Introduction to Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre
2026-10-29 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Claire Goodchild
Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability
2026-11-05 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Core ideas in cancer research 2: cell biology
2026-11-19 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Hypoxia, HIFs and cancer
2026-11-20 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Margaret Ashcroft, Department of Medicine
The mutations that drive cancer
2026-11-26 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
The role of transcription factors in cancer
2026-12-03 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Jason Carroll, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.
DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.
2026-12-04 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Sir Steve Jackson, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
From clonal haematopoiesis to pre-leukemia and cancer risk
2026-12-10 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Elisa Laurenti, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Department of Haematology
Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, Department of Pathology.
2026-12-11 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity
2026-12-17 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
Cancer metabolism through the lens of Otto WarburgCancer metabo
2027-01-08 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Christian Frezza, Professor of Metabolomics in Ageing, CECAD Research Center, Universi
Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities
2027-01-15 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Maike de la Roche Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Prof Adrian Liston, Department of Pathology.
2027-01-22 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Prof John Doorbar, Department of Pathology
2027-02-12 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Prof Suzanne Turner, Department of Pathology.
2027-02-19 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Machine learning: applications to cancer
2027-02-26 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.
The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer
2027-03-05 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Jamie Blundell, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.
Dr Catherine Lindon, Department of Pharmacology
2027-03-12 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Prof Daniel Muñoz Espín , Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.
2027-03-19 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Biological and clinical insights from genome-wide association studies of cancer
2027-03-26 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Mutational signatures: From bytes to bedside
2027-04-16 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Serena Nik-Zainal, NIHR Research Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics
Dr James Jones, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology
2027-04-30 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Dr Huiqi Yang and Dr Nicola Thompson, Consultant Clinical Oncologists, Cambridge University Hospitals.
2027-05-14 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
and Dr Christopher Jones Department of Oncology and Cambridge University Hospitals.
2027-05-21 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Gill Barnett, Department of Oncology, Strangeways Research Laboratory
Personalised Glioma Therapy: Promise vs Practice
2027-05-28 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Richard Mair, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Using light for cancer cell detection
2027-06-04 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Danielle Harper, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology
Early cancer clinical trials
2027-06-11 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Simon Pacey, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology
Pancreatic cancer - the clinical challenge
2027-06-18 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Kiran Purushothaman, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology.
A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy
2027-07-02 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Raj Jena, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology
Revealing the Unseen: AI's Role in Novel Target Discovery for High Unmet Needs Areas
2027-07-16 — School of Clinical Medicine, Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Namshik Han, Head of Computational Research & AI, Milner Terapeutics Institute