Research projects

Active Australia
General cancer research
By furthering our knowledge about the thousands of genes that are contained in each cancer cell, this project aims to find brand new combinations of cancer drugs.
Researcher: Professor Ricky Johnstone
Flipping the molecular master switches that drive cancer
Active Australia
Breast cancer
This project could uncover new ways to help predict who would benefit from an existing breast cancer treatment, and improve its effectiveness for more patients.
Researcher: Professor Pieter Eichhorn
Improving the effectiveness of a breast cancer treatment for more patients
Active Italy
Lymphoma
Lymphomas can sometimes come back even after successful treatment so this project is exploring a possible new way to target this disease and improve patient outcomes.
Researcher: Professor Bruno Amati
Seeking a possible new target for lymphoma treatment
Active Ireland
Lymphoma
This project hopes to lead to a way to stop cancer cells from becoming resistant to a type of targeted treatment, so that the therapy works for more people.
Researcher: Professor Adrian Bracken
Maximising the effectiveness of a targeted therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Active Australia
Multiple cancers
This project aims to progress the development of powerful new immunotherapy treatments by uncovering vital new information about how our immune system works.
Researcher: Dr Mireille Lahoud
Boosting the ability of our immune system to better detect and more effectively destroy cancer
Active Portugal
Leukaemia
Children with leukaemia are often treated with chemotherapy which has distressing and harsh side so this project hopes to discover better, gentler treatments.
Researcher: Dr João Barata
Spot the difference: revealing differences between leukaemia cells and healthy cells
Active Ireland
Ovarian cancer
Researchers hope to find much needed new ways to treat ovarian cancer by better understanding the biology of how this common cancer develops.
Researcher: Dr Eric Conway
Discovering new targets to treat ovarian cancer
Active Spain
Lung cancer
Researchers want to help immunotherapy work for more cancer patients by understanding how cancers hijack our immune system and preventing this happening
Researcher: Dr Andrés Hidalgo
Understanding how cancer cells modify white blood cells to help tumours grow
Active Netherlands
Melanoma
This project hopes to find new ways to stop cancer spreading and stop it resisting treatments by understanding better how cancer cells collaborate.
Researcher: Professor Peter Friedl
Do cancer cells work “collectively” to survive?