Perron Institute

Stan and Jean Perron have announced they will be donating $10 million across 10 years to the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, adding to a multitude of reasons Mr Perron was awarded State Shaper by The 500 Club today.

Stan Perron’s long and influential role in WA has continued with his recent commitment to donate $10 million to the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science.

Perron Group has announced key board appointments after the passing of its founder Stan Perron and disclosed the “greater majority” of its $4 billion in net assets will be donated to charity.

Home to some of Australia’s most heralded and important research foundations, WA’s relative isolation has done little to dampen the medical research sector’s inspiration for innovation. Here are some of the leading lights dedicated to making the state, and the world, a healthier place to live.

Elizabeth Perron has been given the daunting task of continuing her late father’s philanthropic legacy. She spoke to Business News about how she is tackling this task.

A Perth startup led by three tech veterans is planning to manufacture and export a new high-speed COVID testing machine after getting backing from the state government.

The Perron Institute is kicking commercial goals, courtesy of big sales royalties and a planned ASX listing.

A Perron Institute spinout focused on reducing brain damage caused by strokes listed on the ASX this morning, with its share price rising 50 per cent.

The recent $100 million sale of Agworld is a badge of success for WA tech but also reveals the sector’s limitations.

Only nine research funding applications from the state’s universities succeeded in the national round.

A nine-year old licencing deal signed on behalf of WA medical researchers is continuing to deliver returns, with US company Sarepta Therapeutics paying $11.5 million in royalties last year.

Nine medical research projects at the Perron Institute will receive a share of $1 million in funding from philanthropists Ralph and Patricia Sarich.

With strokes contributing to the loss of 10,000 lives in Australia last year, UWA’s new chair in stroke research wants greater focus on prevention.

Neuroscientist and the founding director of medical research body Perron Institute Byron Kakulas has passed away aged 90.

The state’s commercial health-related research and technology sector has matured.

Local scientists have won significant funding from the US military because its veterans are more likely to suffer from a debilitating motor neurone disease they are researching.

Perron Institute postdoctoral researcher Oliver Li has won a grant valued at more than $500,000 to lead a research project developing effective treatment for motor neurone disease.

Perth biotech company Argenica Therapeutics’ drug, which is designed to reduce brain tissue death following a stroke, will be administrated at two local hospitals in a nationwide trial.

Researchers from UWA and the Perron Institute have discovered a new set of cells which can protect blood vessel structure in the central nervous system, know as the blood-brain barrier.

A not-for-profit investment vehicle aims to build a $100 million fund for WA investment.

Former University of Western Australia Vice-Chancellor Alan Robson died yesterday at the age of 79.

The state government will invest a further $15 million in venture capital firms to stimulate cashflow into WA-based startup businesses.

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MSWA has injected $2.4 million into MS Australia's latest grant to fund 35 new research initiatives across the country.