Beryl Raymer, 1925-2017 As a community-funded Foundation, we are indebted to our wonderful supporters who make our life-saving research possible. Sadly, one of our most generous, loyal supporters, Beryl Raymer, recently passed away. We are deeply grateful for the many years of support Beryl gave, and believe the ground-breaking research undertaken by our researchers will
What does your role as Laboratory Manager involve? I am directly responsible for performing many of the experiments that are conducted within Professor Rasmussen’s laboratory, as well as providing a supervisory role to both students and research assistants within the lab. Basically, my role as Laboratory Manager requires that I balance the scientific needs of
Serves: 4 Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 5 minutes Ingredients: 80g baby spinach 20g coriander 70g feta cheese, crumbled 70g coarsely grated gouda cheese 2 avocados, stones removed, peeled and mashed 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice 8 large tortillas Method: Combine the avocado and lime juice in a small bowl. Preheat a sandwich press
Lead Researchers: Prof Gemma Figtree, Dr Kristen Bubb Professor Figtree’s team have established a large cohort study of patients who are at risk, or suffering from coronary artery disease. Patients volunteer, and consent to contribute a blood sample and their de-identified data to the study, allowing the team to study new mechanisms of coronary artery
A recent collaborative study led by Heart Research Australia’s Professor Gemma Figtree,, has found that there is an increasing proportion of heart attack patients without any standard risk factors, such as high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure or smoking.
Our researchers are currently working on a project that has the incredible potential to make some cancer treatments more effective, and also reduce or eliminate the risk of heart failure as a result of the cancer treatment. This research could potentially help thousands of cancer and cardiac patients. Find out more about this exciting research