News
The latest science and news from the Institute.
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Richard Gilbertson elected to EMBO membership
6th July 2022
Senior Group Leader, Professor Richard Gilbertson, has been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) in recognition of his high-quality life science research.
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Joachim Hanna awarded Guts UK/ Dr Falk Prize
1st July 2022
Joachim Hanna was awarded the Medical Student Prize for an essay describing his research project, which investigated the intestinal inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
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Cambridge cancer specialist to Race for Life
21st June 2022
Institute researcher and oncologist, Dr Sara Lightowlers, is combining PhD study, looking after her two young children, and fitness as she prepares to take part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
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Cambridge researchers receive £4m from Cancer Grand Challenges to take on some of cancer’s toughest challenges
16th June 2022
The team will investigate cancer cachexia – a debilitating wasting condition people often experience in the later stages of their cancer that imparts a poor prognosis and quality of life – seeking to develop novel therapies.
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Tumour ‘signatures’ could allow scientists to provide more accurate treatment for deadliest cancers
15th June 2022
Scientists have found a way to identify and interpret ‘signatures’ that reveal the complex genetic causes of some of the deadliest cancers – which often have a survival rate of less than 10%.
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Institute Group Leaders awarded promotions by the University
15th June 2022
We are delighted to announce that Florian Markowetz and Nitzan Rosenfeld have been promoted to Professors in the University of Cambridge Senior Academic Promotions.
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Richard Gilbertson awarded Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Prize
25th May 2022
Professor Richard Gilbertson has been named the 2022 recipient of The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Prize.
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John Marioni elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
11th May 2022
Dr John Marioni is one of 60 outstanding biomedical and health scientists elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences‘ influential Fellowship, it has been announced today.
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Richard Gilbertson elected to the Royal Society
10th May 2022
Gilbertson was elected to the Royal Society for his work transforming the understanding of the origins and pathogenesis paediatric brain tumours.
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