Events
The following are a selection of scientific meetings and conferences on or related to cancer research. If you would like to include a conference on this list, please email science.editor@cancer.org.uk with the details and the link to the conference website.
11-13 June 2012
Rab GTPases and their interacting proteins in health and disease
Biochemical Society Breakthrough Science
Location: University College Cork, Republic of Ireland
Rab GTPases localise to distinct cellular organelles and regulate all stages of intracellular membrane trafficking in eukaryotic cells. Their activity state and functional effects are controlled and or mediated by several interacting proteins, including guanine nucleotide exchange proteins, GTPase Activating proteins, effector and motor proteins. Rab GTPase function is essential for a vast range of normal cellular physiological processes, ranging from Long Term Potentiation (LTP) to cellular uptake of glucose in response to insulin signalling.
In recent years, Rabs, or their interactors, have been implicated in a wide range of genetic diseases. Some examples include choroideremia, Niemann-Pick disease, Griscelli syndrome, cancer aggressiveness, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, X-linked mental retardation, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Batten's disease, osteopetrosis, Crohn's disease, diabetic nephropathy, cardiomyopathy, Carpenter's syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome and platelet disorders.
14-15 June 2012
Location: Birmingham
The NCIN and cancer registries have seen unprecedented growth in the demand for their services, as data-processor, producers of information and intelligence, and as providers of high quality data to drive innovative new research to improve outcomes. The conference showcases the new and applied knowledge, as well as allowing service users and consumers direct access to participants ranging from researchers to policy makers.
EACR Conference - Apoptosis and Cancer 14 - 15 June 2012
Location: Downing College, University of Cambridge
A failure of cells to undergo apoptosis is a common feature of many cancers. During the last 20 years, work in many laboratories has led to the identification and understanding of many of the key players involved in apoptosis. This conference will highlight recent developments in our current understanding of the cellular role of some of these proteins as well as how our knowledge of the basic cellular apoptotic pathways is being used to develop targeted cancer chemotherapeutic agents.
Methods in Clinical Cancer Research 23 - 29 June 2012
Location: Waldhaus Flims, Switzerland
This is a joint ECCO-AACR-EORTC-ESMO Workshop that aims to develop a strong, expanding base of well-trained clinical researchers by providing them with the training they need to develop and conduct better clinical/translational trial designs.
1-4 July 2012
Location: Beatson Institute, Glasgow
It is now clear that intracellular membrane trafficking contributes to processes which are linked to cancer. The aim of the conference is to discuss the role of membrane transport in cellular processes such as autophagy, cell migration, receptor signalling, lysosome exocytosis and exosome release in the context of their effects on tumour growth, survival and metastasis. We have assembled a programme of speakers who are leaders in particular aspects of these timely topics, with the intention of exploring new avenues for future collaborative research involving centres throughout the world.
7-10 July 2012
22nd Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Join all stakeholders in the field of basic and translational cancer research at the 22nd Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research. This premier educational and scientific event will highlight the very latest data that is set to advance the development of cancer treatment and practice.
Research Bursaries for students and graduates are available for this scheme. Further details can be found here.
EACR Conference: Progress in vaccination against cancer 11 - 13 September 2012
Location: Nottingham, UK
The meeting will cover all aspects of therapeutic and prophylactic cancer vaccinations.
12 September 2012
BACR Chasing Cancer like stem cells
Location: Harrogate, UK
Do cancer stem-cells really exist? What is the evidence for and against? How can we study and exploit these evasive cells for therapeutic benefit? Have your say and place your vote.
EACR - IACR Special Conference: The Tumour Microenvironment 17 - 19 September 2012
Location: The Burlington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
The objective of the conference is to provide delegates a greater understanding of the tumour microenvironment and the signalling complexity that drives tumour progression.
Unanswered Questions in Cancer Screening 2 - 3 November 2012
Location: Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
The Symposium format has been designed to provide an interactive forum for debate, and to especially encourage discussion of the critical questions and future challenges in cancer sequencing.
These questions and challenges will be addressed in four sessions:
- Session 1 - Cancer genome sequencing
- Session 2 - Challenges facing the computational biology of cancer sequencing
- Session 3 - Functional genomics of cancer
- Session 4 - The impact of cancer sequencing on medicine
29 November 2012
Development of Cancer medicines-
in association with Royal Society of Medicine Section of Oncology
Location: London
What are the latest advances in preclinical in vivo modelling? How can models be used to reveal cancer targets, develop clinically translatable biomarkers or assess therapeutic response meaningfully?
Genes & Cancer 10 - 12 December 2012
Location: University of Warwick
The Genes & Cancer Series aims to highlight some of the year’s most important themes in cancer biology. This conference, the 29th Annual Meeting, will provide an excellent opportunity for students and postdoctoral fellows to engage directly with the invited speakers and meet scientists from around the UK and from around the globe.
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