Haloom Rafehi

Genomics postdoc at @WEHI_research, studying ataxia, dementia and Parkinson's disease genetics. Cat person and gardener.

[GeneMappers @GeneMappers]

🚨 Call for Abstracts: GeneMappers 2026 🚨

🧬 Event: GeneMappers 2026
📍 Location: Q Station, Manly
📅 Dates: 9-11 March 2026
📢 Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 7 November 2025
🔗 Submit your abstract: https://t.co/7uIIPQUebT

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

New research in @Nature_NPJ: blood immune cell discovery has put researchers one step closer to identifying a blood biomarker that would allow doctors to personalise treatments for #ParkinsonsDisease. @MelanieBahlo @LongfeiWang4

Read more: https://t.co/mf41rkH8i1

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Could routine eye scans become a new way to detect diseases early, just like mammograms do for breast cancer? We think so! One of the largest eye studies reveals new insights thanks to brilliant science by @_vickijackson @MelanieBahlo and team.

https://t.co/75jd8A5mXW

[Haloom Rafehi @HaloomRafehi]

New bioinformatics post doc position available!
https://t.co/lyZjCJPEkf

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

📢 @NatHutchins announces WEHI’s ‘gene hunter' @MelanieBahlo has been inducted onto the 2024 Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her contributions to genetics research, including helping to discover 22 genes linked to brain and eye disorders.

More👇 https://t.co/N7jayNtY0F

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

Congrats to MCRI's Dr Miya St John & Dr @kayli_davies121 who have won Harold Mitchell Foundation travelling fellowships for their contributions to #speech and #ataxia research. The funding will help them showcase their research internationally & strengthen global collaborations.

[Haloom Rafehi @HaloomRafehi]

@MCRI_for_kids @Kiymet_b @DeptofDefense Congratulations!

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

Congrats to #MCRI's Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu who has received a New Investigator Award to examine the impacts of #NF1 on brain function. NF1 causes various benign tumours and is linked to #ADHD & #autism. | @Kiymet_b @DeptofDefense

➡️ https://t.co/49ANptACnB

[Australian Genomics @AusGenomics]

New #AustralianGenomics study led by Dr Mathew Wallis and centred on Tasmania sheds light on the diagnostic pathways for rare diseases in regional Australia and recommends actions to overcome some of the barriers.

👉 https://t.co/FdJpPN9rus 👈

#genomics #research #RareDisease

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

Congrats to #MCRI's A/Prof Sebastian Lunke who has received a Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund grant to develop a faster technique to screen for rare #genetic disorders. | #MCRIresearch #Grants #RareDisease #Genetics

➡️https://t.co/Npp5I1YRh2

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Meet Dr Haloom Rafehi!

Her work in the genetics of #ataxia, which affects balance, coordination and speech, earned her the 2024 Lorne Genome Mid-Career Award. Her efforts have improved genetic diagnostics in Australia. 👏👏

Learn more:
https://t.co/FVSl3dsO2t

[Joanna Groom @groomlab]

Excited to share many years of work trying to understand how to promote CD8+ T cell memory cells to improve vaccine protection

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Research into lung cancer, malaria, lupus and more is being supported by new CASS Foundation Medicine/Science Grants totalling $506,000. Cheers to grant recipients @goknurginer, @JinNg_1, @maria_tanzer, @JohannesWic, @DrGabbyWatson, @DrAlexDav, Li Jin Chan and Lewis Williams! 👏

[National Ataxia Foundation @NAF_Ataxia]

At the 2023 AAC, Bill Nye the Science Guy made a special guest appearance! In 2024, he will be returning to AAC! Joining the fight against Ataxia is personal for Bill. His family is affected by SCA27B, a newly identified type of Ataxia.

Watch here: https://t.co/ezMBdAalDq (1/2)

[Prof Zornitza Stark @ZornitzaS]

Starting now in A6/7 #eshg2024 Nonsense mediated mRNA decay: variant interpretation challenges with @GeczSquadGoals and @GenomeSeb

[GeneMappers @GeneMappers]

🔔 Reminder!!

⏰ Abstracts for GeneMappers 2024 are due by 23:59 AEST tonight (Monday 20th May).

🖱️https://t.co/7uIIPQUebT

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Massive congratulations to all the recipients of @NHMRC Investigator Grants, including our 17 remarkable researchers who are leading innovative projects covering malaria, blood cancer, the ubiquitin system, Parkinson's disease, brain cancer and beyond.

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[BrainCancerCentre @BrainCancerCtr]

Follow @sarah_ann_best , Lab Head at @WEHI_research as she takes us on a lab tour! She's researching the mechanisms underpinning cancer cells. In labs like these, our researchers are working on 13 research projects & clinical trials all funded by The Brain Cancer Centre.

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Fantastic to have WEHI's Professor @srpasricha speak to @AUHealthJournal about the WEHI-led study that has helped transform @WHO guidelines for #anaemia diagnosis.

Watch the full clip 👇

#WEHIResearch #GlobalHealth

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Thrilled to announce Professor @MelanieBahlo has been awarded the @GeneticsAus MJD White Medal in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of genetics research 👏👏

#genetics #science #medicalresearch #research

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