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| SEPTEMBER 2012 |
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| POSTGRADUATE CANCER RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM |
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Abstract submission closing soon
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Don’t forget that abstract submissions for the Postgraduate Cancer Research Symposium close on 28 September 2012.
This is a great chance to present your work, share and discuss research within the student community, receive feedback from academics, and to inspire postgraduates in various phases of their career.
We urge all supervisors to encourage their students to get involved and all students to submit an abstract.
We’re also delighted to announce that Prof Ian Olver, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council Australia, will give a plenary address to open the symposium. Stay tuned for further details.
To submit an abstract or register to attend, please visit the Symposium website.
Event details:
Time: 9.00 – 5.00pm
Date: Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Location: New Law Seminar Room 030, The University of Sydney (Camperdown campus)
Cost: Free registration
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| SYDNEY CANCER CONFERENCE 2012 |
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Last chance to register
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The Sydney Cancer Conference 2012 (SCC2012) is just over a week away so if you haven’t registered get in quick. The conference will be held on 27 & 28 September 2012 in the New Law Building, The University of Sydney.
REGISTER ONLINE
Don’t forget that the social event of the conference - the Cocktail Reception - is now included in your registration. The Cancer Research Network is happy to be able to sponsor this event to foster networking and to celebrate the SCC2012.
Join us in the New Law Building Foyer after Day 1 of the meeting - 5pm, Thursday 27 September – for complimentary drinks and canapés, and an opportunity to mingle with your colleagues.
We look forward to seeing you at SCC2012.
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| BREAST CANCER SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP |
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New to the CRN
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The recently formed Breast Cancer Special Interest Group (BCSIG) brings together a critical mass of multi-disciplinary cancer researchers who collaborate to address important issues in breast cancer. The group, led by Professor Patrick Brennan, is committed to promoting knowledge generation and translation in the scientific and broader community, and to developing future world-leading researchers.
At present there are over 50 academic and student members with backgrounds from physiotherapy, oncology, diagnostic testing and imaging, surgery, biology, clinical exercise physiology, evidence synthesis, public health and psychology. We hope to expand the group further, so let us know if you would like to join.
The BCSIG will be holding its first seminar on 21 November 2012, 4.00-6.00pm in Lecture Theatre 106 in the New Law Building, The University of Sydney. There will be keynote speakers from the broad themes of the BCSIG: imaging and detection, treatment and rehabilitation, biology and genetics, and epidemiology and public health. There will also be opportunities for multidisciplinary dialogue followed by a light supper. Further information to follow.
If you are a breast cancer researcher and would like to be part of this group or are interested in attending the seminar, please email Kriscia Tapia (kriscia.tapia@sydney.edu.au).
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| NEWS |
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Jump in pregnancy-related cancer not all down to older mums
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The rate of pregnancy-associated cancer is increasing and is only partially explained by the rising number of older mothers according to research led by CRN member, Dr Christine Roberts. Read more
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Australian Melanoma Genome Project a new front in cancer fight
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CRN members and University of Sydney researchers are part of the Australian Melanoma Genome Project, an ambitious two-year national research program that aims to identify the common gene mutations that lead to melanoma. Read more
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| FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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Grants closing soon
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| FEATURED CRN MEMBER |
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Dr Beata Ujvari is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science. She received a PhD from the Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary and a MSc from the Agriculture University, Godollo, Hungary. Her research interest covers the broad topic of evolutionary ecology. Dr Ujvari has over fifty published peer-reviewed papers and two book chapters, and is currently the Chair of the CRN Comparative Oncology Special Interest Group. Her current research is focusing on understanding the progression and evolution of the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease, a clonally transmissible cancer, which threatens the Tasmanian devils with extinction. Dr Ujvari uses her evolutionary biology background to understand how the genetic and epigenetic plasticity of DFTD contributes to the exceptional success of this parasitic cancer. Dr Ujvari also hopes that her research will provide important information for traditional cancers that arise and die with their hosts. |
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| SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS |
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The University introduced the Smoke-free Environment Policy 2012 in January. This is a major step forward for public health and cancer prevention. The policy bans smoking on all University campuses, except for within signposted smoking areas. Read more |
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