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SEMINAR: How do Melanomas grow? Biological Paradigms of cancer heterogeneity and progression

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Dr Mark Shackleton, one of the world’s leading cancer experts is a Medical Oncologist and a Group Leader of the Melanoma Research Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. After training in medical oncology at the Ludwig Institute in Melbourne, Dr Shackleton did his PhD at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, USA. His research has been published in journals such as Nature, Cell and the New England Journal of Medicine. His lab focuses on understanding mechanisms of melanoma initiation and propagation.

A winner of the 2006 Victorian Premier’s Award for Medical Research, an NHMRC Achievement Award in 2010 and more recently the 2012 Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year – Mark has had a remarkable decade of achievement. Dr Shackleton is a current Pfizer Australia Senior Research Fellow and a Fellow of the Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation.
Speaker(s) Dr Mark Shackleton
Location McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QQ Block, SCGH, 6 Verdun Street Nedlands 6009
Contact Fiona Mackenzie <[email protected]> : 61510700
URL http://www.waimr.uwa.edu.au
Start Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:00
End Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:00
Submitted by Fiona Mackenzie <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:24
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