Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paul Edwards
Amos Burke
Maike de la Roche
Rahul Roychoudhuri
Eric Rahrmann
Giulia Biffi
Prof Sir Steve Jackson
Mireia Crispin
Antonis Antoniou
Cathy Wilson
Jay Carroll

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 9:30amProf 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 FrezzaProfessor 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  9:30amProf 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 9:30amDr Eric Rahrmann, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. 
 Redefining metastasis: what we know and where we are going
 TCLT (Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre)
 
Thursday 22 February 9:30amProf 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 9:30amProf 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 9:30amDr 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 9:30amDr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Tumour  pathology, structure and nomenclature 
 
Thursday 26 October 9:30amDr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology
Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability
 
Thursday 02 November 9:30amDr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology 
 Core ideas in cancer research 2: cell biology
 
Thursday 09 November 9:30amDr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biolog
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 9:30amProf Sir Steve Jackson, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute 
DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.