Partnering opportunities

Bridging the gap between laboratory discoveries and commercial innovation

WEHI has research projects in cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, feeding into our robust discovery and development pipeline. We are committed to the translation of our discoveries into improvements in disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

Theme	Project	Modality	Stage
Cancer	Next generation DC therapy	Cell therapy	Hit-to-Lead
Cancer	High affinity dual-specificity biologics	Cell therapy	Hit Discovery
Cancer	Safer CAR-T cells	Cell therapy	Hit Discovery
Immunology and inflammation	pDC therapy for lupus	Small molecule	Hit Discovery
Immunology and inflammation	A therapy for haemolytic disease	Biologic	Hit Discovery
Immunology and inflammation	Antioxidant enzyme	Biologic	Hit Discovery
Immunology and inflammation	Improving T cell memory	Biologic	Target Validation
Global health and infection	VirPRO – targeting Mpro	Small molecule	Hit-to-Lead
Global health and infection	VirDUB – targeting PLPro	Small molecule	Hit-to-Lead
Global health and infection	P. vivax diagnostic	Diagnostic	Hit-to-Lead
Global health and infection	Toxoplasma Vaccine	Vaccine	Hit Discovery
Neurological disorders	Precision epigenetics	Small molecule	Hit-to-Lead
Neurological disorders	Inhibitors of apoptosis	Small molecule	Hit Discovery
Platform technologies	E3 ligase warheads	Small molecule	Hit Discovery
Platform technologies	IL-11 signaling	Biologic	Hit Discovery
Platform technologies	BioTACs/ Proxima Bio	Biologic	Hit Discovery
Digital health	Genomic data management platform	Software	Successful pilots with 6 Victorian laboratories
Digital health	Animal management system	Software	Currently used by 3 external animal research institutions

Area contacts

Cancer
Therapeutic area contact: David Segal

Immunology and inflammation
Therapeutic area contact: Onisha Patel

Global heath and infection
Therapeutic area contact: Victoria Jameson

Neurological disorders
Therapeutic area contact: Leo Lui

Platform technologies
Therapeutic area contact: Leo Lui

Ubiquitin and drug discovery
Therapeutic area contact: Janet Yeo

Digital health
Therapeutic area contact: Michelle Kleynhans

To discuss partnering opportunities and collaborations please contact our team.

partnering@wehi.edu.au

Partnering opportunities

Bridging the gap between laboratory discoveries and commercial innovation

Area contacts

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