Researchers awarded $5m NHMRC Synergy Grant to improve immunotherapy against melanoma
Source: Doherty Institude, October 2024
A collaborative team of researchers, including researchers from the Doherty Institute, has been awarded a five-year, $5 million Synergy Grant?from the?National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to develop a new program of work, exploring interactions between microbiota and T cells to enhance melanoma immunotherapy.
The project is being led by?Professor Shahneen Sandhu, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Research Lead for the Melanoma Medical Oncology Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) at the University of Melbourne. The team also includes?Professor Sammy Bedoui?and Dr Vanessa Marcelino?from the Doherty Institute,
Professor Tony Papenfuss?from WEHI, and Dr Lavina Spain and?Professor Grant McArthur?from Peter Mac.
Professor Jane Gunn AO, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, congratulated the team.