Children's Medical Research Institute
@cmri.bsky.social
Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is an independent organisation committed to the treatment or prevention of birth defects and childhood disease. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/
CMRI’s study in Nature Communications reveals how cancer cells maintain telomeres, consolidating 7 years of research into one of the most comprehensive resources for exploring this critical aspect of cancer biology.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67190-w
Wellcome Sanger Institute Mathew Garnett
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67190-w
Wellcome Sanger Institute Mathew Garnett
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
CMRI’s study in Nature Communications reveals how cancer cells maintain telomeres, consolidating 7 years of research into one of the most comprehensive resources for exploring this critical aspect of cancer biology.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67190-w
Wellcome Sanger Institute Mathew Garnett
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67190-w
Wellcome Sanger Institute Mathew Garnett
A world first for CTNNB1 syndrome. On 10 December 2025, the first child received a gene therapy for this rare condition. CMRI is proud to have contributed to the early research. Read more: https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/a-world-first-for-ctnnb1-syndrome
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A world first for CTNNB1 syndrome. On 10 December 2025, the first child received a gene therapy for this rare condition. CMRI is proud to have contributed to the early research. Read more: https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/a-world-first-for-ctnnb1-syndrome
We are grateful to the National Health and Medical Research Council for granting four of our scientists highly sought after Ideas Grants. https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/cmri-researchers-awarded-four-nhmrc-grants
Tony Cesare
Tony Cesare
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
We are grateful to the National Health and Medical Research Council for granting four of our scientists highly sought after Ideas Grants. https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/cmri-researchers-awarded-four-nhmrc-grants
Tony Cesare
Tony Cesare
Congratulations to Professor Leszek Lisowski for receiving a grant from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in the US for his work trying to develop a gene therapy that could be used to treat Alzheimer’s and other brain disorders, including those that impact children.
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Congratulations to Professor Leszek Lisowski for receiving a grant from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in the US for his work trying to develop a gene therapy that could be used to treat Alzheimer’s and other brain disorders, including those that impact children.
Cancer researchers hope that a major new discovery, out in scientific journal Nature Communications today, could make chemotherapy much more effective. @natcomms.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
Read more here: cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/major-d...
Read more here: cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/major-d...
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Cancer researchers hope that a major new discovery, out in scientific journal Nature Communications today, could make chemotherapy much more effective. @natcomms.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
Read more here: cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/major-d...
Read more here: cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/major-d...
Children’s Medical Research Institute was proud to see Professor Hilda Pickett, Dr Rebecca Poulos and Dr Radek Szmyd nominated for the NSW Premier’s Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research, presented by the Cancer Institute NSW, on Tuesday night.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Children’s Medical Research Institute was proud to see Professor Hilda Pickett, Dr Rebecca Poulos and Dr Radek Szmyd nominated for the NSW Premier’s Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research, presented by the Cancer Institute NSW, on Tuesday night.
Huge congratulations to Professor Tony Cesare, winner of the University of Sydney’s 2025 Makers and Shapers Award for Outstanding Research. @sydney.edu.au @thecesarelab.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Huge congratulations to Professor Tony Cesare, winner of the University of Sydney’s 2025 Makers and Shapers Award for Outstanding Research. @sydney.edu.au @thecesarelab.bsky.social
Professor Phil Robinson was honoured to be a keynote speaker at a recent biomedical conference in Seoul, South Korea. Prof Robinson was chosen as a cancer proteomics expert to discuss the latest technological trends and global models that encourage collaboration in proteome research.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Professor Phil Robinson was honoured to be a keynote speaker at a recent biomedical conference in Seoul, South Korea. Prof Robinson was chosen as a cancer proteomics expert to discuss the latest technological trends and global models that encourage collaboration in proteome research.
