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2016
2015
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2013
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Research Infrastructure Grants

2015
2012

Research Equipment Grants (REG)
Research Equipment Grants are directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW. These grants will support capability development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector. Research Equipment Grants are open to members of Translational Cancer Research Centres.

2018

Administering Institution	Application Title	Application Name	TCRC	Amount
Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Accessible and affordable real-time whole genome, methylome, and transcriptome sequencing for personalized cancer research	Dr Martin Smith	Sydney Catalyst	$237,000
Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Vectra Polaris multispectral imaging platform for cancer immunology	Professor David Thomas	Sydney Catalyst	$465,910
The University of New South Wales	Australia’s first deformability cytometer – a novel tool for cancer mechanobiology and diagnosis	Professor Katharina Gaus	TCRN	$450,000
The University of New South Wales	The first Australian Magnetic Particle Imaging facility for highly sensitive imaging of molecular and cellular cancer processes	Professor Maria Kavallaris	Kids Cancer Alliance	$634,660
The University of Sydney	NSW Cancer Research Peptide Synthesis Facility	Professor Roger Reddel	Kids Cancer Alliance	$700,000
The University of Sydney	Transmission Electron Microscopes for Cancer and Translation Research	Professor Phillip Robinson	Sydney West	$600,000
$3,087,570

2017

Administering Institution	Equipment Location	Applicant Name	Application Title	Amount (Excluding GST)
Children's Medical Research Institute	Children's Medical Research Institute	Professor Phillip Robinson	High performance computing platform for cancer proteogenomic research	$910,000
Macquarie University	Macquarie University	Associate Professor Mark Molloy	High content oncoproteomics for improved prognostication and treatment response	$605,000
The University of Newcastle	Hunter Medical Research Institute	Professor Rodney Scott	Beyond the Next Generation of DNA Sequencing: Long Read Sequencing using Sequel	$570,000
The University of New South Wales	Children’s Cancer Institute	Professor Michelle Haber	Robotic Acoustic Liquid Dispensing System for Drug Discovery and Personalised Medicine	$759,300
The University of New South Wales	The University of New South Wales	Professor Maria Kavallaris	Ultra-fast, high resolution, low-dose microcomputed tomography for cancer and vascular imaging in small animals	$383,100
The University of New South Wales	Ingham Institute	The Hon Michael Barton	X-Ray Detectors for Tomorrow's Radiotherapy.	$170,437
The University of New South Wales	The University of New South Wales	Professor Peter Gunning	Rapid Lifetime and Superresolution Imaging for understanding the molecular choreography of cancer	$600,000
The University of Sydney	Westmead Institute for Medical Research	Professor Graham Mann	BD FACSymphony A5 High Parameter Flow Cytometer for Westmead Research Hub at Westmead Precinct	$770,000
The University of Sydney	Bosch Institute	Professor Des Richardson	UNcle All-in-One Biologics Stability Platform with Robotic High Throughput Screening System for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Bosch Molecular Biology Facility	$322,250
The University of Sydney	Kolling Institute	Associate Professor Roderick Clifton-Bligh	ZOOMing in on new cancer therapies: Real-time quantitative live cell imaging for cancer research and drug discovery.	$161,820
Total:				$5,251,907

