Newsletter - Cancer Clinical Academic Group No images? Click here LATEST NEWS 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. 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. 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. GRANTSAeRO Google Cloud Grants (PhDs and ECRs) Deadline: 19 August 2021 Open NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities
NHMRC Funding Calendar AWARDS, TRAINING AND RESOURCESIntroduction 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 How to strike gold with a lightning talk Survey: ctDNA analysis and potential point-of care technologies Job Opportunities:
SEMINARS AND EVENTSAustralasian 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. 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 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 About UsCancer CAG Connect with Us
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