Two world-class research centres to open in QLD Posted on July 15, 2011February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit I’m thrilled to announce the official openings of two world-class cancer research laboratories in Queensland next Tuesday [19 July, 2011]: The ACRF Centre for Cancer Epigenetics at QIMR; and The Comprehensive Cancer Genomics Centre at the UQ Diamantina Institute. It is a true mark of the superior research being undertaken in the Sunshine State that these laboratories are opening on the same day to guests from all over the country. In 2007 ACRF provided $2.7 million and $3.2 million respectively in seed funding to establish both of these facilities. Less than four years later, the labs are operating, and more importantly, they are making significant breakthroughs in our understanding of cancer and the ways we can prevent, diagnose, treat and defeat this terrible disease. Continue reading “Two world-class research centres to open in QLD”