2016

Grant ID	Chief Investigator	Application Title	Administering Institution	TCRC	Funding (ex GST)
2016/REG001	Associate Professor Marcel Dinger	The Next Wave of Cancer Genomics: Resolving Complex Structural Variants and Tumour Heterogeneity with Linked Short-Read	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Sydney Catalyst	$220,482
2016/REG002	Professor Minoti Apte	Superresolution light microscope for deep view functional analyses of cancer cells and their microenvironment: a springboard and partner technology for high resolution correlative microscopy studies in cancer research	The University of New South Wales	CONCERT	$530,500
2016/REG003	Professor Des Raymond Richardson	Fast Linear Laser Scanning Technology: The ZEISS LSM 800 Confocal Microscope for the Open Access, Bosch Institute Advanced Microscopy Facility	The University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$300,000
2016/REG004	Professor Derek Hart	A high speed, multichannel fluorescence intravital microscope to provide state of the art imaging facilities essential to ANZAC/ADRI/Concord collaborative cancer research groups.	ANZAC Research Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$412,567
2016/REG005	Professor Peter Gunning	Single-objective selective plane illumination microscope (soSPIM)	The University of New South Wales	TCRN	$375,000
2016/REG006	Professor Richard Lock	A Shared Mass Spectrometry Facility for Discovery and Quantitative Cancer Research, Proteomics and Lipidomics	The University of New South Wales	Kids' Cancer Network	$1,000,000
2016/REG007	Dr Viive Howell	Translational Cancer Research Facility for Pre-clinical image-guided focal radiotherapy	The University of Sydney	Sydney Vital	$826,275
2016/REG008	Professor William Price	Infrastructure for Developing MRI Contrast Agents for Cancer Imaging that Spans from Contemporary to Future Clinical Field Strengths	Western Sydney University	CONCERT	$530,000
$4,194,824

2015

Grant ID	Recipient	Title	Administering Institution	Translational Cancer Research Centre	Funding (ex GST)
15/REG/1-01	A/Professor Mark Molloy	Platform for cancer drug monitoring and metabolite analysis supporting clinical and scientific cancer research	Macquarie University	Sydney VITAL	$468,000
15/REG/1-02	A/Professor Kevin Spring	Molecular barcoding of tissue specimens: setting new benchmarks in biobanking quality assurance and quality control in NSW	University of Western Sydney	Centre for Oncology, Education and Research Translation (CONCERT)	$193,000
15/REG/1-03	Professor Stephen Ackland	Live cell imager for enhancement of pre-clinical cancer studies in the Hunter Translational Cancer Research Centre	University of Newcastle	Hunter Translational Cancer Research Centre	$124,938
15/REG/1-04	Professor Xu Dong Zhang	High resolution fourier transform mass spectrometry platform for the discovery of novel cancer biomarkers and drug targets using label-free and isobaric-tagged approaches for quantitative proteomics.	University of Newcastle	Hunter Translational Cancer Research Centre	$500,000
15/REG/1-06	Professor Phillip J Robinson	An integrated in-cell cancer drug screening system	Children’s Medical Research Institute	Kids Cancer Alliance	$499,762
15/REG/1-07	Professor Peter Gunning	Using fluorescence to determine molecular pathogenesis, progression and treatment of cancer. A Zeiss 880 confocal multiphoton system with Airy detector and fluorescence lifetime capability.	University of New South Wales	Translational Cancer Research Network	$500,000
15/REG/1-08	Professor Paul de Souza	Cryogenic correlative light and immunoelectron microscopy using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) – a new way to look at cancer and its microenvironment.	University of New South Wales	Centre for Oncology, Education and Research Translation (CONCERT)	$500,000
15/REG/1-09	Professor Richard Lock	High-throughput five-laser flow cytometer for cancer research and cancer drug discovery	University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	$339,500
15/REG/1-10	Professor Michelle Haber	A high content imager for identification of drugs for precision cancer medicine.	University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	$347,024
15/REG/1-12	Professor Des Raymond Richardson	Biacore T200 Molecular Interaction Analysis System for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility	University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$354,048
15/REG/1-13	Professor Deborah Marsh	Streamlining specimen preparation for researchers from samples stored in biobanks	University of Sydney	Sydney Vital	$83,797
15/REG/1-14	Dr Dinny Graham	Covaris Evolution Adaptive Focused Acoustic Ultrasonicator for enhancement of cancer research within the Sydney West Hub	University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$70,762
15/REG/1-15	Professor Peter Andrew Lay	Portable Infrared Spectroscopy Equipment for Cancer Diagnosis, Research into Prevention of Cancer by Understanding the Role of Diet, and for Drug Development and Studies on Efficacy.	University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$102,000
15/REG/1-16	Professor Nico van Zandwijk	Expanding Basic, Clinical and Functional Genomic Cancer Research at Concord Campus	Asbestos Diseases Research Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$385,470
15/REG/1-17	Dr David Croucher	Harnessing multiplexing technology to advance personalised medicine.	Garvan Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$51,983
15/REG/1-18	Professor Chris Goodnow	Single Cell Genomics for Cancer Research	Garvan Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$500,000
15/REG/1-19	Dr Warren Kaplan	Standardised Genome Analyses for Every Cancer Researcher in NSW	Garvan Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$495,000
$5,515,284

