Where are they now? We catch up with past Arrow PhD Scholarship recipient Dr Adam Bryant
Since we last met Adam Bryant in 2008, he has come full circle in both his career and his travels of the world. We start at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney It was in 2008 that Adam was awarded an Arrow Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PhD scholarship to help fund his work in molecular biology of leukaemia […]
It takes a village: Cross-disciplinary collaboration is key in supporting BMT patients.
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro Cross-disciplinary collaboration was a highlight of the recent Australia and New Zealand Transplant & Cellular Therapies (ANZTCT) inaugural Scientific Meeting in Manly. What an amazing few days it was! Part of the charter of the ANZTCT is to create an inclusive, collaborative […]
Another generous donation from the Liverpool Catholic Club!
Thank you to the Liverpool Catholic club! Here at Arrow, we look forward to the day when bone marrow transplants (BMT) are a thing of the past. Until then we will continue to fund promising medical research in BMT related areas, and provide financial support for patients and their families. We are forever grateful to […]
Youer than you: An update on the Haploidentical Transplant Research Project
Youer than You: we love to be individuals! We all like to think of ourselves as unique, as being a “one off”. Even Dr Seuss celebrated our individuality in his famous line “There is no one alive who is youer than you.” We love to think that we are little pieces of individuality with our […]
Join the Arrow Board: calling for applications for a Non-executive Director
We are growing, and currently have an opening for a new member to our board. Specifically, we are looking for a Non-executive Director with medical, clinical or research expertise in the area of bone marrow and stem cell transplant to join us. As a member of our board, you will help us fulfill our mission […]
Better together: ANZTCT joins forces with Arrow
We are pleased to announce our newly formalised relationship with Australian and New Zealand Transplant and Cellular Therapy (ANZTCT). ANZTCT, formerly known as the Bone Marrow Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand, is a society consisting of clinicians, advanced trainees, scientists, medical graduates, nurses, data managers and pharmacists, involved in the clinical or laboratory […]
Ground-breaking research into the generation of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).
We are excited to announce the extension of the Arrow/Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PhD Scholarship for Ritika Saxena for another year so that she can continue with her ground-breaking research into the generation of haematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs as they are often called. There are two sources of cells for bone marrow or stem cell […]
Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation and HSANZ PhD Scholarship
We are pleased to announce our new partnership and PhD scholarship program in collaboration with the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ). HSANZ is a collaborative network of haematology members with a vision to transform the lives of all people with blood disorders. Arrow is also committed to improving the quality of life […]
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic makes a generous donation!
We have recently received an extremely generous donation from the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (HCC) Association of $25,000 to help support our work here at Arrow. It is an especially generous donation this year because their event, the 111km overnight paddle down the Hawkesbury River, hasn’t been able to run for the last three years: two […]
BLOOD conference 2023
The BLOOD conference 2023 will be held in Melbourne this November. BLOOD is the combined conference of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion & the Thrombosis and Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand. This provides health care professionals and medical researchers the opportunity to keep abreast of the […]
International Student of the Year for Research: Ritika Saxena
We are proud to learn that Ritika Saxena has recently been named the Study Melbourne International Student of the Year for Research. Congratulations Ritika on a well-deserved award! Professor Andrew Elefanty of The Blood Diseases Laboratory at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute says of Ritika, “She’s very much a natural leader [with an] infectious enthusiasm” for […]
Paddling for bone marrow transplant research
High Achiever. That’s an apt description for Wennie van Lint. He has been an academic (Head of Department, no less), has had a football career including a couple of games with South Melbourne (now known as Sydney Swans) and is currently a Leader in finance and economics with GHD Advisory. And what does that have […]