Ron Evans Cancer Research Fellowship

Dr Greenall joined MIMR’s Centre for Cancer Research to work with Associate Professor Terry Johns in the Oncogenic Signalling Laboratory. His research is focused on a protein called c-met that is linked with the progression of normal cells to cancerous cells. C-met is vital for foetal development and, in adult life, for wound
healing by promoting the movement of cells and the development of new blood vessels.

Over time, the c-met protein can develop mutations that result in changes in its function. Some of these mutations are closely associated with the initiation and progression of colon and other cancers including brain and breast.

Dr Greenall’s research investigates the way different c-met proteins signal to the cell to induce the changes associated with cancer development. In addition, he will look at ways in which these different c-met proteins interact with other proteins in the body and whether these interactions are capable of inducing cancer.

Dr Sameer Greenall, is the inaugural recipient of the Ron Evans Cancer Research Fellowship.The Ron Evans Cancer Research Fellowship was established to honour the memory of the late Ron Evans AM. The Fellowship was announced at the inaugural Ron Evans Golf Day in November 2007.
Funds raised at the Golf Day support the Fellowship.