Members

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (VIC)

Executive Director of Cancer Research: Prof. Joe Trapani
Director of Commercialisation: Dr Shari Lofthouse
Chief Operating Officer: Ms Mary Harney

Principal Affiliations
University of Melbourne

Principal Areas of Research
Cancer immunology
Cancer genomics & biochemistry
Cancer cell biology
Cancer genetics
Molecular radiation
Cell cycle & development

Major Current Research
Predictive apparoaches to patient therapy individualisation

Meiosis as a model for radiation effects on DNA and chromatin

Role of E2F transcription factors in erythoid development

Polarity genes in tumor development

DNA blinding radioprotectors - investigation of radioactive DNA ligands for immunotherapy

Mechanisms of metastasis - differently expressed genes

Modulation of apoptosis by Hsp72

Mechanism of action of HDAC inhibitors

Adoptive cancer immunotherapy using engineered T cells