The 2015 Cambridge Cancer Centre Postdoctoral Meeting will be held on Friday 13 February at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute followed by a dinner at Clare College.
Keynote speaker: Greg Hannon, CRUK Cambridge Institute (formerly from Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory)
This meeting is aimed at all cancer-related postdocs across Cambridge and has been organised by a committee of postdocs from different departments and institutes. The programme has been developed to showcase the excellence and diversity of cancer research in Cambridge, and to provide an opportunity for a number of postdocs to present their research. At the end of the day the PI speakers will join a panel discussion chaired by Tony Kouzarides to reflect on their career pathways and to answer questions from the audience. The meeting and dinner afterwards will provide networking opportunities for postdocs across the Cambridge cancer community.
Registration for this meeting has now closed but if you would like to attend, please contact Katie.edwards@cruk.cam.ac.uk. Thank you.
Programme:
08.30-09.00: Registration
09.00-10.00: Keynote speaker
Greg Hannon, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
A small RNA-based innate immune system
10.00-10.35: Coffee/tea break
10.35-12.15: Session 1
Simon Cook, Babraham Institute
How do tumour cells adapt and acquire resistance to targeted kinase inhibitors?
Nitzan Rosenfeld, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Noninvasive cancer genomics
Postdoc speaker - Laura Wagstaff, Piddini Group, WT/CRUK Gurdon Institute
Postdoc speaker - Eason Rajendra, Passmore Group, MRC LMB
Postdoc speaker - Tiago Rodrigues, Brindle Group, CRUK Cambridge Institute
12.15-13.30: Lunch
13.30-15.10: Session 2
Christian Frezza, MRC Cancer Unit
Metabolic transformation in cancer cells
Elisa Laurenti, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute
Transcriptional regulation of the quiescent human hematopoietic stem cell pool
Postdoc speaker - Nicole Sodir, Evan Group, Department of Biochemistry
Postdoc speaker - Rinako Nakagawa, Vigorito Group, Babraham Institute
Postdoc speaker - Graeme Clarke, Maher Group, Dept of Medical Genetics
15.10-15.45: Tea/coffee break
15.45-17.00: Session 3
Peter Campbell, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Interrogating the architecture of cancer genomes
Postdoc speaker - Alasdair Russell, Stingl Group, CRUK Cambridge Institute
Postdoc speaker - Maria Alcolea, Jones Group, MRC Cancer Unit
Postdoc speaker - Gianluca Ascolani, Lio Group, Computer Laboratory
17.00-18.00: Session 4 Career paths discussion panel
Tony Kouzarides, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute
Lessons from a career in science
Discussion panel Q&A (45 mins) with PI speakers and Sally Todd, Cambridge University Careers Service
18.00-18.45: Drinks reception at the Cambridge Institute
19.00: Coach from Cambridge Institute to Clare College
19.30: Dinner at Clare College, Garden Room (places are limited and a small fee will be charged to secure a place)
