Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Paul Pharoah, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology .

Online - Google Hangouts.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mathematical and evolutionary approaches to cancer

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Jamie Blundell, Early Detection Programme, Dept of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and Clinical Features of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 19 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The development of cancer risk susceptibility models and application to early detection

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Antonis Antoniou, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the early detection of cancer and novel interventions

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological Imaging: introduction and non-radionuclide techniques & radionuclide techniques

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr. Ferdia Gallagher Department of Radiology & Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The challenges in therapeutic targeting of the RAF-MEK-ERK signalling pathway

Dr Simon Cook, Babraham Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The AKT inhibitor Capivasertib (AZD5363): From Discovery to Clinical Proof of Concept

These talks are aimed at first year MRes/PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Barry Davies - Director, Clinical and Translational Scientific Alliances, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy & Neurosurgery for the Oncologist

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Raj Jena, Department of Onocology and Mr Adel Helmy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunotherapy

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Christine Parkinson, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic anticancer therapy

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Gary Doherty (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 09 January 2020, 10:00-11:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Exploring the role of the tumour microenvironment: what do other cells do?

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Jacqui Shields - MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 December 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Purinergic control of inflammation and cell death

Leanne Stokes (UEA Norwich), Hosted by Jane Goodall

Leanne Stokes (UEA Norwich), Hosted by Jane Goodall .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer- NB 9am start time

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Christian Frezza, MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 09:00-10:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the biology of metastasis

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 07 November 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of the core ideas in cancer research

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour structure and nomenclature

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

MicroRNAs as circulating biomarkers in cancer

Dr Matthew Murray - Academic Consultant Paediatric Oncologist.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 25 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Raaj Praseedom - Consultant HPB-Transplant Surgeon, Lead clinician for the East of England Specialist HPB Specialist Multidisciplinary Team..

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 11 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Raaj Praseedom.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 11 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cellular signalling networks in colon cancer and the models to study them. A basic research perspective

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Marc de la Roche, Lecturer - Department of Biochemistry.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 27 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The childhood cancer genome

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Sam Behjati - Research Fellow in Medical Sciences and Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Department of Paediatrics and WTSI.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 20 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Brain tumours: demographics, presentation, diagnosis, treatment

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Mr Thomas Santarius, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 30 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer: the most lethal urological malignancy

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend

Dr Grant Stewart, Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Demographics, Diagnosis and Treatment Pathways in Haematological Malignancies

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lecture Cancelled

Lecture Cancelled.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Liquid biopsy biomarkers for early detection; general principles and specific examples

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Charlie Massie, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lecture Cancelled

Louisa Bellis (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic Anticancer Therapy

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Bristi Basu, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The integrated approach to the diagnosis of haematological malignancies

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Mike Scott, Department of Haematology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 03 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the biology of metastasis

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

MicroRNAs as circulating biomarkers in cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Matthew Murray, Department of Pathology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 26 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Research frontiers and new therapeutic strategies in pancreatic cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Tobias Janowitz, Department of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 19 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

Mr Raaj Praseedom, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lung Cancer. Part 1. Patient pathway and Intervention. Part 2. Lung Cancer: Futurescape

*PLEASE NOTE 09.00 START TIME. These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Robert Rintoul, CUH and Papworth NHS Foundation Trusts, and Dr Frank McCaughan, Department of Biochemistry.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 July 2018, 09:00-10:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Colorectal cancer. Part 1. Presentation, Diagnosis and Intervention. Part 2. Cellular signalling networks in colon cancer and the models to study them - a basic research perspective

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Mr Simon Buczacki, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Dr Marc de la Roche, Department of Biochemistry.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Suzanne Turner, Department of Pathology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric malignancies: an overview

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Amos Burke, Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

5 selfish reasons to work reproducibly

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Florian Markowetz, Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Translational Science: using biomarkers to guide clinical development in oncology

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Andy Pierce, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Demographics, presentation, diagnosis and patient pathway of haematological malignancies

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 19 April 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast cancer - demographics, presentation, diagnosis and patient pathway

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Charlotte Coles, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 April 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

TALK CANCELLED Targets for drug discovery: from target validation to the clinic

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Smith, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Imaging techniques and novel tools for early detection and intervention

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Sarah Bohndiek and Dr Daniel Munoz-Espin, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 08 March 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to early detection and tumour development

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Paul Pharoah and Dr Jamie Blundell, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 22 February 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: from mechanistic insights to therapeutic applications in cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Steve Jackson, The Gurdon Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 14 December 2017, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Hypertension, Left Ventricular Remodelling and Heart Failure in Black Africans

This talk is hosted by Prof Ian Wilkinson

Dr Dike Ojji, University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Tuesday 05 December 2017, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism - a hallmark of cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Christian Frezza, MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of the core ideas in cancer research

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 09 November 2017, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour structure and nomenclature

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Bioloy.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 02 November 2017, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Novel Mechanisms of Dysregulated Endothelium in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Dr Hyung Chun, Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 27 July 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

BHF Alumni Programme overview

Lunch will be provided after the talk

David Whitaker & Paul Sweeten (BHF Head Office, London).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Wednesday 21 June 2017, 12:00-13:00