The 19th Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair and Telomere Meeting has now ended. We look forward to seeing you at the 20th meeting in 2027!

Melbourne Museum, Australia

October 20-22, 2025

You can see photos from our 2025 meeting here.

Cell cycle regulation, DNA repair pathways and telomere maintenance are fundamental to understanding and treating cancer and human disease. Recent advances in these specific fields have led to significant therapeutic developments, with CDK4/6, PARP and ATR inhibitors now showing substantial clinical efficacy.

We held Australia’s premier forum on cell cycle, DNA repair and telomere biology at this established meeting. From humble beginnings in 1998 with just 35 researchers, our gathering has evolved into an internationally recognised conference attracting over 150 distinguished scientists and clinicians worldwide.

Topics of the meeting were:

– Genome Stability in human disease
– Telomeres and Telomerase
– Cell Cycle and Senescence
– PARP PARP and more PARP
– Recombination and Replication
– Alternative lengthening of Telomeres (ALT)
– Mechanisms of DNA repair
– Cell Cycle in Cancer and Therapy
– New therapeutic opportunities in cell cycle DNA repair and telomere research

Organising committee:

• Andrew Deans (St Vincent’s Institute, Meeting Chair)
• Liz Caldon, (Garvan Institute),
• Wayne Crismani (SVI),
• Mathew Jones (University of Queensland),
• Hilda Pickett (Children’s Medical Research Institute),
• Elaine Sanij (SVI),
• Vi Wickramasinghe (WEHI)
• Lee Wong (Monash University)

Students, postdocs and trainees

We also held a education and networking event on Sunday 19 October.