2005 - $1 million capital works grant

Feature Outcome: Fit-out of the new Children’s Cancer Centre Research Laboratories as part of the $20million capital works program for the new Children’s Cancer Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Research Institution: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria

Background / Overview:

The Children’s Cancer Centre at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne is undertaking a major capital works program that will ultimately consolidate, expand and integrate laboratory, public health and clinical cancer research together with patient cancer treatment facilities.

The overall capital works program for the entire new Children’s Cancer Centre consists of a $20 million project that will build this new comprehensive Cancer Centre for children. The grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation will enable the fit-out of the new Children’s Cancer Centre Research Laboratories within this project.

The Cancer Centre Research Laboratories will be situated in the MCRI Research Tower on the western end of the campus. The physical location of the research laboratories opens directly into clinical and administrative areas in the Cancer Centre. This close juxtaposition of research facilities and clinical care will facilitate close interactions between research scientists and clinicians. This will enable the best possible translational research outcomes to patients and a rapid translation of basic research and diagnostic investigations into clinical care.

The new research laboratory precinct at the MCRI has world-class facilities including high resolution confocal microscopy, state-of-the-art flow cytometry and a full GMP grade cellular therapeutics facility. Finally, this new Children’s Cancer Centre Research Laboratory will allow us to attract world-class personnel and industry support which will further enhance medical research outcomes for Australian children and young people with cancer. 

Types of Cancer : Paediatric Leukaemia, Brain Tumours & Neuroblastoma