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Read more at: TCG summer student Sarah Cox awarded a BBSRC studentship
TCG summer student Sarah Cox awarded a BBSRC studentship

TCG summer student Sarah Cox awarded a BBSRC studentship

6 September 2018

Sarah Cox, a pre-clinical Cambridge vet student who performed a summer project at TCG has been awarded a BBSRC studentship. The UK Veterinary Summer Studentship Programme aims to inspire UK veterinary undergraduates to consider a career in research by funding summer studentships to be undertaken in world-class research...

Read more at: TCG field trip to Tasmania
TCG field trip to Tasmania

TCG field trip to Tasmania

17 August 2018

This summer, TCG members Elizabeth Murchison, Max Stammnitz, Young Mi Kwon and Kevin Gori spent a few weeks in Tasmania performing Tasmanian devil field work. They joined devil trapping trips in the Channel Peninsula, where both DFTDs (DFT1 and DFT2) are present, and in the Freycinet Peninsula on Tasmania's East Coast...

Read more at: Soheil Afshari, a vet student from Iran, visited TCG and carried out research on CTVT
Soheil Afshari, a vet student from Iran, visited TCG and carried out research on CTVT

Soheil Afshari, a vet student from Iran, visited TCG and carried out research on CTVT

17 August 2018

Soheil Afshari, a student at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Garmsar University, Iran, recently visited TCG from 9th July – 23rd July, 2018. Soheil collected CTVT tumour biopsies from dogs in Iran. During his visit, Soheil extracted genomic DNA from these CTVT samples, performed PCR and genetic analysis to determine...

Read more at: "The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas" published on Science!

"The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas" published on Science!

13 July 2018

Many congratulations to Maire Ní Leathlobhair's paper "The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas" published on Science!

Read more at: Digging up the ancient origin of a contagious canine cancer
Digging up the ancient origin of a contagious canine cancer

Digging up the ancient origin of a contagious canine cancer

13 July 2018

New research from TCG reveals that the canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) first emerged from a dog that was closely related to an intriguing group of ancient North American dogs. The research, published in Science , reports that dogs arrived into North America together with people more than 10,000 years ago. By...

Read more at: Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation at EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS on 4th May 2018
Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation at EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS on 4th May 2018

Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation at EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS on 4th May 2018

18 May 2018

Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation " Canine transmissible venereal tumours " at the EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS on 4th of May 2018. It was well received by the audience and we are grateful that M. is spreading the knowledge of CTVT and our research amongst the clinical...

Read more at: Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation at EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS May 2018

Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation at EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS May 2018

18 May 2018

Our collaborator from South Africa, Mirjam van der Wel, gave a presentation at EASTERN CAPE VETERINARY CONGRESS in Port Elizabeth on the 4th of May 2018. It was well received by the audience and we are grateful that Mirjam is spreading the knowledge of CTVT and our research amongst the clinical veterinary audience. Thank...

Read more at: TCG member, Máire Ní Leathlobhair, recently visited our collaborators in Argentina
TCG member, Máire Ní Leathlobhair, recently visited our collaborators in Argentina

TCG member, Máire Ní Leathlobhair, recently visited our collaborators in Argentina

13 April 2018

TCG member, Máire Ní Leathlobhair, recently returned from a field trip to Argentina. Máire's trip was funded by a Santander Mobility grant awarded by the University of Cambridge. In Argentina, she worked with vets and researchers based at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) as well as the Catholic University of Córdoba (...

Read more at: "The Origins and Vulnerabilities of Two Transmissible Cancers in Tasmanian Devils" published on Cancer Cell!
"The Origins and Vulnerabilities of Two Transmissible Cancers in Tasmanian Devils" published on Cancer Cell!

"The Origins and Vulnerabilities of Two Transmissible Cancers in Tasmanian Devils" published on Cancer Cell!

10 April 2018

Many congratulations to Maximilian R. Stammnitz's new paper published on Cancer Cell, April 9, 2018!! http://www.cell.com/cancer-cell/pdfExtended/S1535-6108(18)30117-X Well done Max and everyone!! BBC News Tasmanian devil cancers targeted by human drugs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43698885 Cambridge...

Read more at: Master student Mr. Juan Carlos Ramirez Ante from University of Caldas, Colombia visited TCG
Master student Mr. Juan Carlos Ramirez Ante from University of Caldas, Colombia visited TCG

Master student Mr. Juan Carlos Ramirez Ante from University of Caldas, Colombia visited TCG

5 February 2018

Mr. Juan Carlos Ramirez Ante from University of Caldas, Colombia, came to visit TCG for two weeks in January 2018. Juan is a Veterinarian and currently doing his Master degree at Professor Francisco Pedraza's group at University of Caldas. Professor Pedraza and Juan are collaborators of our ongoing CTVT projects and had...

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