Alex successfully applied for an Irish Cancer Society international mobility element, which afforded her the opportunity to spend three months in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. She was mentored by an expert in the field of Epigenetics, Prof John Greally, in order to learn how to computationally catalogue enhancer activity in prostate cancer.
Lucianne Herda, Fiona Lanigan (BREAST PREDICT) and Arman Rahman (OPTi-PREDICT) help launch of Daffodil Day at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. Daffodil day takes place very year to help raise money for The Irish Cancer Society. This year it takes place on March 23rd and the CBT lab …
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The Conway Institute and Systems Biology Ireland hosted World Cancer Day Flash talks – concise, 3-minute talks, relying on one presentation slide and plenty of enthusiasm! Congratulations to Charles who won an award for his presentation titled Stratification of Early Stage Breast Cancers Through Prognostic BioMarkers “Shining a Light on the Problem of Overtreatment”.
Dr. Fiona Lanigan and Dr Claire Kilty were both recently honoured for their important contributions to the success of BREAST-PREDICT, the Irish Cancer Society’s Collaborative Cancer Research Centre, when they jointly received the Research Support Staff of the Year award at the 2017 Irish Cancer Society Research Awards, held on November 30 in the House …
Prof. William Gallagher, CBT group leader and Director of the UCD Conway Institute and the Irish Cancer Society’s Collaborative Cancer Research Centre BREAST-PREDICT, was honoured by the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland at a ceremony in Kildare Street in November 2017, where he received three awards for his research papers, in the Oncology, Dermatology and …
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The CBT lab, UCD Conway Institute, Systems Biology Ireland, BREAST-PREDICT and patient advocacy group Europa Donna, together with a number of student societies, came together in October 2017 to raise awareness of the importance of breast health among students on campus for Breast Health Day 2017. Breast Health Day is a global initiative led by Europa …
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In September 2017, members of the CBT group received awards at the inaugural Research Impact Case Study Awards, run by UCD Research, including two case studies led by the BREAST-PREDICT and OPTi-PREDICT teams within the UCD Conway Institute. These case studies are now available to view on the UCD Research website at http://www.ucd.ie/research/portal/impact/impactcasestudies/
Congratulations to Romina Silva for winning a prize for her poster entitled “UHRF1, a novel prognostic biomarker in malignant melanoma” at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Melanoma Forum (December 2017).
CBT lab raise 910 euros for the Irish Cancer Society ! Thanks to everyone that baked.
Prof. William Gallagher awarded 2017 IACR Cancer Research Medal for contribution to cancer research. 24th Feb. 2017 Prof. William Gallagher head of the CBT Lab has been awarded the inaugural 2017 IACR Cancer Research Medal, a prestigious award recognizing people that have made a significant and enduring impact on the Irish cancer research community in …