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Epigenetics 2009
Australian Scientific Conference
1-4 December 2009, Melbourne
The Sebel, Albert Park
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Dr Kristina Warton wins BioAssayLINK award for commercialisation potential
About the BioAssayLINK award
This cash award is directed towards early career biomedical researchers doing research that shows
potential for commercial application. The primary goal of this award is to get researchers to think about the
potential commercial significance of their research. The secondary goal is for researchers to forge closer
links with industry. The inaugural award was presented in 2008 to Cassandra Sparkes at the Australian
Atherosclerosis Society meeting. The award has expanded this year to the growing field of epigenetics.
The BioAssayLINK award winner for this year was post-doctoral research fellow Dr Kristina Warton from the
Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Sydney) for her work on optimising the detection of methylation
patterns in plasma DNA from patients with ovarian cancer. This research highlights one approach being
explored to ultimately produce a blood-based early detection test for cancer. DNA methylation is an
important mechanism by which cells regulate their overall status. In cancer patients, DNA methylation
patterns are known to be significantly different and thus represent an opportunity to potentially identify
individuals predisposed to cancer or for early diagnosis.
Read the full BioAssay LINK media release - 14 December 2009