Project Leaders

Director of the Monash BDI Organoid Program, affiliation Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Our laboratory studies how stem cells are regulated in the intestine and we use “mini gut” organoid cultures to study intestinal diseases and bowel cancer
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Head of Endoscopy and Gastroenterologist, Alfred Hospital
Gastrointestinal polyps and cancer, treatment of coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease

Research Advocate with a focus on colorectal cancer
Advocacy for colorectal cancer patients

Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
The Wnt/B-catenin pathway in development and disease

Laboratory Head, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Genomics and therapies for rare ovarian cancer subtypes

Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy, peritoneal disease, and minimally invasive and robotic surgery

Head of Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital
Genetics and the prevention of bowel cancer

Surgeon, Austin Health and University of Melbourne
Pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis and colorectal liver metastases

Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Royal Melbourne Hospital
Colorectal cancer genomics and response to therapy

Laboratory Head and Gastroenterologist, SAHMRI and St Andrew's Hospital (Colorectal SA)
Gastroenterology tumourigenesis, synthetic biology, mouse models and cancer prevention

Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Institute of Medical Research
Molecular control of colon stem cells and their relationship with cancer development

Pathologist, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Royal Melbourne Hospital
Signalling pathways in colorectal cancer and biomarker development

Laboratory Head, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre
Understanding normal renewal of the lining of the bowel and stomach and how this is disrupted in the formation of tumours

Laboratory Head, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Identifying new targets and developing therapies for solid tumour malignancies

Laboratory Head, Centre for Cancer Biology
Brain cancer, glioblastoma and tumour microenvironment

Laboratory Head, University of Melbourne
Cellular signalling in colorectal cancer metastasis and recurrence

Head of Gastrointestinal Cancers Program, Head of Oncogenic Transcription Laboratory, ONJ
Epigenetic Therapy, Differentiation Therapy, Discovery of Biomarkers to targeted Therapy

Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Gastrointestinal, colon and pancreatic cancers

Laboratory Head and Professor in Infectious Diseases, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Wnt signalling in gastrointestinal tissue homeostasis and cancer; adult tissue restricted-stem cell derived organoids to model infectious disease; cancers with viral infection aetiology

Gastroenterologist, University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Genomics and cell biology of gastric cancer and early gastric lesions

Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
Biomarker discovery for early detection of colorectal cancer

Medical Oncologist, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Western Health
Colorectal cancer clinical trials and biomarker discovery

Laboratory Head, University of Melbourne
Omic analysis of recalcitrant cancers, personalised therapies, and further cancer genome discovery

Research Fellow and Medical Oncologist, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Pancreatic cancer organoids and genomics

Head, Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery
Treatment of colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease and anorectal disease

Laboratory Head, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Gastrointestinal epithelial homeostasis and colorectal cancer, including the role of the immune system in therapy response

Laboratory Head, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Innate immunity and cancer cell biology