Congratulations to our partners at the Universita degli Studi di Torino and their collaborators for two recent COLOSSUS-acknowledged publications! The first was a review titled "Towards precision oncology with patient-derived xenografts" which was published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology in November 2022. The authors/researchers involved were Eugenia R. Zanella, Elena Grassi and Livio Trusolino. DOI: [...]
The COLOSSUS consortium gathered in Dublin on March 15th, 2023. We had a busy schedule, reviewing recent results and planning for the months ahead as the project draws to a close (30 June 2023). As well as considering results and final project tasks, there were detailed discussions about project publications and the COLOSSUS legacy into [...]
We have just published our Spring 2023 newsletter. In it, find a results update from our Coordinator RCSI Professor Annette Byrne, an interview with VIB's Prof. Diether Lambrechts, the education and training summary of University College Dublin's PhD candidate Aoife Nolan, and a round-up of our latest dissemination activities! Download it here.
Danielle Nicholson at Pintail Limited posed a set of questions to Professor Diether Lambrechts of the VIB about his research and career. Can you give a tip or two to those aiming to become successful, leading academic researchers? Professor Diether Lambrechts I believe that there are several ways you can become an academic research [...]
Aoife Nolan, Systems Biology Ireland, UCD Aoife Nolan, University College Dublin PhD candidate answered some questions posed by Danielle Nicholson, Pintail Limited. What is the title of your thesis? Profiling Mutant KRAS Protein Expression in Colorectal Cancer Who was your supervisor? Dr David Gomez Matallanas Please describe your research project. My project is part [...]
COLOSSUS experts are often asked to provide their expertise on the topics under study as part of the larger project. To support real-world advancement from the bench to the bedside, COLOSSUS is embracing a robust analysis of the expected clinical effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of its proposed personalised medicine approach for patients with mCRC. Dr Jonathan Briody is [...]
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland's Dr Jonathan Briody contributed an editor-invited piece on colorectal cancer for the 'oncology focus' issue of Hospital Professional News this September (2022): "Understanding the Health Economics of Colorectal Cancer: A COLOSSAL undertaking". Dr Briody is a health economist conducting an economic evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of precision medicine for [...]
Please join us for a special screening of 'The People There to Catch Us' at the Stella Cinema, Rathmines, Dublin, on World Cancer Research Day, Saturday, September 24th, at 10 am with doors opening at 9:00 am. Our PI Prof. Walter Kolch of University College Dublin features in the film. A Q & A session [...]
The team at UNITO Our PI Prof. Livio Trusolino and his team at the University of Torino have been busy writing papers. The details of the five new COLOSSUS-acknowledged publications are below. Congratulations to all researchers involved! Di Nicolantonio F, Vitiello PP, Marsoni S, Siena S, Tabernero J, Trusolino L, Bernards R, Bardelli [...]
In May of this year Dr Jonathan Briody, Health Economist at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), provided an international COLOSSUS webinar featuring his COLOSSUS health economic work conducted with Professor Kathleen Bennet (RCSI). Following the success of this seminar, Dr Briody was asked to repeat this event by the President of the New Zealand chapter of [...]
