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Faculty of Medicine seminar

26 October 2005

'Chromosome Ends, Life, Death and Cancer', by Dr Elizabeth Blackburn.

When: Tuesday 8 November, 6.30pm
Where: Cinema 2, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Federation Square.

World-renowned scientist Dr Elizabeth Blackburn will explore the role of telomerase (which protects chromosomes from damage) and its ability to preserve cells. New research shows a link between telomerase and diseases of ageing, such as heart disease. On the flip-side, telomerase is also over-active in human cancers.

This talk will explore potential therapeutic applications of this work and look at how this property of cancer cells can be exploited. Dr Blackburn is the Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Monash University. As an expatriate, she has recently become one of the world's leading cancer biologists.

For further information email Jordan.Kane@med.monash.edu.au.