These talks aim to give a general introduction to cancer biology and medicine and all students and staff are welcome to attend. The lectures will take place every Thursday from 9.30-10.30
Update 12th Jan 2022: for the time being we are reverting to online lectures and suspending the in-person lectures in the School of Clinical Medicine- see below for individual links when posted.
Lent Term 2022
Thursday 6 January 9:30am: Dr Raj Jena, Dept of Oncology & Mr Adel Helmy, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, CUH NHS Foundation Trust
A scientist’s guide to the art of radiation therapy & Neurosurgery for the Oncologist
Thursday 13 January 9:30am: Prof John Doorbar, Dept of Pathology
Viral Oncology
Thursday 20 January 9:30am: Dr Jamie Blundell, Early Detection Programme, Dept of Oncology
Mathematical and evolutionary approaches to cancer
Thursday 27 January 9:30am: Dr Harry Bulstrode, Neurosurgeon and Post Doctoral Clinical Fellow at The Francis Crick Institute
Clinical Treatment and Cancer Stem Cell Biology in Malignant Glioma
ONLINE- Join Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 817 3431 3935
Passcode: 388933
Passcode: 388933
Thursday 3 February: Dr Barry Davies, Global Project Leader, Oncology Combinations, Early Oncology, AstraZeneca.
The AKT inhibitor Capivasertib (AZD5363): from discovery to clinical proof of concept
Thursday 10 February: No lecture
Thursday 17 February: Dr Simon Cook, Babraham Institute
The Challenges in Therapeutic Targeting of the RAF-MEK-ERK Signalling Pathway
Thursday 24 February: Dr Namshik Han, Head of Computational Biology, Milner Therapeutics Institute
Artificial Intelligence for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities.
Thursday 3 March: to be confirmed
Thursday 10 March: to be confirmed.
Thursday 17 March: Dr Simón Méndez-Ferrer, Dept of Haematology.
The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies.
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To be updated
please find below details of the previous lectures in this series which were presented in the last 12 months
Michaelmas Term 2021
Thursday 21 October 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Tumour structure and nomenclature
Thursday 28 October 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Overview of the core ideas in cancer research
Thursday 4 November 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
The mutations that drive cancer
Thursday 11 November 9:30am: Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit
Introduction to the biology of metastasis
Thursday 18 November 9:30am: Dr Gary Doherty, CUH NHS Foundation Trust
Systematic anti-cancer therapy
Thursday 25 November 9:30am: Professor Steve Jackson, The Gurdon Institute
DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.
Thursday 2 December 9:30am: SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Professor Jacob Stegenga, Department of History and Philosophy of Science: Care and Cure:an Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine
Thursday 9 December 9:30am: Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology:
Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity
Thursday 16 December 9:30am: Prof Ferdia Gallagher, Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oncological imaging 1: introduction and non-radionuclide techniques
and Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:
Oncological Imaging 2: radionuclide techniques
2021
Thursday 18 March: Dr Amos Burke, Clinical Consultant - Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Paediatric malignancies: an overview.
Thursday 25 March: Dr Richard Baird, Breast Cancer Programme,
Breast Cancer - Demographics, Presentation, Diagnosis and the Patient Pathway
Easter Term 2021
Thursday 15 April: Dr Robert Rintoul, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Frank McCaughan, Dept of Biochemistry
Lung Cancer. Part 1. Patient pathway and Intervention; Part 2: Futurescape
Thursday 22 April: Professor Paul Pharoah, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology.
This lecture has been pre-recorded as Prof Pharoah is no longer able to deliver it at the scheduled time. Please access it via this link: Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer
Thursday 29th April: Dr Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute
The role of transcription factors in cancer.
Thursday 13th May: Prof Grant Stewart, Dept of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kidney cancer: The most lethal urological malignancy. NB this lecture was not recorded.
Thursday 20th May: Dr Suzanne Turner, Dept of Pathology, Cambridge University
Frontiers in paediatric cancer research.
Thursday 27th May: Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours.
The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours.
Thursday 3rd June: Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute
Biological and Clinical features of high grade serous ovarian cancer
Thursday 10th June: Dr Cathy Wilson, Dept of Pharmacology.
Understanding Myc Transcription
Understanding Myc Transcription
Thursday 17th June: Mr Raaj Praseedom, consultant & transplant surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer
Thursday 24th June: Dr Giulia Biffi , CRUK Cambridge Institute
It takes a village: targeting the non-cancerous neighbours to fight pancreatic cancer
Thursday 1st July: Dr Eric Rahrmann, CRUK Cambridge Institute
In vivo functional screens for modelling cancer initiation and progression
No lecture 8th July
Thursday 15th July: Dr Ignacia Arteaga, Dept of Social Anthropology
From another lens: An anthropological perspective on cancer and care in the UK.
Thursday 22nd July: Prof John Doorbar, Dept of Pathology
Viral Oncology