2014

Grant ID	Recipient	Administering Institution	Translational Cancer Research Centre	Title	Funding (ex GST)
14/REG/1-01	Professor Maria Kavallaris	University of New South Wales	Kid’s Cancer Alliance	Dual modality photoacoustic/ ultrasound imaging system for preclinical cancer studies	$350,000
14/REG/1-03	Dr Christa Nath	Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network	Kid’s Cancer Alliance	A UPLC QTOF to improve cancer treatment and outcomes	$91,959
14/REG/1-04	Professor Stephen Ackland	University of Newcastle	Hunter Cancer Research Alliance	High Throughput Image Capture Platform for Translational Cancer Research	$282,614
14/REG/1-05	Dr Christopher Scarlett	University of Newcastle	Hunter Cancer Research Alliance	Visualisation of microparticles for development of biomarkers and targeted drug delivery mechanisms	$125,199
14/REG/1-07	Professor Paul de Souza	University of Western Sydney	Centre for Oncology Education and Research Translation (CONCERT)	An automated micromanipulator platform to capture viable single cells for culture and molecular analyses	$270,000
14/REG/1-10	A/Professor Anthony Gill	University of Sydney	Sydney VITAL	Nanostring nCounter system for gene expression analysis in fresh and formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue	$500,000
14/REG/1-14	Professor Christopher Ormandy	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Sydney Catalyst	High-throughput Cytometry for Cancer Research	$304,000
14/REG/1-15	Professor Christine Clarke	Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	Semi-automatic Tissue Microarrayer with digital image integration for enhancement of cancer research within the Sydney West Hub	$124,640
$2,048,412

2013

Grant ID	Recipient	Administering Institution	Translational Cancer Research Centre/Unit	Title	Funding (ex GST)
13/REG/1-01	A/Prof Sandra O'Toole	Sydney Local Health District	Sydney Catalyst	Implementing next generation sequencing of advanced lung cancer and melanoma in clinical practice	$152,784
13/REG/1-02	A/Prof Jarad Martin	Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Limited	Hunter Translational Cancer Research Unit	Advanced Radiation Oncology Clinical Trials: A Remotely Accessible Solution for Treatment Plan Review	$105,771
13/REG/1-03	Prof Des Richardson	University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	BioMark HD High-throughput Real Time & Digital PCR System for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility	$326,895
13/REG/1-04	A/Prof Andrew Katsifis	Sydney Local Health District	Sydney Catalyst	Preparation of PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Cancer	$325,000
13/REG/1-05	Dr Warren Kaplan	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Sydney Catalyst	Finding Patients Like Mine. A Computer Storage Cluster For Analysing Trillions Of Genome Datapoints To Guide Patient Therapy And Cancer Research	$498,614
13/REG/1-06	Prof Patrick Brennan	University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	A mobile imaging platform to further transform breast cancer imaging research in NSW initiated by BREAST.	$417,524
13/REG/1-07	Prof Maria Kavallaris	University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	A pre-clinical 3D tomographic optical imaging system for the University of New South Wales research precinct	$373,000
13/REG/1-08	Prof Phillip Robinson	Children's Medical Research Institute	Kids Cancer Alliance	Multi-centre screening and development platform for pre-clinical drugs for glioblastoma	$426,467
13/REG/1-09	Prof Barbara Fazekas de St Groth	University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	CyTOF mass cytometry platform	$500,000
13/REG/1-10	A/Prof Jennifer Byrne	University of Sydney	Kids Cancer Alliance	Automated in situ analysis capacity for translational cancer research	$160,000
13/REG/1-13	Prof Paul De Souza	Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research	South West Sydney Translational Cancer Research Unit	An Integrated Molecular Platform for Profiling Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) and DNA (ctDNA) in Cancer Patients	$155,000
$3,441,055

