Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck

Dr Gill Barnett and Dr Christopher Jones, Cambridge University Hospital & Dept of Oncology .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Chaucer Club

Rethinking the sensory-deprived brain: How sensory deprivation improved our vision on brain function

Emiliano Ricciardi (U. of Pisa.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Quantitative Biology Seminar

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer

Dr Huiqi Yang and Dr Nicola Thompson, Cambridge University Hopitals Trust.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Hope in Hard Places: Bridging the Cancer Care Gap in Resource Limited Settings: Lessons and Innovations from the Uganda Cancer Institute

Dr Nixon Niyonzima, Uganda Cancer Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Insights into mental health disorders from genetics and immunology

Mary-Ellen Lynall (U. of Cambridge, Psychiatry Dept.) .

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

Biochemistry Friday Seminars

Sneaking in: how one bacterium mastered life inside the eukaryotic cytoplasm

The Salje Lab.

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 20 June 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Transmissible cancers

Prof Elizabeth Murchison, Department of Veterinary Medicine. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 26 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 03 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Pancreatic cancer - the clinical challenge;  Why the microenvironment matters during pancreatic cancer progression and treatment

Dr Bristi Basu, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT and Dept of Oncology; Dr Gianluca Mucciolo CRUK Cambridge Institute (Biffi Lab).

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 10 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Spatial mapping of breast cancer tumour microenvironment in Black British and White British women

Professor Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, Centre for Tumour Microenvironment, 2 Barts Cancer Institute, a Cancer Research UK of Excellence, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 July 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy and Neurosurgery for the oncologist

Dr Raj Jena and Mr Adel Helmy; Cambridge University Hospitals; Departments of Oncology/ Clinical Nuroscience.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 17 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Patenting, translating & commercialising research

Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 24 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Seminars in Cancer

Professor Ahmed Ahmed, University of Oxford.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 September 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

Steffi Oesterreich, University of Pittsburgh.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Targeting the interplay between oncogenic RAS signaling and tumour immune evasion in lung cancer

Professor Julian Downward, Francis Crick Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

Please note this seminar is on a Friday

Andrea Sottoriva, Human Technopole.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 12 December 2025, 13:00-14:00