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Cancer Research Matters

A podcast for researchers from Cancer Research UK

A new podcast from Cancer Research UK that features some of the incredible researchers behind cancer research. We'll provoke conversation around cancer science, how it shapes our understanding of the disease and the chal
1/20/2023

Break beat – 20 years of understanding genomic instability

Season 1, Ep. 8
Cancer Research Matters, a new Podcast from Cancer Research UK featuring some of the incredible researchers behind cancer research. The idea is to drive and provoke conversation around cancer science, how it shapes our understanding of the disease and the challenges we face as we develop therapies.The first series focusses on the 20th anniversary of CRUK – we’ll be winding back the clock on some of the great discoveries and breakthroughs made in the past two decades and asking some leading names where they think we’ll be in another 20 years.This episode features Dr Simon Boulton. Simon is a leader in the field of DNA damage sensing, repair and telomere maintenance. He is Principal Group Leader and Assistant Research Director of translation at the Francis Crick Institute, and Director of RadNet, City of London – a CRUK initiative focused on improving radiation treatment for cancer patients. Simon is also co-founder and Vice President of Science Strategy of the spin-out Artios Pharma and Chair of CRUK’s Discovery Research Committee.He talks about the dawn of the field of DNA damage repair, why an entrepreneurial approach to your research is so valuable and the importance of venture capital in the innovation landscape. Useful linksExplore the formation of Artios Pharma and the role of Cancer Research Horizons in translationhttps://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2021/11/05/taking-on-dna-repair-to-tackle-cancer/Explore RadNet. Whether you’re a cancer biologist, health professional, engineer or physical scientist, RadNet is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to apply your expertise and knowledgehttps://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/our-research-infrastructure/radnet-our-radiation-research-networkRegister your interest for the CRUK-ARR Radiation Research Conference https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=L4lzROBx_EaN7Cc5ArUTSeNZ7IzS7O9ItRV1smdjkd1UMDBYRUI1SzRPSThYNTZEUDhSSzZSSUJKVi4u Find out how Cancer Research Horizons can help you translate your workhttps://www.cancerresearchhorizons.com/collaborate-us/researchersListen to Professor Steve Jackson on a previous episodehttps://shows.acast.com/cancer-research-matters/episodes/translation-tales-20-years-of-forming-spinout
9/6/2022

Side effects and sub-types: 20 years of understanding childhood cancer

Season 1, Ep. 6
Cancer Research Matters, a new Podcast from Cancer Research UK featuring some of the incredible researchers behind cancer research. The idea is to drive and provoke conversation around cancer science, how it shapes our understanding of the disease and the challenges we face as we develop therapies. The first series focusses on the 20th anniversary of CRUK – we’ll be winding back the clock on some of the great discoveries and breakthroughs made in the past two decades and asking some leading names where they think we’ll be in another 20 years.This episode features Professor Richard Gilbertson. Richard is a paediatric oncology clinician scientist and is the Director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre. He has dedicated his career to understanding childhood brain tumours and is perhaps known best for his work identifying different types of medulloblastoma and ependymoma – two of the most common kinds of childhood brain tumour. He talks about the challenges and successes of the childhood cancer research community, how he sees the future of the field and some of the incredible breakthroughs his lab has made on childhood brain cancers.  Further reading WNT signalling and brain cancer https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00401-012-0958-8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535610816300551 Read about CRUK’s data strategy https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2022/07/07/joining-the-dots-how-our-new-research-data-strategy-will-unlock-the-power-of-big-data/See the data strategy https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/cancer_research_uk_-_research_data_strategy.pdf