Monash Grad Rachelle Duffin joins the team
1 March 2021
By Leigh Dayton
Fresh from a Research Assistant job at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Monash University, Rachelle Duffin took up her new role at Cartherics at the beginning of February.
She’s “delighted and honoured” to be supervised by Cartherics […]
It all happened at Cape Schanck ……
By Leigh Dayton
24 February 2021
2020 was a rough year everywhere for everyone, including Cartherics’ hard-working team. By way of a thank you CEO Alan Trounson, Chairman Bob Moses and Chief Operating Officer Ian Nisbet hosted a company come-one come-all event this month at the Royal Automobile Club […]
By Leigh Dayton
21 December 2020
As a rough year for all comes to an end, Cartherics is delighted to raise a toast to Anisha Balachandran and Van Thi To. Anisha dressed-up for a pared-down graduation ceremony, and Van passed her Confirmation of Candidature Review with flying colours.
Cartherics CEO Alan Trounson is the […]
Back People Not Projects
By Ian Nisbet*
“If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 46 if you’re in Japan.” (Claire Cook, Seven Year Switch)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s I was working at CSL during the years leading up to its public listing and prior to it becoming the behemoth it […]
18 November 2020
By Leigh Dayton
They may not be able to gather at the Melbourne Convention Centre this year, but global experts in immunotherapy will swap ideas December 15 & 16 as Eradicate Cancer 2020 goes virtual.
Taking on the role of conference convenor for the second time, after the highly successful inaugural Conference in 2018, […]
22 September 2020
Finally, Anisha is back, well almost. She is currently in lockdown in Sydney. While there, she spoke with Cartherics Communication’s Advisor Leigh Dayton about her experience.
When and why did you go to India?
My dad passed away due to a cardiac arrest […]
By Leigh Dayton
In his application for Cartherics’ Research Scientist position, Phil noted: “I am an independent and hard-working research scientist who is proficient at working both individually and with a team”. True.
What Phil failed to mention is that he loves a good conversation. Politics, mentoring, economics and, of […]
For new recruit Walid Azar, it was about finding his calling.
As Walid Azar settles into his new dual role as Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Lab Manager at Cartherics, he feels content that he has finally found his calling. With previous experience in both cancer research and industry, he acknowledges having lived in the best […]
When considering whether to continue his translational research program at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), Frederico Calhabeu had a quick chat with Silvio Tiziani, Director, External Strategy and Planning at ARMI.
Silvio suggested a quiet word with several contacts in the […]
It’s hardly news. COVID-19 is a global threat. By the end of May 2020 it had killed 356,000 people worldwide and 103 Australians. The cost to the global economy is estimated in the trillions of dollars and Governments around the […]
