Hosted by the Bristol Cancer Research Network

The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute's Bristol Cancer Network has been hosting smaller interdisciplinary events since 2015 under the “Cancer Show & Tell” badge. We are delighted to be hosting this symposium which will see joint presenters from different disciplines, and even from different institutions, share their collaborative experiences while investigating the prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer.

This will be an in-person event only. 

Programme

Please note some titles are provisional

time	item	speakers	positions	title
12.30 - 13.30	lunch
	Session 1	Chair: Alex Greenhough (Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of the West of England)
13.30 - 13.50		Colin Campbell and Amy Francis	Associate Professor in Mathematics for Information Technology, Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol / PhD student, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol N.B.: due to unforeseen circumstances, Colin's secton will be delivered by Amy	Using machine learning methodologies to predict drivers of unregulated cell proliferation in the human cancer genome
13.50 - 14.10		Matt Smalley and Jacob Evans	Director, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University / MSc student, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University	Using dogs as models for human breast cancer, and how animal biobanks can contribute to research on common diseases
14.10 - 14.30		Sarah Hargreaves and Nicola Cox	Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Head & Neck and UGI/HPB malignancies, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust / Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	How clinicians and epidemiologists are working together on the Head & Neck 5000 clinical cohort
14.30 - 14.50		Antonia Tzemanaki and George Jenkinson	Lecturer in Robotics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol / PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol	The ARTEMIS project: using robotics and soft sensors to detect early stage breast cancer
14.50 - 15.10		Kathreena Kurian, Carmen Galán and Helen Bulbeck	Professor of Neuropathology & Honorary Consultant Neuropathologist,  University of Bristol Medical School & North Bristol Trust / Professor of Organic and Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol / Founder and Director of Services and Policy, Brainstrust	Co-designing a project to develop a blood test for the early detection of glioblastoma
15.10 - 15.30	break
	Session 2	Chair: Hannah Kirk (Clinical Academic Trainee, Honorary Research Associate, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol)
15.30 - 15.50		Laura Ballisat and Jaap Velthuis	PhD student, School of Physics, University of Bristol / Professor, School of Physics, University of Bristol	DNA damage in alpha therapies
15.50 - 16.10		Ryan Langdon and Anna Bibby	Research Associate, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol / Consultant Respiratory Physician & Clinical Director, SWAG Targeted Lung Health Check, North Bristol NHS Trust	Introducing biomarkers for the early detection of lung cancer in a clinical setting
16.10 - 16.30		Siang Boon Koh and Andrea Brancale	Lecturer in Cancer Biology, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol / Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University N.B. Andrea will be presenting remotely	Redefining RAS pathway druggability by structure-based virtual modelling
16.30 - 17.00	panel discussion	all speakers
17.00 onwards	drinks and food at the Robin Hood pub (at individual's expense)

 

Registration

• Register here for your FREE place: https://red.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/cancer-interdisc-2023
• Registration closes Wednesday, 11 January 2023 at midnight
• Registration includes a buffet lunch and refreshments at the break