News & Events
Welcome Professor Gang Chen, lead of TAGC's Health Economics Platform
Professor Gang Chen has joined the University of Melbourne as Professor, Cancer Health Services Research, and will lead TAGC's Health Economics Platform.
Genomics-focused biomedical research secures $6.5 million to address complex health challenges
The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC) has awarded funding to four new Innovation Projects led by University of Melbourne researchers collaborating with partners across the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct.
A better way to diagnose and treat prostate cancer
A trial using genomic testing and predictive disease modelling to guide therapy and reduce the burden of prostate cancer diagnosis, which evidence suggests is over-diagnosed and over-treated in early disease.
Enabling new therapies to stop blindness
Establishing a comprehensive patient dataset of inherited retinal diseases, providing information to drive new treatments and therapies for the most common cause of blindness in working-aged Australians.
Locating cancer's source
Developing a rapid multi-omic liquid biopsy blood test utilising whole genome sequencing to resolve the difficult diagnosis of cancer of unknown primary origin.
Improving women's health outcomes through genomics
Performing next-generation sequencing to find new solutions for patients with common endometrial-related health problems such as abnormal menstrual bleeding, infertility and pregnancy disorders.