Projects

2017 – 2019 Fellowship / 2017 Grant-in-Aid, Towards targeted treatments for Fanconi Anaemia, Associate Professor Wayne Crismani, St Vincents Institute for Medical Research Fanconi Anaemia is an inherited disorder which can lead to bone ...

2021-2022 (Grant-in-Aid): Outcomes of Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Paediatric Patients with Severe Aplastic Anaemia (SAA) and Bone Marrow Failure (BMF) Syndromes. Dr Steven Keogh, Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient ...

2021-2024 (Grant-in-Aid): Precision gene editing for the treatment of Fanconi Anaemia. Dr Lorna McLeman, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research. Fanconi Anaemia is the most common cause of inherited bone marrow failure with a median onset of ...

2021-2023 (Grant-in-Aid): Curation of the DIAAMOND-based Aplastic Anaemia Biobank. Associate Professor Stephen Ting, Monash University. This project (the DIAAMOND biobank) is a sub-study of the DIAAMOND clinical trial and will collect, process ...

2020-2022 (Grant-in-Aid): Using whole genome sequence analysis to find answers for unsolved cases of inherited Bone marrow Failure Syndrome. Associate Professor Piers Blombery, The University of Melbourne. Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes ...

2019-2021 (Grant-in-Aid): Microenvironmental determinants of Aplastic Anaemia progression to MDS / AML. Associate Professor Rachel Koldej, ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Melbourne Health. Aplastic Anaemia is a disorder where the body ...

2019-2021 (Grant-in-Aid): Establishing an in vivo humanised mouse model for telomere related Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. Professor Tracy Bryan, Children’s Medical Research Institute. Human genetic information is packaged into discrete bundles ...

2018-2020 (Grant in aid): Discovering new genes and mutations that cause failure of bone marrow neutrophil production. Professor Graham Lieschke, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute/Monash University and The Royal Melbourne Hospital. ...

2018-2023 (Grant-in-Aid): Using induced pluripotent stem cells to find causes and cures for bone marrow failure in children and young adults. Professor Andrew Elefanty, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes may be ...

2018-2021 (Grant-in-Aid): Identifying therapeutics which can be repurposed for the treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and other bone marrow failure disorders. Associate Professor Amee George, The Australian National University. There are ...

2018-2020 (Grant in aid): Influences of clonal haematopoiesis in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Dr Paul Yeh and Professor Mark Dawson, The University of Melbourne. Dr Paul Yeh’s research focusses on using genetic testing to study clonal ...

2018-2020 (Grant-in-Aid): Predicting malignant transformation of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes using longitudinal targeted sequencing of peripheral blood and cell-free DNA (cfDNA). Associate Professor Piers Blombery, Peter MacCallum Cancer ...