Scientific Collaborations

BCRC acknowledges the assistance it receives with various research projects.

BCRC 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 Mark Guirguis ENT, head and neck surgeon, Ballarat, for agreeing to participate in the LCH study
• 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 BCRC Scientific Advisory Committee
• Dr Mark Pilbeam, Ms Anthea Ramos, Dr Sharon Wallace,
• Mr Adrian Warmington Pathology Department, St John of God Hospital, Ballarat, for providing biopsy material and paraffin-embedded samples
• Assoc Prof Todd Walker University of Ballarat, for collaborative research
• Assoc Prof Anne Hunt, Prof George Kannourakis, Prof Wayne Robinson, Assoc Prof Todd Walker, Dr Jenny West for participating as members of the joint Affiliate Institute Committee
• Prof Ian Cree The Translational Oncology Research Centre, University of Portsmouth, UK for collaborating on the chemosensitivity testing project 
• Mark Myers (Biomedical Science Program Co-ordinator) and the entire Biomedical Team from UB for their support of BCRC's research