• Find an Expert
  • Contact
  • SearchSearch icon
  • Menu
  • Help
  • Report an issue

Contact


Email

pekert@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics
ORCID

0000-0002-2976-8617

A/Prof Paul Ekert

Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics

279 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    ID #1112 Identification of novel PDGFRA activating intragenic deletions in paediatric high-grade glioma
    DOI: 10.1093/neuped/wuag026.500
  • 2026

    Journal article

    ID #676 Precision-Guided Oncology for Pediatric Brain Tumors Using Functional Ex Vivo Drug Sensitivity Profiling
    DOI: 10.1093/neuped/wuag026.275
  • 2026

    Journal article

    ID #736 Ultra-sensitive plasma ctDNA assay enables detection of brain tumour DNA in peripheral blood and is prognostic in childhood brain cancer
    DOI: 10.1093/neuped/wuag026.309
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Cas 13 Mrna Silencing: A New Approach to Treating Incurable Childhood Cancers
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Cotargeting BCL-2 and MCL-1 in high-risk B-ALL
    DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001416
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Enhancing venetoclax activity in acute myeloid leukemia by co-targeting MCL1
    DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.243
  • 2014

    Journal article

    RIPK1 regulates RIPK3-MLKL-driven systemic inflammation and emergency hematopoiesis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.04.019
Paul Ekert

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2008
Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship Sylvia and Charles Viertel
1992
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    ID #824 Innovative precision-guided MAPK inhibition: expanding therapeutic benefits in pediatric glioma
    DOI: 10.1093/neuped/wuag026.346
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Precision-guided therapy in H3K27-altered diffuse midline glioma.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73304-9
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Integrated Germline and Somatic Molecular Profiling to Detect Cancer Predisposition Has a High Clinical Impact in Poor-Prognosis Pediatric Cancer
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-3806
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Comprehensive Multiplatform Tyrosine Kinase Profiling Reveals Novel Actionable FGFR Aberrations across Sarcomas Affecting the Young.
    DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-25-0736
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Comprehensive multi-platform tyrosine kinase profiling reveals novel actionable FGFR aberrations across sarcomas affecting the young.
    DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-25-0736
  • 2026

    Journal article

    IRF2BP2::JAK2 Defines a Novel Kinase-Activating Fusion in Pediatric T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
    DOI: 10.1002/gcc.70112
  • 2025

    Other

    Figure S1 from Distinct Assemblies of Heterodimeric Cytokine Receptors Govern Stemness Programs in Leukemia
    DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.30859587

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the unceded lands on which we work, learn and live. We pay respect to Elders past, present and future, and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous knowledge in the Academy.

Read about our Indigenous priorities

About us  

Careers at Melbourne  

Safety and respect  

Newsroom  

Contact  

Campus locations  

Phone: 13 MELB ( 13 6352)

International: +61 3 9035 5511


Address:
The University of Melbourne
Grattan Street, Parkville,
Victoria, 3010, Australia

facebookIconlinkedinIconinstagramIcon

Emergency information  |  Disclaimer and copyright  |  Accessibility  |  Privacy

CRICOS number: 00116K     ABN: 84 002 705 224