Justin Langer and the CCRF team visit the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre
It’s an honour to get a behind the scenes look at what goes on in labs at the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre. On Wednesday 31 August, CCRF Patron Justin Langer, along with CEO Andrea Alexander and staff members Sophie, Tony and Tegan, were fortunate enough to be invited to the Centre for an exclusive tour.
The Telethon Kids Cancer Centre is a highly collaborative team, striving to get more effective and safer therapies into the clinic to improve survival rates and quality of life for babies, children and young people with cancer.
Our Foundation is proud to be helping fund the important projects being done at the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre and this tour was a great way to gain a better understanding of how critical this funding is. The Telethon Kids Cancer Centre relies heavily on individuals, corporates, trusts and foundations like us to help deliver and drive their research impact so that they can continue to make a difference for children and families.
Dr Sébastien Malinge, a CCRF research fellow highly qualified in the field of childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers, sat down with the team to present the advancements being made by his newly created Translational Genomics in Leukaemia team. A team created thanks to the support of CCRF.
“Our goal is to develop targeted treatments to improve quality of care and long-term survival for all children with blood cancers. To ensure we can continue doing our research, we rely on organisations like CCRF to help fund our projects – without this support, our innovative work wouldn’t be possible,” Dr Sébastien Malinge expressed.
“It was fantastic to host the CCRF team recently and provide an update about the impact of our research. Not only is this vital partnership funding our research, but also raising awareness about the incredible work we do at Telethon Kids – and this is invaluable.”
Co-head of the Leukaemia Translational Research team Dr Laurence Cheung and PhD Student Taylor Ferguson also met up with the team to talk about the goings-on in the labs. Justin Langer showed great interest in the projects that were discussed, taking every opportunity to ask questions to better understand the magnitude of the research.
The tour was a great reminder of what an amazing facility the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre is and how necessary it is for our Foundation to continue supporting the incredible researchers.
Everyone who has supported our Foundation, whether by donating or attending one of our events, has helped us ensure we can continue funding these projects for many years to come, so more children can live the long and fulfilling lives they deserve.
Thank you to our friends at Telethon Kids Cancer Centre for extending this invitation to our team. This was an invaluable experience for all of us and has given us the motivation we need to continue raising funds and awareness for this cause.
You can help us continue funding the vital research projects at Telethon Kids Cancer Centre by making a donation today.