{"id":70199,"date":"2020-07-31T04:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T18:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=70199"},"modified":"2020-07-29T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T02:12:08","slug":"200k-for-key-research-component","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/200k-for-key-research-component\/","title":{"rendered":"$200k for key research component"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A KEY space at the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute is getting an upgrade thanks to a significant donation by four community banks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70201\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70201\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/07\/FECRI-24th-of-July-064-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FECRI researcher Brendan Toohey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bendigo Bank branches from Buninyong, Creswick, Beaufort, and Ballan have pooled their money into a $200,000 gift so the Institute\u2019s tissue bank can get an overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>The tissue bank consists of 25,000 samples of cancer cells stored in liquid nitrogen and the money will go towards expanding capacity by a further 5000 as well as reorganising the specimens and creating a fit for purpose space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that we can have everything in one area in the lab,\u201d said FECRI director Professor George Kannourakis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a sample comes in we can process it in a biohazard cabinet and separate out the cells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The money has been raised by the four Bendigo Community Bank branches under their business model where profits are donated back to efforts across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole ethos of community banking is supporting the community,\u201d said Marcus Walsh, chair of the Creswick and District Community Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur customers support us and in turn we inject funds into community assets such as FECRI. 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