Viertel Fellowship for innovative cancer epigentic leader
SAiGENCI's Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka (middle) with fellow Viertel Fellowship recipients Associate Professor Zhongyuan Ke and Dr Dustin Flanagan. Photo: Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
University of Adelaide cancer epigenetics and 3D genome biology expert Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka has been awarded a 2025 Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship.
Dr Achinger-Kawecka leads the 3D Chromatin Organisation Laboratory at the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI) and will receive $1.375 million across five years to support her work.