University News

Volume 1 - Edition 3


Potential disease treatment attracts pharmaceutical giant

Professor Dharmarajan from the School of Anatomy and Human Biology

A number of pharmaceutical companies are interested in a blood vessel growth inhibitor discovered by UWA Professor Arun Dharmarajan and collaborator Suvro Chatterjee. Their find has implications for the treatment of a range of diseases including cancer, arthritis and diabetic blindness.


Supersymmetry down under


Fellowship will help UWA graduate's research to bloom

Ryan Lister

Biological scientist Dr Ryan Lister is nurturing his scientific career in California after becoming the only West Australian to receive a 2006 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) fellowship.

The UWA graduate was one of four Australians and 80 young scientists worldwide to win one of the awards, which allows them to broaden their training in a laboratory in another country.


Successful combinations with SPICE

Jenny Gull and Stan Koios

Trapping mice at the Abrolhos Islands, time for reflection and interacting with researchers are among the highlights for the four recent Teachers-in-Residence (TiRS) at UWA.


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