagstrom, a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology is investigating adaptations to resistance training, with special interests in female adaptations, sex differences and survivors of breast cancer.

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AlphaFold’s ‘transformative’ database 

AlphaFold has predicted the structure of nearly the entire human proteome and made it available through a public database. The deep-learning neural network, developed by Google’s artificial-intelligence firm DeepMind, predicts the 3D structures of proteins from their amino-acid sequences. Researchers say the resource — which is set to grow to 130 million structures by the end of the year — has the potential to revolutionize the life sciences. From Nature.

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GRANTS

AeRO Google Cloud Grants (PhDs and ECRs)

This program provides PhD students and ECRs the opportunity for access to cloud computing resources (up to US $5K) from Google and training skills support from QCIF. The program will support projects that can benefit from access to scalable computing, storage and/or machine learning technologies. 

Deadline: 19 August 2021

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Open NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities

• Partnership Project 2021 PRC2 Deadline:12 August 2021 
• MRFF 2021 COVID 19 Health Impacts and Vaccination Schedules Grant Opportunity Deadline: 18 August 2021 
• MRFF 2021 Rare Cancers Rare Diseases Unmet Need General - Grant Opportunity Deadline: 18 August 2021 
• Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Participation in Cancer Screening Programs 2021 Deadline: 18 August 2021
• 2021 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants Deadline: 25 August 2021
• MRFF 2021 International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Grant Opportunity Deadline: 8 September 2021

NHMRC Funding Calendar
MRFF Funding Calendar 

AWARDS, TRAINING AND RESOURCES

Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Workshop

Facilitated by UTS, this session is designed for personnel currently or planning to be involved with, clinical trials or clinical studies which prospectively assign human participants to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes. The course is free for SPHERE partners. 

When: 29 July 2021

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How to strike gold with a lightning talk

Super-short ‘lighting talks’ can give an audience the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of topics and can broaden the exposure of your research. But, if not done well, lightning talks can bring more chaos than clarity. Scientists share their tips for perfecting the art of boiling down your work into a short, sharp hit. From Nature.

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Survey: ctDNA analysis and potential point-of care technologies

The ability to sensitively detect and measure Circulating Tumour (ctDNA) in the blood of cancer patients has emerged as a promising monitoring tool that could revolutionise the management of cancer. Given that there are currently 761 clinical trials involving ctDNA registered on the NCI clinical trials website, it is clear that ctDNA is an important biomarker in cancer management.
 
To understand how ctDNA is being used in the clinical management of cancer and how novel technologies and approaches may contribute to creating clinically relevant assays, particularly in the point of care setting, we have designed a survey that we would like clinical oncologists, clinical researchers as well as general practitioners to complete. Once complete, the results will be made available through peer reviewed publication. For more information, please contact Robert Salomon or Dayong Jin
 
Link to survey 

Job Opportunities:

• Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering or Bioinformatics, UNSW. This opportunity involves undertaking research and development in the field of data-driven telehealth services within the newly established Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering.
  Closing date: 4 August 2021
• Medical Director, NSW Health Rural, Regional and Remote Clinical Trial Enabling Program, NSW Ministry of Health. Newly created executive leadership role championing NSW Health Rural, Regional and Remote Clinical Trial Enabling Program funded through the MRFF.
  Closing date: 8 August 2021
• Molecular Research Assistant, Garvan Institute. The role is in the Stem Cell research stream, focussing on the role will be on population genetics in the context of developmental cell biology.

SEMINARS AND EVENTS

Australasian Rare Lung Disease Conference

The conference will be presented in a hybrid format, with live-streaming and in-person conference hubs in Sydney and Melbourne. Hosted by The Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Centre of Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis.

When: 6 - 7 August 2021

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Scaling Up Research Commercialisation Symposium

This virtual one-day Symposium aims to increase mutual understanding between business, researchers and government and strengthen the networks that will enable more researchers and businesses to succeed in commercialisation.

When: 10  August 2021

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ANZUP Cancer Trials Group Annual Scientific Meeting

Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate groups annual meeting provides a platform to discuss and present the latest updates in GU cancer treatment, research and supportive care, and to learn more about existing and planned ANZUP trials.

When: 17 - 19 October 2021

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About Us

Cancer CAG
The Cancer Clinical Academic Group (Cancer CAG) brings together clinicians and researchers from three universities, four cancer services (with six major treatment facilities) and three Medical Research Institutes. Our combined research strength spans the translational medicine spectrum of bench to bedside and health service delivery. Our network extends to all of the organisations below.

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