TRACKER Biobank
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EMPOWERING LUNG CANCER BREAKTHROUGHS
📊 High-quality biospecimens & data
🌐 Global collaborations
🔬 Discovering new treatments
🔗 www.trackerbiobank.com
📊 High-quality biospecimens & data
🌐 Global collaborations
🔬 Discovering new treatments
🔗 www.trackerbiobank.com
🫁 Our TRACKER Biobank team is studying how doctors across Australia manage checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP), a serious side effect of immunotherapy. The survey helps build a clearer picture of real-world care to support future improvements for people with lung cancer.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🫁 Our TRACKER Biobank team is studying how doctors across Australia manage checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP), a serious side effect of immunotherapy. The survey helps build a clearer picture of real-world care to support future improvements for people with lung cancer.
🫁 Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer.
This #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, we’re breaking stigma and raising awareness about a disease that can affect anyone — not just those with known risk factors.
Early detection and awareness save lives.
#LungHealth #LCAM
This #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, we’re breaking stigma and raising awareness about a disease that can affect anyone — not just those with known risk factors.
Early detection and awareness save lives.
#LungHealth #LCAM
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🫁 Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer.
This #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, we’re breaking stigma and raising awareness about a disease that can affect anyone — not just those with known risk factors.
Early detection and awareness save lives.
#LungHealth #LCAM
This #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, we’re breaking stigma and raising awareness about a disease that can affect anyone — not just those with known risk factors.
Early detection and awareness save lives.
#LungHealth #LCAM
🚨 PhD candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar publishes his first paper with TRACKER:
“Utility of BALF in checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis evaluation.” 🫁
It reviews BAL in CIP and emerging insights like molecular profiling & the lung microbiome.
🔗doi.org/10.21037/tlc...
“Utility of BALF in checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis evaluation.” 🫁
It reviews BAL in CIP and emerging insights like molecular profiling & the lung microbiome.
🔗doi.org/10.21037/tlc...
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
🚨 PhD candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar publishes his first paper with TRACKER:
“Utility of BALF in checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis evaluation.” 🫁
It reviews BAL in CIP and emerging insights like molecular profiling & the lung microbiome.
🔗doi.org/10.21037/tlc...
“Utility of BALF in checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis evaluation.” 🫁
It reviews BAL in CIP and emerging insights like molecular profiling & the lung microbiome.
🔗doi.org/10.21037/tlc...
We’re thrilled to celebrate Lisa Briggs, TRACKER Consumer Chair & winner of the 2025 Les Leckie Award for Lived Experience Leadership @VCCCalliance #LeadingForImpact! 🌟
Lisa’s courage & compassion have reshaped cancer research, making science accessible for all. 💙
Lisa’s courage & compassion have reshaped cancer research, making science accessible for all. 💙
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We’re thrilled to celebrate Lisa Briggs, TRACKER Consumer Chair & winner of the 2025 Les Leckie Award for Lived Experience Leadership @VCCCalliance #LeadingForImpact! 🌟
Lisa’s courage & compassion have reshaped cancer research, making science accessible for all. 💙
Lisa’s courage & compassion have reshaped cancer research, making science accessible for all. 💙
📢 St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney & the Garvan Institute of Medical Research are now online - expanding our NSW network to three active sites!
Huge thanks to A/Prof Venessa. C, Prof Emily. S, Andria. Y, Ryan. Y, Rachael. Z, & Caitlin. B for making this milestone possible.
#TRACKER #Biobanking
Huge thanks to A/Prof Venessa. C, Prof Emily. S, Andria. Y, Ryan. Y, Rachael. Z, & Caitlin. B for making this milestone possible.
#TRACKER #Biobanking
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
📢 St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney & the Garvan Institute of Medical Research are now online - expanding our NSW network to three active sites!
Huge thanks to A/Prof Venessa. C, Prof Emily. S, Andria. Y, Ryan. Y, Rachael. Z, & Caitlin. B for making this milestone possible.
#TRACKER #Biobanking
Huge thanks to A/Prof Venessa. C, Prof Emily. S, Andria. Y, Ryan. Y, Rachael. Z, & Caitlin. B for making this milestone possible.
#TRACKER #Biobanking
“Progress is only as powerful as the people it reaches.” — Lisa Briggs
Proud to see Lisa open the Thomas Ashworth Liquid Biopsy Symposium in Sydney, themed "Found in Translation". 🌟
A wonderful opportunity for the TRACKER team to connect and celebrate collaborative research!
