News: Viertel Fellowship
Switching off “jumping genes” to outsmart resistant breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Australia, with more than 21,000 new cases each year. Around 70 per cent of these cancers are oestrogen receptor–positive (ER+), a type that often responds well to hormone-based treatments.
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Viertel Fellowship for innovative cancer epigentic leader
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.
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Epigenetic leader becomes University's first Viertel Fellow
University of Adelaide molecular epigenetic expert Dr Luke Isbel has been awarded a 2024 Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Senior Medical Research Fellowship.
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