Miss Charlie Ffrench

Grant-Funded Researcher (A)

Centre for Cancer Biology

College of Health


Date Position Institution name
2026 - 2027 Grant-Funded Researcher (A) University of Adelaide
2020 - 2024 Laboratory Scientist Australian Clinical Laboratory - Ashford Hospital

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award The Austalasian Summit on Vascular Biology and Microcirculation - Australian Vascular Biology Society student oral presentation winner Centre for Cancer Biology Australia -
2025 Award $500 Travel Bursary - Australian Vascular Biology Society Centre for Cancer Biology Australia -
2024 Award Tour De Cure $10,000 postgraduate PhD Scholarship Centre for Cancer Biology Australia -
2023 Award Australian Society for Medical Research Conference - Best oral presentation by a postgraduate student in the field of cancer research Centre for Cancer Biology Australia -
2023 Award University of South Australia Vice Chancellor and Presidents $10,000 Scholarship Centre for Cancer Biology Australia -
2023 Award The Australian Rotary Health / Phillip and Glenis Hayes PhD Scholarship Top-up Centre for Cancer Biology Australia -
2022 Award University of South Australia Postgraduate Research Award - RTP University of South Australia Australia -
2022 Award Australian Society for Medical Research Conference - Best Honours oral presentation University of South Australia Australia -
2021 Award Martin Hansen Award University of South Australia Australia -
2020 Award University Merit Award University of South Australia Australia -
2018 Award University Merit Award University of South Australia Australia -
2018 Award University Merit Award University of South Australia Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2022 - 2026 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy - Cancer Research
2018 - 2021 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine (Honours)

Year Citation
2024 Ffrench, C. B., Min, K. K. M., DeNichilo, M., Cockshell, M. P., Dorward, E. L., Thompson, E. J., . . . Bonder, C. S. (2024). Desmoglein-2 is a regulator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression. Poster session presented at the meeting of CANCER RESEARCH. MA, Boston: AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH.
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Year Citation
2026 Ortiz, M., Ffrench, C. B., Webb, S., Toubia, J., Nataren, N., Dorward, E. L., . . . Bonder, C. S. (2026). Tumor Protein D54 (TPD54) regulates intracellular protein trafficking, cellular function and disease progression in melanoma.
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Date Topic Location Name
2024 - 2027 Pancreatic cancer development Centre for Cancer Biology Emma Dorward
2023 - 2027 Cancer development and progression Centre for Cancer Biology Placement students

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2022 - 2025 Member Adelaide Immunology Retreat - Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Centre for Cancer Biology Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2024 - ongoing Member American Association for Cancer Research United States
2023 - ongoing Member Australian Vascular Biology Society Australia
2021 - ongoing Member Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Australia
2021 - ongoing Member Australian Society for Medical Research Australia

Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
2025 - ongoing Regulators of vasculature development in pancreatic cancer The Australasian Summit on Vascular Biology and Microcirculation 2025 Centre for Cancer Biology New Zealand
2025 - ongoing Desmoglein-2 is a regulator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression Australian Islet Study Group Meeting 2025 Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2024 - ongoing Desmoglein-2 is a regulator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression American Association for Cancer Research - Special Conference: Advances in pancreatic cancer research Centre for Cancer Biology United States
2024 - ongoing Investigating the molecular mechanisms by which desmoglein-2 contributes to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma development and progression Adelaide Immunology Retreat - Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2024 - ongoing Desmoglein-2 is a regulator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression Australian Society for Medical Research 2024 Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2023 - ongoing Regulators of vasculogenic mimicry in pancreatic cancer The Australian Atherosclerosis Society (AAS) – Australian and New Zealand Microcirculation Society (ANZMS) – Australian Vascular Biology Society (AVBS) Annual Scientific Meeting Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2023 - ongoing Investigating the molecular mechanisms by which desmoglein-2 contributes to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma development and progression Adelaide Immunology Retreat - Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2023 - ongoing Investigating the molecular mechanisms by which desmoglein-2 contributes to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma development and progression Australian Society for Medical Research 2023 Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2022 - ongoing Vasculogenic mimicry in cancer: a deadly imposter 10th Garvan Signalling Symposium Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2022 - ongoing Regulators of vasculogenic mimicry in pancreatic cancer Adelaide Immunology Retreat - Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Centre for Cancer Biology Australia
2022 - ongoing Regulators of vasculogenic mimicry in pancreatic cancer Australian Society for Medical Research 2022 Centre for Cancer Biology Australia

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