Proud to see Lisa open the Thomas Ashworth Liquid Biopsy Symposium in Sydney, themed "Found in Translation". 🌟
A wonderful opportunity for the TRACKER team to connect and celebrate collaborative research!
October 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“Progress is only as powerful as the people it reaches.” — Lisa Briggs
Proud to see Lisa open the Thomas Ashworth Liquid Biopsy Symposium in Sydney, themed "Found in Translation". 🌟
A wonderful opportunity for the TRACKER team to connect and celebrate collaborative research!
Proud to see Lisa open the Thomas Ashworth Liquid Biopsy Symposium in Sydney, themed "Found in Translation". 🌟
A wonderful opportunity for the TRACKER team to connect and celebrate collaborative research!
🚨 Spotlight on Dr Tracy Leong at #WCLC2025!
She presented on EBUS & optimal staging for clinical N–N1 NSCLC, showing how minimally invasive diagnostics improve treatment planning & patient safety.
🗣️ “Collaboration and precision staging are key to improving outcomes for every patient.”
She presented on EBUS & optimal staging for clinical N–N1 NSCLC, showing how minimally invasive diagnostics improve treatment planning & patient safety.
🗣️ “Collaboration and precision staging are key to improving outcomes for every patient.”
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🚨 Spotlight on Dr Tracy Leong at #WCLC2025!
She presented on EBUS & optimal staging for clinical N–N1 NSCLC, showing how minimally invasive diagnostics improve treatment planning & patient safety.
🗣️ “Collaboration and precision staging are key to improving outcomes for every patient.”
She presented on EBUS & optimal staging for clinical N–N1 NSCLC, showing how minimally invasive diagnostics improve treatment planning & patient safety.
🗣️ “Collaboration and precision staging are key to improving outcomes for every patient.”
🎥 Sneak peek! TRACKER’s new explainer video is almost here 🎬
An easy guide to how patients can contribute - because helping is easier than you think.
🌐 Coming soon in multiple languages, empowering patients across Australia to drive discoveries and improve lung cancer outcomes.
An easy guide to how patients can contribute - because helping is easier than you think.
🌐 Coming soon in multiple languages, empowering patients across Australia to drive discoveries and improve lung cancer outcomes.
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🎥 Sneak peek! TRACKER’s new explainer video is almost here 🎬
An easy guide to how patients can contribute - because helping is easier than you think.
🌐 Coming soon in multiple languages, empowering patients across Australia to drive discoveries and improve lung cancer outcomes.
An easy guide to how patients can contribute - because helping is easier than you think.
🌐 Coming soon in multiple languages, empowering patients across Australia to drive discoveries and improve lung cancer outcomes.
🚨 Exciting milestone! TRACKER PhD Candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar presented his first 2 posters at #WCLC2025 🎉 His research discovers biomarkers of checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis to enable sustainable, high-quality survivorship.
September 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 Exciting milestone! TRACKER PhD Candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar presented his first 2 posters at #WCLC2025 🎉 His research discovers biomarkers of checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis to enable sustainable, high-quality survivorship.
📢 South Australians, we need your voice!
Join our consumer team to help:
🔹 Guide decisions for Australia’s first lung cancer biobank
🔹 Shape research priorities that matter to patients
🔹 Drive better outcomes for the SA community
👉 Submit your EOI today: trackerbiobank.com/f...
Join our consumer team to help:
🔹 Guide decisions for Australia’s first lung cancer biobank
🔹 Shape research priorities that matter to patients
🔹 Drive better outcomes for the SA community
👉 Submit your EOI today: trackerbiobank.com/f...
September 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📢 South Australians, we need your voice!
Join our consumer team to help:
🔹 Guide decisions for Australia’s first lung cancer biobank
🔹 Shape research priorities that matter to patients
🔹 Drive better outcomes for the SA community
👉 Submit your EOI today: trackerbiobank.com/f...
Join our consumer team to help:
🔹 Guide decisions for Australia’s first lung cancer biobank
🔹 Shape research priorities that matter to patients
🔹 Drive better outcomes for the SA community
👉 Submit your EOI today: trackerbiobank.com/f...
🎉 Milestone: 151 patients recruited to TRACKER across NSW, VIC & SA!
Huge thanks to:
🏥 Austin Hospital
🏥 Royal Melbourne Hospital
🏥 Macquarie Uni Hospital
🏥 St Vincent’s NSW
🏥 Royal Adelaide Hospital
💙 And to our patients — your contributions will help change cancer care!
Huge thanks to:
🏥 Austin Hospital
🏥 Royal Melbourne Hospital
🏥 Macquarie Uni Hospital
🏥 St Vincent’s NSW
🏥 Royal Adelaide Hospital
💙 And to our patients — your contributions will help change cancer care!
