Sheffield Cancer Research Centre Newsletter
Issue 8–February 2014
Lord Mayor Vicky Priestley visits the Sheffield Cancer Research Centre.
The Lord Mayor Councillor Vickie Priestley visited the Sheffield Cancer Research Centre on Friday 24th January. She met Cancer Researchers and Clinicians who described some of the excellent research being undertaken at the Sheffield Cancer Research Centre.
The Lord Mayor also met representatives from two major funders of the work undertaken at the Centre-Yorkshire Cancer Research and Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity.
Lord Mayor Vickie Priestley said: “The Sheffield Cancer Research Centre plays a pivotal role in helping thousands of patients across the region get better cancer treatments".
“This visit is an important opportunity for me to find out more about why it’s a facility we should all be proud of”.
Research Funding Opportunity Listings – new website
The Department of Oncology is pleased to announce that a new weblinkhas been created for Funding Opportunities - Information can be found for small pilot/pump priming grants, project grants, programme grants, fellowship grant/personal awards, studentships, travel awards, clinical grants – trials etc. Funding bodies include: local and national charities and research councils. This is to be maintained by Dr Lance Burn –
Research Conferences
The Sheffield Cancer Research Centre has a new link for Research Conferences - This is to be maintained by Mrs Deborah Reid – please inform Deborah if you wish for a conference to be advertised –
Diary Dates
Seminar Series– for information, please see:
13th February 2014 - Discover the science behind targeted treatments for urological cancers.
Learn about the faulty genes and proteins that drive urological cancers, and understand the science behind new drug approaches through my new course on prostate, kidney, bladder, testicular and penile cancers on Thursday 13 February ( at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, and Thursday 05 June ( at the Christie Hospital in Manchester.
13th February 2014 - The Translational Oncology MSc Students Yorkshire Tea Party Cake Sale
In aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Thursday 13th February 2014 - 10:00-13:30 - Medical School Foyer /Café 1828
Cakes, Cookies, Muffins etc plus Raffle
If you would like to donate a Cake etc. please can you let Danielle Meehan () know you will be bringing one.
Cake donations from 9am please!
14th February 2014 – Extraordinary Seminar
Dr Max Mazzone from the VIB Vesalius Research Center , University of Leuven will be giving a seminar titled "Cancer inflammation revisited: the good the bad and the ugly" in room K136/7, RHH.
27th February 2014
Freddie Hamdy Public Lecture
CR-UK/YCR Sheffield Cancer Research Centre Public Lecture and Cancer inspired Art Exhibition
"Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment"
Professor Freddie Hamdy, Nuffield Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford
Thursday 27th February 2014
17.15 Drinks Reception and Art Exhibition
18.15 Lecture
19:15 Close
Firth Hall, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN
Car Parking - Free in Durham Road Car Park, Arts Tower Car Park
The Phoenix Project: Surviving Cancer - Art Exhibition
The Phoenix Project is a unique collaboration between cancer survivors, graphic artists and researchers attempting to capture the reality of living with cancer. The research was undertaken by Dr. Andy Chantry (Medicine), Dr. Matthew Cheeseman (English), Dr. Natalie Hammond (Sociology, University of Manchester) and Dr. Alex Peng (Information School). Ethical approval was granted (REC reference 13/YH/0023; IRAS project ID 121854) for researchers to interview cancer survivors and ask them about the impact of cancer on intimate areas of their life including their sex lives and relationships. Transcripts of these interviews were given to a group of artists recruited from the Graphic Medicine community and a series of powerful, provocative, heart wrenching, funny and moving images were created. With permission, these will be displayed to raise awareness, to salute and to celebrate the bravery, honesty and forbearance of those who go through the hardest of times with such incredible dignity and fortitude.
This event is free, but we do ask you to register your intention to attend using the link below (this is purely for catering purposes and in case of changes to the event).
28thFebruary 2014 – Annual Cancer Research Forum
External Speakers
Uro-oncology research at Oxford - from clinical trials to the fruit fly
Professor Freddie Hamdy, University of Oxford
Human myeloproliferative neoplasms – a point of order and a tale of new tails
Professor Tony Green, Cambridge University
Patient Talk "I am, I can, I will" - Tracey Barraclough
Internal Speakers
- Dr Maria Fragiadaki(I&I) - Killing Cancer Cells with "Antibotoxosomes"
- Dr Nasreen Akhtar (Oncology) - How matrix adhesions control breast tissue organization
- Dr Sherif El-Khamisy (MBB) – Protein-linked chromosomal break repair and brain tumours
- Dr Diana Greenfield (Clinical Oncology) - Addressing sexuality concerns at the bedside
- Professor David Strutt (BMS) - Planar polarity and cancer: how studying Drosophila development might help us understand disease processes
- Dr Emma Rathbone (Clinical Oncology) – Bone diseases amongst breast cancer patients
- Dr Nicolas Viphakone (MBB) - Characterization of a new mRNA export factor present in some cancer cells.
- Dr Carlo Barone (Oncology) – CDK18; a novel genome stability factor involved in DNA replication
- Professor Jane Grasby (Chemistry) –-TBC
- Professor Janet Brown (Clinical Oncology) – START Trial - Pitfalls and challenges of the chief investigator role in a large clinical trial.
ACRF Registration –
24th – 26th March 2014 - Genes & Cancer 30th Anniversary Meeting
Genes & Cancer 30th Anniversary Meeting
Robinson College, Cambridge, UK
30th March – 1st April 2014 – British Association for Cancer Research
The Third Special Conference on ‘Advances in Cancer Drug Discovery’ will take place at Homerton College. The deadline for abstracts is 24th January 2014 and the early bird registration fee ends on the 31st January 2014. More information can be found on the website:
25th June 2014 - YCR Annual Scientific Meeting 2014
The Annual YCR Scientific meeting will be held at the Pavilions of Harrogate on Wednesday 25th June 2014. Registration will open in February 2014. For further details –
Call for Centre News Stories
What exciting developments are taking place in your research and training?
We need to show what great work is going on in Sheffield, not least so that we demonstrate our strengths to potential funders.
We need to shout about:
* New research findings, particularly published papers
* Recently funded studies at start up
* Prizes or awards received
* Innovations in equipment/treatment
* Your involvement in public events
* Anything else you feel you would like to publicise
If you are working with the press offices at CRUK, YCR, the University or the Trust to publicise anything please also keep me in the loop.
Please see the website for examples
Please send anything of interest to Lance Burn () - it doesn't have to be in a publishable format as I can help with putting it together, writing text, obtaining pictures etc.