Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Understanding the cancer genome base-by-base

Dr David Adams, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 12 December 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Understanding Mechanisms of Microenvironment-Mediated Therapy Resistance

Professor Michael Hemann, Koch Institute for Integrative Research at MIT.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 13 December 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer

Prof Christian Frezza CECAD Research Center, University Hospital Cologne.

Online only via Zoom.

Thursday 19 December 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology & Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 09 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities

Dr Maike de La Roche, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 16 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, Dept of Pathology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Telomere to mitochondria signaling prevents age-associated cancer initiation

Jan Karlseder, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health, Queen Mary University of London and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Steroid hormone regulation of cancer immunity

Dr Bidesh Mahata, Dept of Pathology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Muzlifah Haniffa, Sanger Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?

Host - Kate Baker

Dr John Lees from EMBL – EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Efrat Shema, Weizmann Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Courtney Hanna, PDN.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 17:30-19:00

Genetics Seminar

Drosophila in context: evolution, toxins, and behaviour

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Justin Crocker from EMBL Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Prof Suzanne Turner; Dept of Pathology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Lauren Saunders from Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University .

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer

Prof Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the academic community: how science is manipulated to promote political ideology

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Professor Rebecca Sear from Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University.

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Ryan Lister, University of Western Australia.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Edith Heard, EMBL.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 17:30-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Alex Joyner, Sloan Kettering Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Meritxell Huch, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Danesh Moazed, Harvard University.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 12 May 2025, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian ( Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 12 May 2025, 17:30-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Alex Schier, Biozentrum, University of Basel.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 13 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Ian Swinburne, UC Berkeley.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Vincent, Crick Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 24 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Seminars in Cancer

**Please note new date for this seminar**

Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 July 2025, 13:00-14:00