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🎉 Milestone: 151 patients recruited to TRACKER across NSW, VIC & SA!
Huge thanks to:
🏥 Austin Hospital
🏥 Royal Melbourne Hospital
🏥 Macquarie Uni Hospital
🏥 St Vincent’s NSW
🏥 Royal Adelaide Hospital
💙 And to our patients — your contributions will help change cancer care!
Huge thanks to:
🏥 Austin Hospital
🏥 Royal Melbourne Hospital
🏥 Macquarie Uni Hospital
🏥 St Vincent’s NSW
🏥 Royal Adelaide Hospital
💙 And to our patients — your contributions will help change cancer care!
🌟 TRACKER is seeking consumer reps from WA & Indigenous communities!
Your voice can help:
🔹 Shape research priorities
🔹 Guide biobank decisions
🔹 Improve diversity & equity in cancer research
Join us in transforming lung cancer care 👉 http://trackerbioban...
Your voice can help:
🔹 Shape research priorities
🔹 Guide biobank decisions
🔹 Improve diversity & equity in cancer research
Join us in transforming lung cancer care 👉 http://trackerbioban...
September 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🌟 TRACKER is seeking consumer reps from WA & Indigenous communities!
Your voice can help:
🔹 Shape research priorities
🔹 Guide biobank decisions
🔹 Improve diversity & equity in cancer research
Join us in transforming lung cancer care 👉 http://trackerbioban...
Your voice can help:
🔹 Shape research priorities
🔹 Guide biobank decisions
🔹 Improve diversity & equity in cancer research
Join us in transforming lung cancer care 👉 http://trackerbioban...
Together, we’re building Australia’s first national lung cancer biobank to improve treatment, survival & quality of life! 🫁✨
👉Read the full article and meet the South Australian team: bit.ly/4mOKx4c
👉Read the full article and meet the South Australian team: bit.ly/4mOKx4c
September 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Together, we’re building Australia’s first national lung cancer biobank to improve treatment, survival & quality of life! 🫁✨
👉Read the full article and meet the South Australian team: bit.ly/4mOKx4c
👉Read the full article and meet the South Australian team: bit.ly/4mOKx4c
TRACKER at #AIRWAYS!
👨⚕️Dr Senthuran Shivakumar presented: “Ground glass changes in lung cancer – what’s next?”
👩⚕️Dr Tracy Leong chaired: “From detection to direction: lung cancer management in the screening age.”
Thanks @Boehringer
for supporting research & innovation!
👨⚕️Dr Senthuran Shivakumar presented: “Ground glass changes in lung cancer – what’s next?”
👩⚕️Dr Tracy Leong chaired: “From detection to direction: lung cancer management in the screening age.”
Thanks @Boehringer
for supporting research & innovation!
September 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
TRACKER at #AIRWAYS!
👨⚕️Dr Senthuran Shivakumar presented: “Ground glass changes in lung cancer – what’s next?”
👩⚕️Dr Tracy Leong chaired: “From detection to direction: lung cancer management in the screening age.”
Thanks @Boehringer
for supporting research & innovation!
👨⚕️Dr Senthuran Shivakumar presented: “Ground glass changes in lung cancer – what’s next?”
👩⚕️Dr Tracy Leong chaired: “From detection to direction: lung cancer management in the screening age.”
Thanks @Boehringer
for supporting research & innovation!
📢 Fantastic news: South Australia joins TRACKER!
The Royal Adelaide Hospital & SAiGENCI collected their first patient sample on Friday. 🎉
Huge thanks to Prof Phan Nguyen, Dr Jelena Solujic, Prof Brendan Jenkins, Karen Hon & Sarah Tamang for making it happen!
#LungCancer #Biobanking #TRACKER
The Royal Adelaide Hospital & SAiGENCI collected their first patient sample on Friday. 🎉
Huge thanks to Prof Phan Nguyen, Dr Jelena Solujic, Prof Brendan Jenkins, Karen Hon & Sarah Tamang for making it happen!
#LungCancer #Biobanking #TRACKER
August 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📢 Fantastic news: South Australia joins TRACKER!
The Royal Adelaide Hospital & SAiGENCI collected their first patient sample on Friday. 🎉
Huge thanks to Prof Phan Nguyen, Dr Jelena Solujic, Prof Brendan Jenkins, Karen Hon & Sarah Tamang for making it happen!
#LungCancer #Biobanking #TRACKER
The Royal Adelaide Hospital & SAiGENCI collected their first patient sample on Friday. 🎉
Huge thanks to Prof Phan Nguyen, Dr Jelena Solujic, Prof Brendan Jenkins, Karen Hon & Sarah Tamang for making it happen!
