On October 11th Snowdome held its first educational event to help support the work being conducted to bring blood cancer clinical trials and research to Western Australia (WA).  The evening was hosted by Professor Wendy Erber, Executive Dean of Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences of the University of Western Australia (WA) in the incredible … Continued

       and        To mark World Cancer Research Day on 24 September 2018, the Snowdome Foundation is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF). This will further enhance cancer research capacity in Australia and increase collaboration between cancer research funders. ACRF provides outstanding Australian researchers with … Continued

It is not often you get the chance to hear from six of the brightest minds in blood cancer research, but to couple that with the raw emotion of hope two blood cancer patients have for the work these researchers do – that is pretty special.  That is what our guests at the Snowdome Foundation … Continued

Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell neoplasm (abnormal growth of plasma cells) that still has no cure and carries with it substantial morbidity and mortality.  The first major advance in treatment was the introduction of autologous stem cell transplants.  This was followed by the introduction of novel agents known as “IMIDs” (thalidomide and lenalidomide) and … Continued

The inaugural blood cancer genomics symposium was held by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Christine and Bruce Wilson Centre for Lymphoma Genomics and Snowdome Foundation to provide a clinical and laboratory update on the role of genomic testing in the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers. The Vision Super-Snowdome Foundation Fellow, Dr Piers Blombery hosted … Continued

Amanda has an ideal life.  She is fit and strong, in her mid 40s and has been married for 18 years.  Her and her husband have two sons aged 12 and 15 who keep them active.  So when Amanda returned to her teaching job after the summer holidays she thought her colleagues were being overly … Continued

As Snowdome gathers momentum and more donors are interested in helping make a difference to Australian blood cancer patients’ lives, so too does our need for bigger and better events.  Snowdome is delighted to welcome Charlotte Barnaby to the team as Events Manager.  Charlotte loves organising events and providing people with amazing experiences.  So when … Continued

On Friday July 20th Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision held Maddie’s Match to raise funds to support research into bone marrow failure.  Snowdome are big supporters of Maddie’s Vision.  We believe if we can help cure bone marrow failure then we are helping fewer people develop a blood cancer.  Maddie’s Vision with the help of the Federal … Continued