2011

Grant ID	Recipient	Project Title	Administering Institution	Funded
11/REG/1-01	Prof Christine Clarke	High Speed Cell Sorter for Flow Cytometry Core Facility	University of Sydney	$550,000
11/REG/1-02	Prof Des Richardson	Seahorse Extracellular Flux (XF) Analyzer for the Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility	University of Sydney	$315,000
11/REG/1-05	Prof Gary Halliday	A small animal bioimaging facility for monitoring cancer cells and molecules in vivo	University of Sydney	$290,136
11/REG/1-06	A/Prof Richard Lock	A high end multilaser flow cytometry analyser for the University of New South Wales/Children's Cancer Institute Australia Cancer Research Hub	University of New South Wales	$355,000
11/REG/1-07	Prof Peter Gunning	Imaging cellular responses with super resolution microscopy and optical tweezers	University of New South Wales	$350,000
11/REG/1-08	Dr Greg Arndt	Integrated high content imaging system for drug discovery	University of New South Wales	$650,000
11/REG/1-10	Dr Warren Kaplan	High Performance Computing And Data Storage To Empower Cancer Researchers In NSW To Do Their Own Next-Generation Sequencing Analyses	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	$736,887
11/REG/1-11	A/Prof Mark Molloy	Higher sensitivity and deeper proteome analysis for cancer research using the newest generation Orbitrap mass spectrometer	Macquarie University	$646,175
11/REG/1-13	Prof Philip Doble	Three dimensional lymph node imaging: Improving detection of sentinel nodes to reduce false negatives	University of Technology, Sydney	$447,155
11/REG/1-14	Dr Michael Buckley	The implementation of next generation sequencing in cancer genetic diagnosis	South Eastern Sydney Local Health District	$507,127
11/REG/1-15	Prof Roger Daly	A triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for biomarker verification and validation and cancer systems biology.	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	$341,025
$5,188,505

Research Infrastructure Grants (RIG)
The Research Infrastructure Grants Program is directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW. These grants support capacity development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector.

