Address
Tumour Bank
Children's Cancer Research Unit
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001, Westmead 2145
Contact Us
Phone: (02) 9845 1205
Fax: (02) 9845 3078
email: tumourb@chw.edu.au
News
April 2012 - Leading USA scientist Dr Javed Khan visits the Tumour Bank
It was with great pleasure that The Children's Hospital at Westmead Tumour Bank was visited by a leading USA based researcher, Dr Javed Khan. Dr Khan comes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland in the USA. The NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centres housing some 5000 research scientists.
December 2011 - Sister Paints Brother’s Cancer Journey (click here to read more)
The Tumour Bank staff were pleased to welcome Hannah and James Irvine and family to their bank and research laboratory in the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, to view Hannah’s Year 12 major artwork.
November 2011 - Australasian Biospecimen Network Association Conference (click here to read more)
It was an exciting week for the Tumour Bank members, when Dan Catchpoole, Amanda Rush, Albert Chetcuti, and Kerrie Jones flew to the other side of Australia to attend the 2011 ABNA Conference in Perth. This is one of the most exciting conferences that the Tumour Bank attends.
October 2011 - Australasian Microarray and Associated Technologies Association (AMATA) Conference, attended by Guy Nelmes (click here to read more)
In mid-October the Australasian Microarray and Associated Technologies Association (AMATA) held its 2011 annual conference showcasing the latest advances in Next-Generation sequencing and other high-throughput technologies.
The conference was held within the Shine Dome at the Australian National University and was attended by three members of the Tumour Bank including Dr Daniel Catchpoole (the President of the
November 2011 - The Ivy for Cure Our Kids on Melbourne Cup Day, attended by Amanda Rush (click here to read more)
Amanda Rush, Clinical Research Associate for the Tumour Bank, attended a fund raising luncheon at All members of the Oncology Clinical Research Associate team attended, along with other representatives from the Oncology Department, Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Claire Hooper emceed the event, which included fund raising sweeps, a silent auction, and a fantastic hat making competit
