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![Talking Blood Cancer Nathalie Cook](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TalkingBloodCancer_Podcast_Season2_NathalieCook_IGTiles_KA-02-1024x1024.jpg)
![Debbie and Ian McFarlane](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Debbie-McFarlane_7487-1.jpg)
![Associate Professor Daniel Thomas](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Daniel-Thomas_lab-1.jpg)
![Wendy Erber](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Wendy-Erber-MPN-microscopy-1.jpg)
![](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Charlie-photo-1024x768.jpg)
![Andrew Perkins and grandson Harry](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Andrew-Perkins_grandson-1.jpg)
![Sharon MacIntyre at the market](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sharon-MacIntyre_2-1.jpg)
![Dan Thomas and CMML trial team](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Daniel-Thomas_CMML-trial-team-1.jpg)
![Dr Cecily Forsyth in the Lofoten Islands, Norway](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dr-Cecily-Forsyth-in-Lofoten-Islands-1024x768.jpg)
![Sue Taylor](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Sue-Taylor.jpg)
![Christines-genetic-predisposition-to-MDS](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Christines-genetic-predisposition-to-MDS.jpg)
![Illustration of a microscope, test tubes, and clipboard](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Treat-Fillers_Research-1024x672.png)
![Jennie Wigginton and her family on holiday at Wilson’s Promontory in September 2017](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_3434-e1598425944787-1024x614.jpg)
![Dr David Ross and others in Tokyo](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Dr-David-Ross_others_Tokyo-scaled-e1598426215821-1024x614.jpg)
![Gene](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Treat-Icons_Gene.png)
![Tereena with alpacas](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/104934835_3538078616207028_4564185504724574997_n-1-1024x665.jpeg)
![Bryan sitting in a boat, with the Murray cod caught on a fishing trip at Lake Mulwala](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bryan-Mitchell_2_Lake-Mulwala_Murray-cod.png)
![Ken at a Fluro Friday mental health promotion at Phillip Island in 2016 at which he was a speaker.](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ken-Young_Woolamai_2016-1024x576.jpg)
![Professor Tony Green](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Professor-Tony-Green-.jpg)
![Dr Pilar Dominguez with Professor Ricky Johnstone](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DSC4487-768x512-1.jpg)
Last updated on February 9th, 2023
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