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CoLab is funding $770,000 for two biobanks - Monash Children’s Cancer Biobank & the Hudson Institute Living Biobank, helping researchers access high-quality samples and develop safer treatments.
Read story here - tinyurl.com/banking-on-a...
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#ChildrensCancer #Biobank
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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🗞️The October edition of CoLab Connect is out now! Read it here: tinyurl.com/ymrr9krz
Learn about our new partnerships with:
✅Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
✅Redkite
Subscribe to receive future editions: www.cccolab.org.au/stay-informed
#PaediatricOncology #ChildrensCancer
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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CoLab has launched a nationally focused Survivorship Reference Group to address the real challenges families face, including emotional and physical wellbeing, educational barriers, financial strain, and social reconnection.
www.cccolab.org.au/news-stories...
#ChildhoodCancer #Survivorship
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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We welcome Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute as Children's Cancer CoLab’s 9th research partner:
www.cccolab.org.au/news-stories...
@onjcri.org.au @hudsonresearch.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#ChildhoodCancer #Leukaemia
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Children's Cancer CoLab and Redkite are joining forces to help transform survivorship care for childhood cancer survivors across Australia. Learn more: www.cccolab.org.au/news-stories/colab-redkite-partnership
#ChildhoodCancer #AdolescentCancer #Survivorship #SurvivorshipCare #PaediatricOncology
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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2-year fellowship $250,000 for clinician-researcher to accelerate breakthroughs in #BoneMarrowFailureSyndromes & #PaediatricOncology. Close 17 Oct 2025. 🔗https://www.cccolab.org.au/impact-programs/cccolab-mrv-fellowship #ChildhoodCancer
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October 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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🗞️The September edition of CoLab Connect is out now!
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4t9sjndx
Learn about our activities during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, including:
✅$6.6 million in childhood cancer research funding
✅Recap of our first CoLab Connect Meetup
#CCCoLab #CancerResearchFunding
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Today we celebrate #WorldCancerResearchDay – a time to recognise and honour the people, organisations & communities working tirelessly to improve outcomes for children & adolescents affected by #cancer
#Sept24th #WCRD #ChildhoodCancer #PaediatricOncology #ChildhoodCancerAwareness #MedicalResearch
September 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Board update: Thank you to The Hon. Jaala Pulford as she steps down from the @cccolab.bsky.social Board, and a warm welcome to Bernadette McDonald. Jaala’s vision, advocacy, & compassion inspired our team and partners. Bernadette joins the Board with extensive health executive experience.
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Thrilled by the incredible turnout at our first CoLab Connect Meetup! Over 80 people from our community came together for childhood cancer research & collaboration. Thanks to RSM Australia for making this possible. @hudsonresearch.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Children’s Cancer CoLab & Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision are proud to announce the launch of a new Clinician-Researcher Fellowship. Apply today & share post.
www.cccolab.org.au/impact-progr...
#ChildhoodCancerResearch #BoneMarrowFailureSyndromes
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September 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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We’re seeking #consumers to review patient-focused sections of grant applications. Training & support provided. Make a difference for #childhoodcancer - complete application form: tinyurl.com/mr5kyanz
#ConsumerReviewers #GrantApplications #PatientVoices #CancerResearch #AdolescentCancer
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Calling all researchers and clinicians! $4M in funding is now open across our #Next-GenTherapies, #SaferTherapies and #FutureLeaders programs. Help change outcomes for kids with cancer. Apps close 17 Oct 2025. Learn more + apply: www.cccolab.org.au/grant-fundin...
September 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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@cccolab.bsky.social is helping Peter Mac's Professor Mark Dawson lead research to dramatically reduce the time children spend in isolation after a life-saving stem cell transplant thanks to a gene that acts like a turbo switch for the body’s infection-fighting cells. Read more - bit.ly/482DiRs
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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We've awarded $868k to Prof Mark Dawson, @petermaccc.bsky.social to lead a team improving T-cell recovery after stem cell transplants—crucial for protecting kids in the months after cancer treatment.
Read more: www.cccolab.org.au/news-stories...
#childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #StemCellTransplant
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴!
Discover how to access $4m in Children's Cancer CoLab funding. Covers funding principles, criteria, application process, & grant conditions.
🎬https://youtu.be/72nnV4i5V_o?si=4titmIJsS2BOk6_6
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September 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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We’re proud to award $1.76M to a world-class #genetics research program led by A/Prof Rachel Conyers at @mcri.bsky.social through our Safer Therapies Impact Program.
🔗Full story: www.cccolab.org.au/news-stories...
#ChildhoodCancer #PaediatricOncology #Pharmacogenomics #ChildhoodCancerResearch #BMT
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Register for CoLab Connect Meetup – an evening of connection & collaboration in the childhood cancer community, supported by RSM Australia.
11 Sept | 5 – 7:30pm, Garden State Hotel, Melbourne. Register by 7 Sept: www.cccolab.org.au/event/colab-...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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It’s going to be a big #GoldenSeptember2025. September is #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth; a time to support children, families, clinicians & researchers, & highlight the urgent need for progress. Watch for funding announcements, our first CoLabConnect in Melb & the opening of our 25-26 funding round
August 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Children’s Cancer CoLab funding applications open Mon 8 Sept. Sign up for announcements: www.cccolab.org.au/stay-informed
@hudsonresearch.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social
#researchfunding #paediatriconcology #childhoodcancerresearch
August 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀!
Up to $4M in our 2025-26 funding round. Join our info session for insights into accessing Children's Cancer CoLab funding.
💻 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 12pm 1 September
Register: www.cccolab.org.au/event/info-s...
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August 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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On #InternationalYouthDay2025 we're highlighting the challenges that adolescents & young adults (AYAs) face after being diagnosed with #cancer, from navigating high school, friendships and identity, to transitioning into life after treatment. The impact goes beyond the physical. #AYACancer
August 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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🗞️CoLab Connect is out now!
Read it here: tinyurl.com/2p9v87z9
In our latest edition:
Funding information sessions start tomorrow
Join us at our first CoLab Connect Meetup
Funding applications open next month
#ANZCHOG ASM 2025 reflections
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August 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Join us - CoLab Connect Meetup, 11 Sept.
Anyone working in, advocating for, or impacted by childhood cancer - students, clinicians, researchers, healthcare professionals, advocates, patients, & families invited.
RSVP by 3 Sept at share.hsforms.com/17Wg8AHLwReW...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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On National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day, we acknowledge the strength, resilience, & rich cultural heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their communities, and the challenges they face when navigating #childhoodcancer.
#natsicd #snaicc
August 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM