{"id":2998,"date":"2019-12-04T17:06:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T07:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&#038;p=2998"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:39","slug":"sneak-peek-the-first-issue-of-wimrs-discovery-magazine","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/sneak-peek-the-first-issue-of-wimrs-discovery-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"SNEAK PEEK: The first issue of WIMR\u2019s Discovery magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">WIMR is delighted to launch the first issue of its quarterly magazine, Discovery.<\/p>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Discovery-screen-grab-issue-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"415\" \/><\/div>\n<p>WIMR is delighted to launch the first issue of its quarterly magazine,\u00a0<em>Discovery<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In each issue of\u00a0<em>Discovery<\/em>, you will read information about some of WIMR\u2019s recent research discoveries, as well as an in-depth look at one of our pioneering research projects.\u00a0 You will meet our dedicated and talented researchers and staff, as well as people whose lives have been changed or even saved by WIMR\u2019s research, and those who provide vital philanthropic support.<\/p>\n<p>In this first issue, read about a research project that aims to use stem cells to regenerate human heart muscle. You will also read about how collaboration is at the heart of success for two of WIMR\u2019s lead cardiac researchers, Associate Professors Eddy Kizana and James Chong.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy an exclusive one-on-one interview with WIMR\u2019s incoming Executive Director, Professor Philip O\u2019Connell. Meet Paul Jones, a man whose life has truly been changed by a procedure that Professor O\u2019Connell pioneered in Australia \u2013 pancreatic islet transplantation.<\/p>\n<p>Maggie Wang is responsible for all the research technologies housed at WIMR, and she tells us what drives her passion for technology\u2026and dumplings.<\/p>\n<p>Also, read why Gavin Pettigrew has chosen to leave a lasting legacy to his late wife Carol with a gift in his Will.<\/p>\n<p>All this and much more can be found in the first issue of WIMR\u2019s\u00a0<em>Discovery<\/em>\u00a0magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westmeadinstitute.org.au\/WWW_WMI\/media\/Media\/PDF\/Discovery%20Magazine\/WIMR_DiscoveryMagazine_Issue-01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to read the first issue of\u00a0<em>Discovery.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To subscribe to this, and future issues of\u00a0<em>Discovery<\/em>, sign-up\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gMr4bz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIMR is delighted to launch the first issue of its quarterly magazine, Discovery. WIMR is delighted to launch the first issue of its quarterly magazine,\u00a0Discovery. In each issue of\u00a0Discovery, you will read information about some of WIMR\u2019s recent research discoveries, as well as an in-depth look at one of our pioneering research projects.\u00a0 You will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2999,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-2998","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}