These talks aim to give a general introduction to cancer biology and medicine. Students, researchers and other staff are welcome to attend. Unless otherwise stated, the lectures take place in-person every Thursday from 9.30-10.30 in the School of Clinical Medicine: either in the Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre or the William Harvey Lecture Theatre (check display board in reception foyer). The lectures are not being streamed live online.
You can subscribe to the list and receive reminders about lectures on this link: http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/8177
For more information contact the CRUK Cambridge Centre Training Programme: training@cancer.cam.ac.uk
Michaelmas Term 2023
Thursday 30 November 9:30am: Prof Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology:
Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 07 Decemberr 9:30am: Prof Margaret Ashcroft, Department of Medicine
Hypoxia, HIFs and cancer
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 14 Decemberr 9:30am:
Prof Christian Frezza, Professor of Metabolomics in Ageing,
CECAD Research Center, University Hospital Cologne
Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer
(ONLINE lecture)
Lent Term 2024
Thursday 11 January 9:30am: Dr Maike de la Roche Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Cancer immunology 1: Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 18 January 9:30am: Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, Department of Pathology.
Cancer immunology 2: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
WHLT (William Harvey Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 25 January 9:30am: Dr Bidesh Mahata, Department of Pathology.
Cancer immunology 3: Steroid hormone regulation of cancer immunity
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 01 February 9:30am: Dr Eric Rahrmann, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.
Redefining metastasis: what we know and where we are going
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 22 February 9:30am: Prof Antonis Antoniou, Department of Public Health and Primary Care.
The development of cancer risk prediction models and their applications to prevention and early detection
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 29 February 9:30am: Prof Suzanne Turner, Department of Pathology.
Frontiers in paediatric cancer research
WHLT (William Harvey Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 07 March 9:30am: Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova, Gurdon Institute, Department of Biochemistry.
TBC
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 14 March 9:30am: Prof Jason Carroll, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.
The role of transcription factors in cancer
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Thursday 11 April 9:30am: Prof Elisa Laurenti, Wellcome -MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
Clonal haematopoiesis, early detection and pre-leukemia to leukemia development
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Easter Term 2024
Thursday 07 March 9:30am: Dr David Adams, Wellcome Sanger Institute.
TBC
TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
Talks will be added as they are confirmed.
Previous Lectures 2023- 2024
Thursday 19 October 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Tumour pathology, structure and nomenclature
Thursday 26 October 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability
Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability
Thursday 02 November 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Core ideas in cancer research 2: cell biology
Thursday 09 November 9:30am: Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
The mutations that drive cancer
Thursday 16 November 9:30am: Dr Benjamin Chin-Yee,
Haematologist (Western University, Canada); MA in History and Philosophy of Science.
Precision oncology: a philosophical perspective
Thursday 23 November 9:30am: Prof Sir Steve Jackson, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.
