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International collaboration set to investigate new treatment strategy for lymphoma
24th November 2021
An international collaboration involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston has secured a €1M research grant from Dutch blood cancer charity, Lymph&Co, to investigate a new treatment target for lymphoma.
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Location is key: Understanding RNA localisation in cancer
4th October 2021
Dr Faraz Mardakheh has received a project grant from the Medical Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, to investigate how RNA localisation becomes dysregulated during cancer progression.
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BCI researcher receives UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Award
9th September 2021
Dr Benjamin Werner from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the next generation of UK science leaders to receive funding through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowships scheme. Dr Werner will receive an award of approximately £1.4 million, which will support a research project looking at the evolutionary dynamics of circular extra-chromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in human cancers.
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Miguel Ganuza receives ASH Global Research Award
24th August 2021
Congratulations to Dr Miguel Ganuza from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, who has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to receive the 2021 ASH Global Research Award. Dr Ganuza is one of twelve talented early-career investigators selected for this award.
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HPV screening for cervical cancer prevention
3rd August 2021
Professor Jack Cuzick, Director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Queen Mary University of London and Theme Lead for Cancer Prevention & Risk Reduction at the Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, has been awarded a Queen Mary Impact Award for his research on human papilloma virus (HPV) screening for cervical cancer, which has transformed cervical cancer prevention programmes worldwide.
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Understanding centrosome amplification in cancer
12th July 2021
Dr Susana Godinho, Group Leader in the Centre for Cancer Cell & Molecular Biology at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, has recently received a Cancer Research UK Discovery Programme Foundation Award. The award of approximately £1.4 million over 6 years will support a research project that will investigate the impact of centrosome amplification in cancer.
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