2015

Grant ID	Recipient	Project Title	Administering Institution	Translational Cancer Research Centre/Unit	Funded
2015/RIG101	Professor Murray Norris	Continuing infrastructure support for highly skilled professional staff to manage the ACRF Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer, a world-class drug discovery and high throughput chemical screening facility	The University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG105	Professor Glenn Marshall	Prospective biobanking of child cancer samples for precision medicine and research	The University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG106	Professor Rodney Scott	Advanced Technical Support for Oncology Single Cell Analysis Technologies	University of Newcastle	Hunter Cancer Research Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG107	Professor John Forbes	The Hunter Cancer Biobank (HCB): Maximising community value through validation, annotation and distribution throughout NSW	University of Newcastle	Hunter Cancer Research Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG110	Dr Steven Kao	Expanding the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI) biobank to create a state-wide repository for research into thoracic cancers	Asbestos Diseases Research Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$300,000
2015/RIG114	Professor Anthony Gill	The further expansion, maintenance and deployment of a tissue bank of paraffin blocks containing cancers to mirror and expand frozen tissue tumour bank assets	The University of Sydney	Sydney Vital	$284,325
2015/RIG116	Professor Anna deFazio	Next-generation cancer biobanking: Adding value to the SW-TCRC Gynaecological Oncology Biobank at Westmead	The University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$288,812
2015/RIG117	Professor Graham Mann	Continuing infrastructure support for a senior flow cytometry specialist to manage and operate the expanded Westmead Research Hub (WRH) flow cytometry core facility in the purpose built Hub Core Facility Platform	The University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$300,000
2015/RIG118	Professor Christine Clarke	Collecting and managing data: a key component of support of translational research by the Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank	The University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$300,000
2015/RIG121	Professor Des Raymond Richardson	Advanced Technical Support for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility	The University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$272,876
2015/RIG122	Professor Roger Reddel	CellBank Australia: improving the quality, reproducibility and credibility of cell culture-based preclinical cancer research	The University of Sydney	Kids Cancer Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG123	Professor Wolfgang Weninger	Intravital Imaging Specialist to Support Cancer Research at Sydney Catalyst Microscopy Facilities	The University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$291,431
2015/RIG124	Professor Susan Clark	Continuing Infrastructure Support for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Facility (Garvan Molecular Genetics) for the Molecular Genetics of Cancer	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Sydney Catalyst	$300,000
$3,837,444

2012

Grant ID	Recipient	Project Title	Administering Institution	Translational Cancer Research Centre/Unit	Funded
12/RIG/1– to 01	Prof Robert Baxter	MALDI MS Imaging for Cancer Biomarker Discovery in the Northern Translational Cancer Research Unit	University of Sydney	Northern Translational Cancer Research Unit	$299,334
12/RIG/1– to 02	A/Prof Michael Buckley	Implementation of Cancer Genomic testing for sporadic cancers	South Eastern Sydney Local Health District	Translational Cancer Research Network	$211,623
12/RIG/1– to 03	A/Prof Susan Clark	Continuing Infrastructure Support for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (SCRF) Facility for the Molecular Genetics of Cancer	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Sydney Catalyst	$300,000
12/RIG/1– to 07	Prof Graham Mann	Continuing Infrastructure Support for a flow cytometry specialist to manage and operate the expanded Westmead Research Hub Flow Cytometry Centre	University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$300,000
12/RIG/1– to 10	Prof Murray Norris	Uniquely skilled professional staff to operate & manage the ACRF Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer, a world-class drug discovery and high throughput chemical screening facility	University of New South Wales	Kids cancer Alliance	$300,000
12/RIG/1– to 11	Prof Des Richardson	Advanced Technical Support for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility.	University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$236,153
12/RIG/1– to 16	Prof Christine Clarke	Data collection and management for the Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank	University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$300,000
12/RIG/1– to 17	A/Prof Anna de Fazio	Enhancement of the Gynaecological Oncology Biobank at Westmead and creation of a Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre (SW-TCRC) Bio-specimens Hub	University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$281,161
12/RIG/1– to 18	Prof John Forbes	The Hunter Cancer Biobank (HCB): Maximising community value through validation, annotation and distribution throughout NSW	University of Newcastle	Hunter Translational Cancer Research Unit	$292,300
12/RIG/1– to 19	A/Prof Anthony Gill	The creation of a readily accessible and clinically annotated tissue bank of paraffin c blocks containing tumour to mirror and expand frozen tissue collected by the Kolling Tumour Banks	University of Sydney	Northern Translational Cancer Research Unit	$276,971
12/RIG/1– to 23	Prof Glenn Marshall	'Crossing the Divide': an integrated public biobank for child cancer researchers	University of New South Wales	Kids cancer Alliance	$300,000
12/RIG/1– to 25	Prof Roger Reddel	CellBank Australia: Rapid, easy access to novel and essential cancer cell lines and cell line authentication services to enable internationally competitive cancer research.	Children's Medical Research Institute	Kids cancer Alliance	$300,000
$3,397,542

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