Scientific Collaborations

FECRI acknowledges the assistance it receives with various research projects.

FECRI wishes to acknowledge the following people:

• Prof Jan-Inge Henter Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, for providing Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) samples
• Mr Niall McConchie ENT surgeon, Ballarat, for providing normal tonsil tissue for the purification of normal Langerhans cells
• Mr Bruce Stewart surgeon, Ballarat, for providing biopsy material
• Mr Robert Sheen plastic surgeon, Ballarat, for agreeing to participate in the LCH study
• Dr Ora Bernard, Prof Richard Boyd, Assoc Prof Damian Purcell for acting as members of the FECRI Scientific Advisory Committee
• Dr Mark Pilbeam and Dr Sharon Wallace,
• Mr Adrian Warmington Pathology Department, St John of God Hospital, Ballarat, for providing biopsy material and paraffin-embedded samples
• Prof Ian Cree The Translational Oncology Research Centre, University of Portsmouth, UK for collaborating on the chemosensitivity testing project