Promising news from our cancer labs today! CMRI scientists have found a new way to treat very aggressive cancers like neuroblastoma and glioblastoma that can be very hard to cure. Read more here: https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/new-approach-to-treating-aggressive-cancers
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Promising news from our cancer labs today! CMRI scientists have found a new way to treat very aggressive cancers like neuroblastoma and glioblastoma that can be very hard to cure. Read more here: https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/news/new-approach-to-treating-aggressive-cancers
Our researchers have become the first in the world to use stem cells to study one of the genetic causes of blindness. Their work on Leber Congenital Amaurosis is out in Stem Cell Reports today. Read more here: https://ow.ly/4Wnc50XuuUJ
Cell Press #StemCell #Blindness #CMRI
Cell Press #StemCell #Blindness #CMRI
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Our researchers have become the first in the world to use stem cells to study one of the genetic causes of blindness. Their work on Leber Congenital Amaurosis is out in Stem Cell Reports today. Read more here: https://ow.ly/4Wnc50XuuUJ
Cell Press #StemCell #Blindness #CMRI
Cell Press #StemCell #Blindness #CMRI
We are pleased to announce that Professor Hilda Pickett has been awarded an Osteosarcoma research grant for her work to slow the growth of cancer cell targeting telomeres.
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We are pleased to announce that Professor Hilda Pickett has been awarded an Osteosarcoma research grant for her work to slow the growth of cancer cell targeting telomeres.
Congratulations to Professor Hilda Pickett, Jadon Wells and former Children's Medical Research Institute student Andrea Iribarren-Lopez for a publication out in Frontier in Immunology.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Congratulations to Professor Hilda Pickett, Jadon Wells and former Children's Medical Research Institute student Andrea Iribarren-Lopez for a publication out in Frontier in Immunology.
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The first preprint from Noa Lamm’s team @cmri.bsky.social is now available: Anillin-dependent actin assembly at PML nuclear bodies protects genome stability
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Delighted our lab could play a role supporting Noa’s vision on this project.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Delighted our lab could play a role supporting Noa’s vision on this project.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The first preprint from Noa Lamm’s team @cmri.bsky.social is now available: Anillin-dependent actin assembly at PML nuclear bodies protects genome stability
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Delighted our lab could play a role supporting Noa’s vision on this project.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Delighted our lab could play a role supporting Noa’s vision on this project.
Having won ResetData’s National AI-F1 Innovation Challenge, we were delighted to welcome ResetData’s CEO Bass Salah into our ProCan labs to see the clear impact of his company’s generous donation of $1m in AI computation, which will benefit future generations of children (and adults) with cancer!
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Having won ResetData’s National AI-F1 Innovation Challenge, we were delighted to welcome ResetData’s CEO Bass Salah into our ProCan labs to see the clear impact of his company’s generous donation of $1m in AI computation, which will benefit future generations of children (and adults) with cancer!
1/4 Thank you to all our families who attended the Inherited Retinal Disease Patient and Family Engagement Day held in Melbourne this week.
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1/4 Thank you to all our families who attended the Inherited Retinal Disease Patient and Family Engagement Day held in Melbourne this week.
1/3 We are extremely grateful to have two Children's Medical Research Institute scientists, Professor Hilda Pickett and Professor Tony Cesare, awarded Australian Research Council grants this week!
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
1/3 We are extremely grateful to have two Children's Medical Research Institute scientists, Professor Hilda Pickett and Professor Tony Cesare, awarded Australian Research Council grants this week!
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Had a great time at the Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair & Telomere Meeting in Melbourne with colleagues from @cmri.bsky.social and @thecesarelab.bsky.social.
Three awesome days of inspiring talks, great discussions, and the amazing food Melbourne’s known for.
Three awesome days of inspiring talks, great discussions, and the amazing food Melbourne’s known for.
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Had a great time at the Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair & Telomere Meeting in Melbourne with colleagues from @cmri.bsky.social and @thecesarelab.bsky.social.
Three awesome days of inspiring talks, great discussions, and the amazing food Melbourne’s known for.
Three awesome days of inspiring talks, great discussions, and the amazing food Melbourne’s known for.
Our very own Professor Leszek Lisowski was chosen to star on Dr Karl Kruszelnicki podcast Shirtloads of Science to talk about his extraordinary work with viral vectors. Learn more about his lab at CMRI by listening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10e2VcSmIRA
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our very own Professor Leszek Lisowski was chosen to star on Dr Karl Kruszelnicki podcast Shirtloads of Science to talk about his extraordinary work with viral vectors. Learn more about his lab at CMRI by listening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10e2VcSmIRA
It was wonderful to see the Westmead medical research community come together to celebrate the official opening of the Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility (VVMF).
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It was wonderful to see the Westmead medical research community come together to celebrate the official opening of the Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility (VVMF).
