Charity of Choice at Pathology Update 2019

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre chose the Snowdome Foundation as the charity of choice at Pathology Update 2019. Delegates kindly donated to Snowdome at the Roche coffee stand and online ahead of the event raising $7,000 for blood cancer research. Snowdome was chosen due to the synergy … Continued

Australasian Lymphoma Alliance – Creating a Lymphoma Brains Trust

The Snowdome Foundation has partnered with Dr Eliza Hawkes, from the Olivia Newton John Cancer Centre at the Austin hospital in Melbourne who has established the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance (ALA). The premise of the ALA is to harness the collective knowledge of lymphoma specialists across Australasia. Lymphoma and blood cancers, in general, are made up … Continued

For those who suffer we ride

The FireFlies Antipodes are back in the saddle raising funds for Snowdome Foundation. The group will ride a gruelling 1000kms through New Zealand from Christchurch to Queenstown over 7 days. There are a lot of hills in New Zealand! The FireFlies Antipodes are inspired by the courage it takes to fight cancer. They are riding … Continued

Genomics, genetics and epigenetics – what is the difference and how are they related to blood cancer research?

Genomics, genetics and epigenetics seem to be buzzwords in the medical research area, especially when it comes to finding new treatments and ways to attack cancer.  Researchers talk about mutations, malfunctioning genes, over expressed genes and provide you with a string of letters and numbers that are ‘misbehaving’.  So, what does all this mean when … Continued

Best wishes and our sincere thanks to Vanessa and Daniel

Engagement parties and gifts are an essential way for newlyweds to celebrate and prepare for their life together.   However, when Vanessa Gandel and Daniel Avrutis held their engagement party they decided to forgo personal gifts and instead asked guests to support Australian blood cancer patients with hope.  This beautiful selfless act raised over $27,000 that … Continued

Christine and Bruce Wilson Centre on the World Stage

Just like every snowflake Snowdome Foundation is unique.  We are the only organisation that is exclusively focused on funding blood cancer research to help Australian patients live a longer, better life.  We are extremely proud of the work being conducted at the Christine and Bruce Wilson Centre for Lymphoma Genomics at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre not … Continued

Welcome Cathy Rhodes to the Snowdome Family

Snowdome is delighted to welcome Cathy Rhodes to the Snowdome Foundation team as the Senior Office Manager. Cathy has a corporate background working for over 25 years in the media and advertising industry.  She held positions such as Sales Manager at Nine Network, and Sales Director at both Network TEN and Val Morgan Cinema Network.  … Continued

Belinda Guo recipient of the Gunn Family National Career Development Fellowship

The 2018 ‘Bloody Good Dinner’ raised almost $740,000 for the Snowdome Foundation and Maddie’s Vision to direct towards essential research into blood cancer and bone marrow failure.  One of the important projects that the Boards of both organisations sought to fund was a National Career Development Fellowship for a woman in haematology.  Women have well … Continued