#LungCancer #Biobanking #TRACKER
🔬 At TRACKER, we’ve future‑proofed our lung cancer biobank.
By storing samples in multiple formats with NGS applications in mind, we’re ensuring today’s donations power tomorrow’s breakthroughs!
🌏 More: www.trackerbiobank.com
#LungCancerResearch #FutureProofing #ResearchwithImpact
By storing samples in multiple formats with NGS applications in mind, we’re ensuring today’s donations power tomorrow’s breakthroughs!
🌏 More: www.trackerbiobank.com
#LungCancerResearch #FutureProofing #ResearchwithImpact
August 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🔬 At TRACKER, we’ve future‑proofed our lung cancer biobank.
By storing samples in multiple formats with NGS applications in mind, we’re ensuring today’s donations power tomorrow’s breakthroughs!
🌏 More: www.trackerbiobank.com
#LungCancerResearch #FutureProofing #ResearchwithImpact
By storing samples in multiple formats with NGS applications in mind, we’re ensuring today’s donations power tomorrow’s breakthroughs!
🌏 More: www.trackerbiobank.com
#LungCancerResearch #FutureProofing #ResearchwithImpact
🌏 TRACKER is inviting people from Asian backgrounds affected by lung cancer to join our Consumer Team.
💡 Never‑smoking Asian women face nearly 2× the risk of lung cancer compared to white female never‑smokers.
Your voice can shape research & save lives!
👉 www.trackerbiobank.com
💡 Never‑smoking Asian women face nearly 2× the risk of lung cancer compared to white female never‑smokers.
Your voice can shape research & save lives!
👉 www.trackerbiobank.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🌏 TRACKER is inviting people from Asian backgrounds affected by lung cancer to join our Consumer Team.
💡 Never‑smoking Asian women face nearly 2× the risk of lung cancer compared to white female never‑smokers.
Your voice can shape research & save lives!
👉 www.trackerbiobank.com
💡 Never‑smoking Asian women face nearly 2× the risk of lung cancer compared to white female never‑smokers.
Your voice can shape research & save lives!
👉 www.trackerbiobank.com
🎉 Congrats to Lisa Briggs, Chair of the TRACKER Consumer Committee, on receiving the 2025 #JeannieFerrisAward!
Her passion & leadership ensure consumer voices drive lung cancer research. 🙌
Thank you @CancerAustralia & Hon Mark Butler MP for this recognition.
📸 Irene Dowdy
Her passion & leadership ensure consumer voices drive lung cancer research. 🙌
Thank you @CancerAustralia & Hon Mark Butler MP for this recognition.
📸 Irene Dowdy
August 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🎉 Congrats to Lisa Briggs, Chair of the TRACKER Consumer Committee, on receiving the 2025 #JeannieFerrisAward!
Her passion & leadership ensure consumer voices drive lung cancer research. 🙌
Thank you @CancerAustralia & Hon Mark Butler MP for this recognition.
📸 Irene Dowdy
Her passion & leadership ensure consumer voices drive lung cancer research. 🙌
Thank you @CancerAustralia & Hon Mark Butler MP for this recognition.
📸 Irene Dowdy
✨ Let’s Have a Yarn! ✨
New TRACKER sites are launching, and we’re inviting rural/remote, SA, WA, and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities to join our Consumer Group.
Share your voice, shape research, and drive change. 🌏
www.trackerbiobank.com
New TRACKER sites are launching, and we’re inviting rural/remote, SA, WA, and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities to join our Consumer Group.
Share your voice, shape research, and drive change. 🌏
www.trackerbiobank.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
✨ Let’s Have a Yarn! ✨
New TRACKER sites are launching, and we’re inviting rural/remote, SA, WA, and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities to join our Consumer Group.
Share your voice, shape research, and drive change. 🌏
www.trackerbiobank.com
New TRACKER sites are launching, and we’re inviting rural/remote, SA, WA, and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities to join our Consumer Group.
Share your voice, shape research, and drive change. 🌏
www.trackerbiobank.com
🌍 On #WorldLungCancerDay we honour patients & families affected by the world’s leading cause of cancer death. At TRACKER, we’re driving research for earlier detection, safer treatments, personalised care & reduced stigma — towards a future with better outcomes. 🫁
July 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🌍 On #WorldLungCancerDay we honour patients & families affected by the world’s leading cause of cancer death. At TRACKER, we’re driving research for earlier detection, safer treatments, personalised care & reduced stigma — towards a future with better outcomes. 🫁
🎉 Milestone for TRACKER at TOGA 2025 ASM!