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I had a fantastic few days at the 🧬 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 at the Melbourne Museum, which I attended with many colleagues from
@cmri.bsky.social
It was an excellent meeting filled with inspiring science and engaging talks. Looking forward to the next one in 2027!
@cmri.bsky.social
It was an excellent meeting filled with inspiring science and engaging talks. Looking forward to the next one in 2027!
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I had a fantastic few days at the 🧬 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 at the Melbourne Museum, which I attended with many colleagues from
@cmri.bsky.social
It was an excellent meeting filled with inspiring science and engaging talks. Looking forward to the next one in 2027!
@cmri.bsky.social
It was an excellent meeting filled with inspiring science and engaging talks. Looking forward to the next one in 2027!
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Delighted to be hosting Simon Boulton (@boultonlab.bsky.social) today for seminar at @cmri.bsky.social.
Simon will present “Making T-loops to solve the end-protection problem”, sharing recent advances from his lab on how cells safeguard their chromosome ends.
Simon will present “Making T-loops to solve the end-protection problem”, sharing recent advances from his lab on how cells safeguard their chromosome ends.
October 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Delighted to be hosting Simon Boulton (@boultonlab.bsky.social) today for seminar at @cmri.bsky.social.
Simon will present “Making T-loops to solve the end-protection problem”, sharing recent advances from his lab on how cells safeguard their chromosome ends.
Simon will present “Making T-loops to solve the end-protection problem”, sharing recent advances from his lab on how cells safeguard their chromosome ends.
We had a great turn out at the conference including talks by Professor Tony Cesare, Dr Scott Cohen, Dr Alex Sobinoff, Dr Jessie Gao and Dr Ash Harman as well as many CMRI scientists presenting posters.
The Cesare Lab had an excellent time at the Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair & Telomere Meeting in Melbourne.
australiancellcycle.org
A huge thank you to @genomestability.bsky.social and all the organisers for putting together such a fantastic and inspiring meeting.
We're looking forward to 2027!
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A huge thank you to @genomestability.bsky.social and all the organisers for putting together such a fantastic and inspiring meeting.
We're looking forward to 2027!
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
We had a great turn out at the conference including talks by Professor Tony Cesare, Dr Scott Cohen, Dr Alex Sobinoff, Dr Jessie Gao and Dr Ash Harman as well as many CMRI scientists presenting posters.
The Inherited Retinal Disease Patient & Family Engagement Day is almost here.
Don’t miss your chance to connect with others and hear from leading researchers like CMRI's A/Prof Anai Gonzalez-Cordero.
Registrations close tomorrow, 22nd October.
https://ow.ly/wxeU50XffP5
Don’t miss your chance to connect with others and hear from leading researchers like CMRI's A/Prof Anai Gonzalez-Cordero.
Registrations close tomorrow, 22nd October.
https://ow.ly/wxeU50XffP5
2025 Inherited Retinal Disease Patient and Family Day | UNSW Sydney
Bringing together individuals and families affected by an inherited retinal diseases, along with eye health professionals and community organisations, to explore the latest advancements in IRD research.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Inherited Retinal Disease Patient & Family Engagement Day is almost here.
Don’t miss your chance to connect with others and hear from leading researchers like CMRI's A/Prof Anai Gonzalez-Cordero.
Registrations close tomorrow, 22nd October.
https://ow.ly/wxeU50XffP5
Don’t miss your chance to connect with others and hear from leading researchers like CMRI's A/Prof Anai Gonzalez-Cordero.
Registrations close tomorrow, 22nd October.
https://ow.ly/wxeU50XffP5
Children’s Medical Research Institute was well represented at the recent European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy in Seville with scientists Professor Leszek Lisowski, Professor Anai Gonzalez Cordero and Professor Ian Alexander.
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Children’s Medical Research Institute was well represented at the recent European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy in Seville with scientists Professor Leszek Lisowski, Professor Anai Gonzalez Cordero and Professor Ian Alexander.
It was a great first day at the Westmead Research and Innovation Conference yesterday which featured a presentation by Prof Roger Reddel on using proteomic data for precision oncology, as well as abstracts from Dr Pragathi Masamsetti on her research at CMRI.
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It was a great first day at the Westmead Research and Innovation Conference yesterday which featured a presentation by Prof Roger Reddel on using proteomic data for precision oncology, as well as abstracts from Dr Pragathi Masamsetti on her research at CMRI.