Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Exploring the role of the tumour microenvironment: what do other cells do?

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Jacqui Shields - MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 December 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic anticancer therapy

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Gary Doherty (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 09 January 2020, 10:00-11:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy & Neurosurgery for the Oncologist

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Raj Jena, Department of Onocology and Mr Adel Helmy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Elain Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute .

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 27 January 2020, 00:00-00:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Stem Cells in Silence, Action and Cancer

Hosted by: Azim Surani & Ben Simons

Elaine Fuchs, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Cell competition during development and disease

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute PhD Society (GPS)

Eduardo Moreno, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 14:30-15:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Fengzhu Xiong & Ben Simons

Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

** Please note this seminar is on a Tuesday **

Sohrab Shah, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Clinical Treatment and Cancer Stem Cell Biology in Malignant Glioma

These talks are aimed at first year MRes/PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Harry Bulstrode - Neurosurgeon, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Jodi Nunnari, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 10 February 2020, 00:00-00:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The AKT inhibitor Capivasertib (AZD5363): From Discovery to Clinical Proof of Concept

These talks are aimed at first year MRes/PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Barry Davies - Director, Clinical and Translational Scientific Alliances, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The challenges in therapeutic targeting of the RAF-MEK-ERK signalling pathway

Dr Simon Cook, Babraham Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

John Diffley, Associate Research Director, the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 00:00-00:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological Imaging: introduction and non-radionuclide techniques & radionuclide techniques

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr. Ferdia Gallagher Department of Radiology & Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the early detection of cancer and novel interventions

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The development of cancer risk susceptibility models and application to early detection

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Antonis Antoniou, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

E. John Wherry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast cancer: demographics, presentation, diagnosis & patient pathway

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Richard Baird, Department of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 26 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Julie Ahringer, PhD FMedSci, Director, Wellcome Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Member of the Department of Genetics.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 27 March 2020, 00:00-00:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The microenvironment in the myeloid malignancies

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 02 April 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Gerry Rubin, Vice President, HHMI, and Executive Director, Janelia Research Campus.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 03 April 2020, 00:00-00:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Fengzhu Xiong

Andrew McMahon, Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 03 April 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Jim Norman, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

David Baker, PhD, Director of the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 28 April 2020, 00:00-00:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Peijun Zhang, Director of the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC).

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 05 May 2020, 00:00-00:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Nieng Yan, Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 18 May 2020, 00:00-00:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Elizabeth Marion Jaffee MD, John Hopkins Medicine.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 May 2020, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 May 2020, 11:30-12:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Kendrew LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Jonathan Weissman,Professor Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 11 June 2020, 00:00-00:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Marica Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford University.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 September 2020, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Hosted by: Steve Jackson & Hansong Ma

Titia de Lange, Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Clare Isacke, The Institute of Cancer Research.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Kikuë Tachibana, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Wendy Bickmore, University of Edinburgh.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Amos Tanay, Weizmann Institute of Science.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 December 2020, 13:00-14:00