PhD candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar gave his first talk, sharing early insights on how the lung microbiome may predict risk of checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) in lung cancer - paving the way for earlier detection & better outcomes! 🙌
PhD candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar gave his first talk, sharing early insights on how the lung microbiome may predict risk of checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) in lung cancer - paving the way for earlier detection & better outcomes! 🙌
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🎉 Milestone for TRACKER at TOGA 2025 ASM!
PhD candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar gave his first talk, sharing early insights on how the lung microbiome may predict risk of checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) in lung cancer - paving the way for earlier detection & better outcomes! 🙌
PhD candidate Dr Senthuran Shivakumar gave his first talk, sharing early insights on how the lung microbiome may predict risk of checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) in lung cancer - paving the way for earlier detection & better outcomes! 🙌
We’re celebrating a double milestone!
🎉 Congrats to Dr Sarah Yeo on her first first-author manuscript — and TRACKER’s first publication in the Medical Journal of Australia! 🫁
🔗 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
🎉 Congrats to Dr Sarah Yeo on her first first-author manuscript — and TRACKER’s first publication in the Medical Journal of Australia! 🫁
🔗 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
July 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We’re celebrating a double milestone!
🎉 Congrats to Dr Sarah Yeo on her first first-author manuscript — and TRACKER’s first publication in the Medical Journal of Australia! 🫁
🔗 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
🎉 Congrats to Dr Sarah Yeo on her first first-author manuscript — and TRACKER’s first publication in the Medical Journal of Australia! 🫁
🔗 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
📊 Every TRACKER participant provides more than samples — they contribute rich clinical data: demographics, comorbidities, pathology, molecular profiles & treatment response. We're connecting the dots to personalise care & improve lung cancer outcomes. 🧬🔍
www.trackerbiobank.com
www.trackerbiobank.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
📊 Every TRACKER participant provides more than samples — they contribute rich clinical data: demographics, comorbidities, pathology, molecular profiles & treatment response. We're connecting the dots to personalise care & improve lung cancer outcomes. 🧬🔍
www.trackerbiobank.com
www.trackerbiobank.com
🧬 Each patient = multiple insights 💡
TRACKER collects tissue, blood & BALF samples over time to reveal how lung cancer evolves.
🔁 Longitudinal sampling
🔬 Multi-sample types
📈 Deeper discoveries
Open access for researchers — tap into TRACKER to fuel your next breakthrough.
www.trackerbiobank.com
TRACKER collects tissue, blood & BALF samples over time to reveal how lung cancer evolves.
🔁 Longitudinal sampling
🔬 Multi-sample types
📈 Deeper discoveries
Open access for researchers — tap into TRACKER to fuel your next breakthrough.
www.trackerbiobank.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🧬 Each patient = multiple insights 💡
TRACKER collects tissue, blood & BALF samples over time to reveal how lung cancer evolves.
🔁 Longitudinal sampling
🔬 Multi-sample types
📈 Deeper discoveries
Open access for researchers — tap into TRACKER to fuel your next breakthrough.
www.trackerbiobank.com
TRACKER collects tissue, blood & BALF samples over time to reveal how lung cancer evolves.
🔁 Longitudinal sampling
🔬 Multi-sample types
📈 Deeper discoveries
Open access for researchers — tap into TRACKER to fuel your next breakthrough.
www.trackerbiobank.com
🚨 Did you know TRACKER is open access?
Australia’s first national, consumer-led lung cancer biobank offers:
🧪 Tissue, blood & BALF
📆 Longitudinal sampling
📋 Linked clinical data
Built for translational impact.
🔓 Open to academia & industry.
👉 trackerbiobank.com/request-access
Australia’s first national, consumer-led lung cancer biobank offers:
🧪 Tissue, blood & BALF
📆 Longitudinal sampling
📋 Linked clinical data
Built for translational impact.
🔓 Open to academia & industry.
👉 trackerbiobank.com/request-access
July 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🚨 Did you know TRACKER is open access?
Australia’s first national, consumer-led lung cancer biobank offers:
🧪 Tissue, blood & BALF
📆 Longitudinal sampling
📋 Linked clinical data
Built for translational impact.
🔓 Open to academia & industry.
👉 trackerbiobank.com/request-access
Australia’s first national, consumer-led lung cancer biobank offers:
🧪 Tissue, blood & BALF
📆 Longitudinal sampling
📋 Linked clinical data
Built for translational impact.
🔓 Open to academia & industry.
👉 trackerbiobank.com/request-access