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Cartherics Celebrates Academic Achievements

Doctoral students achieve key milestones

 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 […]

2020-12-21T06:35:40+11:00December 21st, 2020|

The Power Of The Pivot – Lessons from the biotech frontline

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 […]

2020-11-19T01:14:44+11:00November 19th, 2020|

The Fight Against Cancer Continues ……. Despite COVID-19

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, […]

2020-12-09T09:26:07+11:00November 18th, 2020|

Frustrated by Victoria’s COVID-19 Lockdown? Try India ……

That’s where Anisha Balachandran – Cartherics’ past PhD student has been since January

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 […]

2020-09-22T06:41:02+10:00September 22nd, 2020|

What’s COVID-19 doing to Australian Biotech ?

Cartherics Chief Scientific Officer Richard Boyd and Chief Operating Officer Ian Nisbet take a hard look

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 […]

2020-06-04T04:44:25+10:00June 4th, 2020|

Congratulations Dr Balachandran

Cartherics is delighted to announce that doctoral student Anisha Balachandran has been awarded her PhD…read the official news.

‘Dear Dr Balachandran Suraiya,

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that Professor Margaret Gardner AO – President and Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the delegated authority of the Monash University Council, has conferred the award Doctor Of […]

2020-05-29T06:16:21+10:00May 29th, 2020|

Good news from Cartherics

Doctoral student Anisha Balachandran has submitted her thesis with compliments all-round

By Leigh Dayton

Image from Left to right : Dr Richard Boyd (Supervisor), Anisha Balachandran, Dr Nick Boyd (Co-Supervisor).

She joined the Cartherics Cooperative Research Centre (CRC-P) PhD Program two years ago with a top reputation. Now, Anisha Balachandran is garnering even more kudos for the quality […]

2020-03-25T07:27:34+11:00March 25th, 2020|

Cartherics develops people as well as ideas

Three cheers for PhD student Rasa Islam

By Leigh Dayton, Cartherics Communication Advisor

She started last March and now Cartherics’ first full-time PhD student has passed a significant milestone with style.  Rasa Islam has successfully presented and defended her year-one work – turning stem cells into effective natural killer cells.

“I’m really pleased”, says Islam who confesses to being […]

2020-03-20T06:52:07+11:00March 20th, 2020|

Cartherics welcomes a new team member with a sigh of relief ……

By Leigh Dayton

When she started in January, the word spread rapidly. Publications Officer Aleta Pupovac was hired to use her passion for language, reading and writing to help her colleagues tackle the burden of preparing papers, grants, reports and the seemingly endless regulatory obligations of scientific innovation.

“My role is to liaise with the scientists who […]

2020-03-10T23:21:58+11:00March 10th, 2020|

“From the Bench to Biotech”

Keen to see biotechnology make the leap from the laboratory to the marketplace?

If so, join Cartherics CEO Professor Alan Trounson and a panel of experienced innovators Monday 9 December at University House, University of Melbourne.

Chaired by Dougal Edwards, CEO of business accelerator Bright Arena, the panel will discuss the traps and tricks of moving applied research […]

2019-12-06T00:17:53+11:00December 6th, 2019|
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