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Elizabeth Murchison joins EMBO Young Investigator Programme

26 November 2017

Elizabeth Murchison has been elected as part of the 2017 intake of the E MBO Young Investigator Programme for young European researchers in life sciences.

EMBL Cancer Genomics poster prize won by Maximilian Stammnitz

26 November 2017

Congratulations to Maximilian Stammnitz, who has won first prize for his poster “Disease doppelgängers: genomic characterisation of two transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils” at the EMBL Cancer Genomics Conference in Heidelberg!

Adrian Baez-Ortega wins Abcam Prize

26 November 2017

Many congratulations to Adrian Baez-Ortega, who won the 2017 Abcam Prize for Graduate Research at the Department of Veterinary Medicine! Adrian's research focuses on understanding the diversity and evolution of the canine transmissible venereal tumour.

Alex Sampson receives award for best project in Part II Pathology

27 June 2017

TCG Part II student Alex Sampson won the Prize for best project in Part II Pathology (Cancer and Genetic Diseases) for his project "Characterising somatically arising nuclear insertions of mitochondrial DNA (NuMTs) in Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour". Many congratulations Alex!

TCG Part II student was awarded for best project in Part II Pathology

27 June 2017

Many congratulation to Alex Sampson,the Part II student of TCG group, who won the Prize for best project in Part II Pathology (Cancer and Genetic Diseases). Alex did his Part II project: "Characterising somatically arising nuclear insertions of mitochondrial DNA (NuMTs) in Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour". Well done...

No evidence for clonal transmission of urogenital carcinoma in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

27 June 2017

Many congratulation on Máire Ní Leathlobhair’s new paper "No evidence for clonal transmission of urogenital carcinoma in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)" published by Wellcome Open Research on the 22nd June 2017! Well done Máire!

Computational approaches for discovery of mutational signatures in cancer

27 June 2017

Many congratulations to Adrian Baez-Ortega and Kevin Gori on their new review, 'Computational approaches for discovery of mutational signatures in cancer' (BIB-17-0115.R1) , which has been accepted for publication in Briefings in Bioinformatics on the 27th June 2017. Well done both of you!

New publication announcement

27 June 2017

Andrea Strakova receives Kennel Club Award

6 June 2017

Congratulations to Andrea Strakova, who has been awarded the 2017 Canine Health Awards Postgraduate Student Inspiration Award from the Kennel Club. Andrea will receive £10,000, which she will use to support her postdoctoral research on CTVT. Find more information about the award here .

CSAR Award for Andrea Strakova

6 June 2017

Andrea Strakova has been selected as one of twelve recipients of the 2017 Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) student awards. The awards recognise excellence in research by postgraduate students at the University of Cambridge. Andrea’s research is on the evolution and host interactions of the canine...