DiscoBio News

Congratulations to Professor Vicky Avery who was awarded the McCullough Robertson Life Sciences QLD Industry Excellence award at the The Life Sciences Queensland Globally Engaging Networking Event (GENE) on Friday 26 October in Brisbane. This award is “presented to an individual that has made significant contributions to the performance and success of the Queensland Life Sciences Industry and will have demonstrated a breadth of impact across the sector.”

Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx) today announced a two-year research collaboration and a license agreement with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer will gain the rights to two novel pre-clinical cancer programs and CTx will receive US$14.2 million [AUD$20M] upfront payment, up to a potential US$460 million [AUD$648M] in development and sales milestones, as well as royalties on product sales if the program reaches commercialization. Find the full story here.    

Congratulation to Dr Catalina Carrasco Pozo who has been award a CTx travel grant for $1500 to attend “Mechanisms to Therapies: Innovations in Cancer Metabolism” an EACR Congress held in Bilbao, Spain from October 9 – 11, 2018, ​to present a poster.

Congratulations to Capstone students, Zoe Gillow, Daniel Trevatt and Sam Cartwright for a very successful Poster Presentation at the Eco Centre on 24th September.