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SUMMARY:A ground state for cancer’ - Prof. Richard J. Gilbertson MRCP Ph
 D\, Scientific and Comprehensive Cancer Centre Director\, Executive Vice P
 resident\, Director of the Division of Brain Tumour Research - St. Jude Ch
 ildren’s Research Hospital\, Memphis
DTSTART:20141209T160000Z
DTEND:20141209T170000Z
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CONTACT:Sylvie Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Richard Gilbertson trained as a paediatric oncologist in the U
 K where he earned his B.Med.Sci. (1991)\, MB.BS. (1992) and Ph.D. (1998) d
 egrees\, becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1995. He 
 moved to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital\, Memphis\, in 2000 where
  he is the Scientific and Comprehensive Cancer Centre Director\, Executive
  Vice President\, Director of the Division of Brain Tumour Research\, and 
 holds the Lillian R. Cannon Endowed Chair. His laboratory research is focu
 sed on understanding the link between normal development and the origins o
 f cancer\, particularly brain tumours. His lab was the first to describe a
  cancer stem cell niche\; demonstrate that a solid cancer can arise from t
 issue specific stem cells\; use innovative cross-species genomics to trace
  the developmental origins of paediatric brain tumours\; and to use whole 
 genome sequencing to identify novel subgroup-specific mutations in medullo
 blastoma and ependymoma. His research has been translated into numerous di
 agnostic tests and innovative clinical trials for children with cancer.
LOCATION:CRUK Cambridge Research Institute - LiKa Shing Centre - Robinson 
 Way - Cambridge - CB2 0RE
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