Date: Tuesday 17th June
Time: 12:30-14:00pm
Venue: Clifford Allbutt lecture theatre, Clifford Allbutt Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0AH
Register at: https://eci-seminar-sam-behjati.eventbrite.co.uk
The ECI seminar series aims to highlight early cancer related research across a range of disciplines, promote discussion and inspire new ideas and connections. Join fellow researchers for lunch and an opportunity to network.
On Tuesday 17th June we are joined by Professor Sam Behjati, Group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Sam will speak on: Phylogenies of cancer formation in predisposition individuals
A buffet lunch will be served from 12.30pm in the area outside the CAB lecture theatre and the talk will begin at 1.00pm followed by a Q&A.
Abstract: In this talk I will discuss recent discoveries on how pathogenic germline mutations may generate cancers.
Speaker biography: I am group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Clinical Professor of Paediatric Oncology in Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at CH and Great Ormond Street Hospital. I studied medicine at Oxford and pursued academic clinical training in paediatrics in London and Cambridge. My group focuses on genomic discoveries science with a particular emphasis on human development and childhood cancer. The tools that we are using encompass DNA sequencing single cell omics.
Please note that no food or drink may be taken in the lecture theatre.