Ballarat Cancer Research Centre

when ballarat teenager fiona elsey lost her cancer fight in 1991 she couldn't have imagined how her courage and inspiration would motivate her community to support the cancer reseach work of oncologist and clinician haematologist, professor george kannourakis, and fulfil her dream to build a research facility in ballarat, in the heart of regional victoria. the fiona elsey cancer research laboratory was opened in 1998. now there are three laboratories with two major redevelopments completed in october 2007 and may 2009. these redevelopments include: the bruce stafford laboratory, the troon auditorium and a new development office. the now named ballarat cancer reserch centre (bcrc) houses not just the fiona elsey cancer research labratory but also this world-class laboratory and facilities. this has provided state-of-the-art facilities for scientists and the development office. the 2009 redevelopments were officially opened by professor richard boyd, monash immunology and stem cell labor