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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · 7d

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

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · 27d

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

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · 29d

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

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NDLR_conference @ndlrconference.bsky.social · Sep 12

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.

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Sep 8

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

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Aug 22

Researchers at ONJCRI, @wehi-research.bsky.social and @petermaccc.bsky.social have discovered that a known protein complex can stop a common type of blood cancer in its tracks.

The findings were published in @natcomms.nature.com

➡️ Read more: ow.ly/Ca4S50WHVrA

#Lymphoma #CRISPR

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Aug 5

📚 Congratulations to Dr Sarah Yeo, lead author of TRACKER Biobank's first peer-reviewed publication, which explores the challenges and future directions for lung cancer biobanking in Australia.

Read the review here: ow.ly/jlvA50Wze5Y

#LungCancerResearch #CancerResearch #Biobank #ONJCRI

Dr Lisa Mielke awarded ARC Future Fellowship

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TOGA @togaanz.bsky.social · Jul 31

Today, we stand with patients, families, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness of lung cancer.

- 36 Australians are diagnosed with lung cancer each day
- Lung cancer claims the most lives of any cancer in Australia
- Less than 6% of cancer research funding is allocated to thoracic cancers

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The Medical Journal of Australia @mja.com.au · Jul 27

Bowel cancer rates are rising in young people, and researchers are working tirelessly to find out why, writes Dr Lisa Mielke

buff.ly/SpTGiBQ

@onjcri.org.au @lisa-mielke.bsky.social

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 27

🎗️ This World Head and Neck Cancer Day, we're highlighting ONJCRI's START-HN trial: a game-changing combination of precision radiotherapy and revolutionary immune monitoring techniques that can track how immune cells respond to treatment.

Read more here: ow.ly/el1V50WvBBy

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 23

We are thrilled to share that the ACRF Centre for Precision Medicine has officially opened at ONJCRI.

Thank you to ACRF for making this new facility become a reality.

➡️ Read more about our new Centre: ow.ly/mcJl50WtK57

#ACRF #CancerResearch #PrecisionMedicine #ONJCRI

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 17

💡 Breakthrough in rare cancer care

Research led by Prof Eliza Hawkes shows that 3D imaging can revolutionise how we monitor treatment for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), a rare but aggressive cancer.

Read the full study here: ow.ly/Nler50WqYMI

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 16

🧠 This Glioblastoma (GBM) Awareness Day, we highlight The Centre for Research Excellence in Brain Cancer's Biomarkers in Brain project.

"This valuable resource will allow us to push forward with research to find better treatments for GBM patients.”

➡️ Learn more: ow.ly/NFAm50Wqiel

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 11

Congratulations to Dr Lisa Mielke, who received a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship totalling $1.13 million to research new molecules for future drug and vaccine development.

➡️ Learn more: ow.ly/GSAP50Wo6L1

#FutureFellowship #ONJCRI

This ARC Future Fellowship will allow Dr Mielke and her team to research new molecules for future drug and vaccine development.

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 11

🎯 Game-changer for lymphoma treatment

ONJCRI researchers have cracked the code on predicting which blood cancer patients will respond best to a powerful combo of radiotherapy and immunotherapy. In @bloodjournals.hematology.org

Read more on our website: ow.ly/CnZc50Wo6gw

#Cancer #Lymphoma

Rare cancers clinical trial findings published in JAMA Oncology

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 10

The first publication from our rare cancers clinical trial (MoST CIRCUIT) was published in‪ @jamaoncology.com‬. Congratulations to A/Prof Oliver Klein and team!

Read more: ow.ly/gr8O50Wnnxv

Thank you to @bms-news.bsky.social, Omico, and the Minderoo Foundation.

This is the first publication on a patient cohort treated as part of the MoST CIRCUIT rare cancers clinical trial, sponsored by ONJCRI.

TIA Accelerator Program funding for research on mRNA immunotherapies

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 10

Congratulations to ‪@davidyiju.bsky.social‬ who has received funding through TIA’s Pipeline Accelerator program.

The funding will allow Dr Ju, Dr Shiyao Li and Prof Marco Herold to work with the BASE mRNA facility to pursue research on mRNA-based immunotherapies.

➡️ ow.ly/30yH50Wm72I

This funding will allow the team to collaborate with the BASE mRNA facility and advance their research into mRNA-based immunotherapies.

Prof Andrew Scott receives two awards at SNMMI meeting

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 8

New research on MCL-1 by WEHI and ONJCRI's Prof Marco Herold published in Science. Read more ⬇️

WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · Jul 8

New research: MCL-1 not only prevents cell death, also fuels cells by supporting energy production. Helps explain side effects seen with MCL-1 targeting drugs in cancer clinical trials; could lead to better therapies. In @science.org

🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/hidden-...

Loss of MCL-1 triggers severe mitochondrial damage (shown in the right panel). Mitochondria are shown in red, cell nuclei in blue.

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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · Jul 8

New research: MCL-1 not only prevents cell death, also fuels cells by supporting energy production. Helps explain side effects seen with MCL-1 targeting drugs in cancer clinical trials; could lead to better therapies. In @science.org

🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/hidden-...

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 4

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Scott AM who received two awards at the SNMMI meeting last week.
➡️ The Minoshima-Pappas award
➡️️ The Henry Wagner Jr lecture award

Read more: ow.ly/ExHa50WkR3C
@snm-mi.bsky.social‬

#SNMMI2025 #NuclearMedicine #Theranostics #ONJCRI

Congratulations to our Prof Andrew Scott AM who received two awards at the SNMMI meeting in the US last week.

ONJCRI Impact Strategy 2025-2029 Launch

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 4

Congratulations Dr Tracy Leong!

ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 4

Relive the highlights of the launch of our Impact Strategy 2025–2029! Thank you to everyone who attended, shared insights, and celebrated this milestone with us.

#EffectiveTolerableAccessible #ImpactStrategy #BedsideToBenchToBedside #ONJCRI

youtu.be/M3U-RnVz5Qw

YouTube video by Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jul 1

Unlocking the immune system to eliminate breast cancer 🔬

Dr Chamikara Liyanage uses single-cell genomics to uncover how tumours evade detection. His breakthrough? A nutrient-immune pathway that may restore immune function in aging tissue.

🔗 ow.ly/BHhw50WiNa9

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ONJ Cancer Research Institute @onjcri.org.au · Jun 27

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Lisa Mielke, who has been awarded a grant totalling US$310,000 by the Colorectal Cancer Alliance Project Cure CRC initiative.

Read more: ow.ly/K6Rc50VKYnp

#ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #ONJCRI

Dr Lisa Mielke awarded Colorectal Cancer Alliance funding

This important Colorectal Cancer Alliance grant will allow Dr Lisa Mielke to conduct further research into colorectal cancer.