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TCG attend the Canine and Feline Genomics Conference

6 June 2017

Several TCG members attended the 9th International Conference on Canine and Feline Genomics in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Congratulations to Adrian Baez-Ortega who won a Student Travel Award for best student abstract.

Dr. Rodrigo Hamede visits the TCG

19 May 2017

Dr. Rodrigo Hamede from the University of Tasmania, came to visit the TCG this week. Rodrigo is a colleague working on Tasmanian devils, we had a nice discussion about our current projects and future collaborations.

The 6th China Small Animal Veterinary Physician Conference April 2017

11 May 2017

TCG member Dr. Tracy Wang recently attended "The 6th China Small Animal Veterinary Physician Conference", which was held in Haikou, China, April 10-13, 2017. China Small Animal Veterinary Physician Conference has been recognized as the industry's most authoritative in mainland China, it provides the best platform for the...

TCG Christmas Party 2016

25 December 2016

The 2016 TCG Christmas Party! Merry Christmas everyone!

ERC Starter Grant for TCG alumnus Jose Tubio

7 September 2016

Many congratulations to TCG former postdoc Jose Tubio, who has been awarded a highly competitive ERC Starter Grant. The grant will allow Jose, who is now a faculty member at the University of Vigo, Spain, http://darwin.uvigo.es/mobgenomes/ to start up an exciting research programme on transmissible cancers in marine...

Prestigious award for Andrea Strakova

2 September 2016

Congratulations to Andrea Strakova, who has been awarded a scholarship from the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) for her research on CTVT. The scholarship, which is based purely on academic excellence, recognises Andrea’s important and exciting contributions to the field of transmissible cancers. The...

TCG field trip in Belize

1 September 2016

Two TCG members, Alex Sampson and Andrea Strakova, have recently returned from a field trip in Belize. Alex and Andrea worked with vets and volunteers at the Hopkins Belize Humane Society (HBHS), Animal Medical Centre, Paw’s Veterinary Clinic, Roaring Creek Veterinary Clinic, Stann Creek Animal Hospital, Punta Gorda Humane...

Cancer in the wilderness

15 July 2016

Read the story about how a roadkill Tasmanian devil triggered Elizabeth Murchison's interest in transmissible cancers. The story, "Cancer in the wilderness" , was published in Cell.

New transmissible cancers discovered in marine bivalves

22 June 2016

Four additional transmissible cancers have been discovered in marine bivalves - one of which appears to have jumped between species. Read more here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature18455.html

VIDEO: The contagious cancer that conquered the world

17 May 2016

A short video describing our work on the genetics of canine transmissible venereal tumour - the world’s oldest cancer - which was published in eLife today, can be found here . We hope that you will find it interesting!