TCRN NEXUS Newsletter

Welcome to the TCRN September 2014 Newsletter
We celebrate the beginning of Spring with two awards for TCRN Members at the recent Cancer Institute NSW Premier's Awards 2014, as well as bringing you the final update for Cancer Challenge of the Year 2013; "Screening for Lynch Syndrome" which concluded in August.
Also included in this month's newsletter is conference and professional development grant report on Dr Anthony Don, Adult Cancer Program as well as updates on activities and information on translational cancer research.

Congratulations to TCRN Members on receiving Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research

Cancer Institute NSW's Premier's Awards 2014 recognises TCRN members' achievements with two awards
Read more about the recipients Michael Friedlander and Jason Wong

Cancer Challenge of the Year Project Success

One of the 2013 TCRN Cancer Challenge of the Year projects has recently wrapped up, having successfully established a new method for the screening of Lynch Syndrome. Read more about the Cancer Challenge of the Year outcomes

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 PhD Scholarship Top-up Award

Congratulations to both recipients of the 2014 TCRN PhD Scholarship Top-up Award, Round 2; Maria Arriaga and Xin Ying (Ameline) Lim
Read more about scholarship top-up awardees

Dr Anthony Don reports on the “Metabolomics 2014” conference, Japan

TCRN member Dr Anthony Don attended the “Metabolomics 2014” conference held in Tsuruoka, Japan, thanks to a TCRN Conference and Professional Development grant.
Conference report on 'Embracing Metabolomics: Improving the Diagnosis and Understanding of Cancer'

TCRN Vacancy: Casual Data Manager - available now

The TCRN is seeking an experienced, organised and flexible casual Data Manager to work on a range of projects...
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TCRN Members Doing Great Work

In this new monthly article the TCRN Operations & Projects team is using on-line tools to identify publications attributed to TCRN members in 2014.
TCRN Members highlighted this month

CPMCC Symposium 2014 - Registrations now OPEN

The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre and the SW-TCRC invite you to attend 'The Third Annual Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre Symposium'.
Connect, Inspire & Innovate; A multi-disciplinary meeting for clinicians and researchers aimed at improving cancer outcomes through evidence and collaboration
Friday 21 November 2014, Novotel Sydney Parramatta
For more information and to register online

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