Meet Dr Gerard Chu

Cure the Future © Photo by Salty Dingo 2019 Dr Gerard Chu is a PhD Student in Professor John Rasko’s laboratory. Gerard’s father was diagnosed with cancer when he was in Year 11 at school.  His father’s health scare motivated Gerard to want to make a difference...

What is a CAR T Cell?

CAR T Cells are engineered to target cancer cells.   Cell therapy has come of age and CAR T therapy is leading the way. “Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are produced by harvesting and reprogramming healthy T cells from a cancer patient. Genetically...

Meet Data Scientist Ulf Schmitz

Dr Ulf Schmitz is a serious computer wizard. Currently Ulf is a Data scientist in Professor John Rasko’s team at the Centenary Institute.  As an expert in Bioinformatics metrics, Ulf spends his days discovering patterns in data that help to explain normal biology and...