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ONJ Cancer Research Institute
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We are an independent research institute focused on translational research into more effective, tolerable and accessible cancer treatments for all.
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‘The Beginning’ by Rebecca Brown, PhD student

💡 Discover our Science Meets Art masterpieces: https://sciencemeetsart.com.au/shop/

#ScienceMeetsArt #MicroscopyArt #BreastCancerResearch
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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🔬 Thank you for being on the journey with our team in 2025. We look forward to sharing our breakthroughs and impact stories with you in 2026.

If you would like to stay up to date with our news, subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.onjcri.org.au/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/

#CancerResearch
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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‘The Second Brain in the Colon’ by Dr Pavitha Parathan, Postdoctoral Researcher 

💡 Discover our Science Meets Art masterpieces: https://sciencemeetsart.com.au/shop/

#ScienceMeetsArt #MicroscopyArt #BowelCancer
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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‘Crystal Nebula’ by Andrew Li, PhD student

💡 Discover our Science Meets Art masterpieces: https://ow.ly/mcti50XGCWW

#ScienceMeetsArt #ArtInScience #ResearchArt
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Have you been directly impacted by cancer, as a patient, carer or loved one? Your voice can transform outcomes for cancer patients.

➡️ Learn about our Patient Advocacy Program: https://ow.ly/1qL950XHXMf

#PatientAdvocates #PatientAdvocacy #CancerAdvocates #PatientVoice
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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ONJCRI and WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) researchers have discovered that the TAK1 gene acts like a molecular safety switch, protecting cancer cells from attack by the immune system.

➡️ Read more: https://ow.ly/YtVW50XLgyq

#TAK1 #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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An important review exploring how the gut microbiome may act as an immune gate-keeper in B-cell lymphoma has been published in Blood Reviews.
The review was authored by our team specialising in lymphoma and collaborators at QIMR Berghofer

➡️ https://ow.ly/coGe50XKHwl
#BCellLymphoma
Prof Eliza Hawkes
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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860+ emails have gone to MPs across 130 electorates calling for the full Medical Research Future Fund in the 2026–27 Federal Budget

Medical research pays for itself - every $1 returns $3.90

Let it fund tomorrow - share your voice:
www.aamri.org.au/mrff

#releasethefullmrff
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Stomach cancer is often caught late and hard to treat, but Dr Lisa Mielke's team at ONJCRI is changing that. By uncovering how the nervous system fuels stomach & bowel cancer growth, they are opening doors to new treatments.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/Lt9x50Xve2T

#StomachCancer #BowelCancer
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A study led by WEHI and @onjcri.org.au has uncovered a new way to track heterogeneous breast cancer cells as they metastasise to secondary organs.

The findings could lead to a powerful new tool to study the complexity of metastatic breast cancer.

Published in NPJ Imaging: rdcu.be/eOKdU
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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We are delighted to share that A/Prof Peter Janes and A/Prof Doug Fairlie have received Pankind 2025 Research Grants, allowing them to make strides in their pancreatic cancer research.

➡️ Read more: https://ow.ly/Coqq50XsqUl

#PancreaticCancer #CancerResearch #ResearchGrants #ONJCRI
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Significant new results from ONJCRI’s Phase II rare cancer clinical trial on combination immunotherapy in dMMR/MSI-H non-colorectal cancers have been published in @jamaoncology.com.

➡️ Learn more: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#RareCancers #RareCancerTrial #ClinicalTrials #ONJCRI
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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ONJCRI researchers have found that differentiation grade does not change significantly following cancer spread, suggesting that studying the primary tumour alone will be sufficient to understand the metastasis in most cases.

➡️ Full paper: https://ow.ly/SK0T50XmUct

#ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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ONJCRI was delighted to host our third Science Meets Art exhibition, welcoming members of the community, patient advocates and our supporters.

A huge thank you to the North East Community Fund, the artists and the dedicated Committee who made this event come to life!

➡️ https://ow.ly/YGyK50XmSni
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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ONJCRI joins AAMRI in calling on the Federal Government to release the full MRFF in the 26–27 Federal Budget.

The MRFF was created to deliver $1 billion every year for lifesaving research, but currently, only about $650 million is being released.

Visit aamri.org.au/mrff/

#releasethefullMRFF
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Our fantastic @onjcri.org.au and @lardr.bsky.social teams presenting lymphoma research orals at #HSANZ Blood conference in Perth. Dr Liz Goodall, Dr Allison barraclough, Eliza Chung and Rebecca nightingale and Dr Arina Martynchyk. All rising @womeninlymphoma.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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New trial sites have been activated for the advanced #cholangiocarcinoma BIL-PPP phase II study in VIC, NSW, QLD and SA, making it accessible to more Australians.

➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/xqo650XjsBM

The BIL-PPP trial is funded by the Wayne Elphinstone Memorial Fund, AstraZeneca and AGITG
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Catch ONJCRI’s Dr Pavitha Parathan and Dr @davidyiju.bsky.social on @drshanerrr.bsky.social’s RRR program, Einstein A Go-Go this morning 📻
Talking bowel cancer and novel cancer treatment delivery systems 🔬

#sciencemedia #cancerresearch
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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ONJCRI researchers have linked two nervous system components to bowel cancer growth, creating promising new avenues for treatment with existing approved migraine therapies.

The findings were published in The BMJ Oncology today.

➡️ https://ow.ly/PCFE50XfWVh

#BowelCancer #Neuropeptides #ONJCRI
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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We are thrilled to be partners with the @cccolab.bsky.social and are looking forward to working together to improve outcomes for children with cancer.
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This National Carers Week, we celebrate the significant role of carers in the lives of people with cancer by sharing the powerful story of one of ONJCRI’s valued supporters.

➡️ Read Gary's story: https://ow.ly/JZQV50XaRtu
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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ONJCRI researchers and collaborators at @unimelb.bsky.social and RMIT have developed a novel nanomedicine delivery system with highly ordered structures that enhance cargo delivery to their targets.

➡️ Read the paper: ow.ly/XmYX50X1j4I

#LipidNanoparticles #Nanomedicine #CancerResearch
September 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Today, we celebrate World Cancer Research Day, a recognition of the vital role of research in improving cancer outcomes and reducing the global cancer burden.

➡️ Learn more about our research: www.onjcri.org.au/ou...

#WorldCancerResearchDay
September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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We are thrilled to announce Prof @elizahawkes.bsky.social Hawkes, the Chief Clinical Research Officer at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and #Lymphoma doc at Austin Health, as a speaker at #NDLR2026. Eliza’s interests are implementing novel #CancerTherapies into #ClinicalTrails.
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Researchers at ONJCRI, the University of Washington and @wehi-research.bsky.social have created novel "designer proteins" that can both activate and block cell death as required under different conditions.

➡️ Read the Science Advances paper: ow.ly/5glk50WSRnT

#CellDeath #Apoptosis #ONJCRI
September 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM