An interview with COLOSSUS Coordinator Professor Annette Byrne, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – University of Medicine and Health Sciences (RCSI) entitled: "International collaboration: A precision medicine approach to treating metastatic colorectal cancer" was conducted in late February 2022 in advance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In it, Prof. Byrne outlines some keys [...]
Publication news from our partners at the University of Torino: an article entitled 'Effective drug combinations in breast, colon and pancreatic cancer cells' was published in Nature in collaboration with Mathew Garnett, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. In it, the authors, Patricia Jaaks, Elizabeth A. Coker, Daniel J. Vis, Olivia Edwards, Emma F. Carpenter, Simonetta [...]
The COLOSSUS team of Dr Dirk Fey and PhD candidate Annabelle Nwaokorie at the University College Dublin have co-authored an article entitled "Personalised Medicine for Colorectal Cancer Using Mechanism-Based Machine Learning Models" published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences in September 2021, as part of a Special Issue Targeted Cancer Therapy and Mechanisms of Resistance. Congratulations to [...]
Dr Murphy Dr Verena Murphy, Head of Research and Business Development at Cancer Trials Ireland reports that their operations have moved offices from Glasnevin to Ardilaun House, a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) building at St Stephen’s Green, Dublin as part of their new partnership with the RCSI. The RCSI and [...]
COLOSSUS PI Wolf Hervé Fridman (left), Professor Emeritus of Immunology, University of Paris Medical School and the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale in Paris (INSERM) has been awarded the ESMO Immuno-Oncology Award 2021 for his outstanding achievements in immuno-oncology. Prof. Fridman whose research has made significant contributions to unveiling the [...]
Our latest newsletter has just been published! Download it here. Read our latest project update, an interview with our Università degli Studi di Torino PI Prof. Livio Trusolino where you can learn about the use of organoids in colorectal cancer research. Our Partner in the Spotlight is The Institute of Cancer Research! We also share [...]
Dr Anguraj Sadanandam Congratulations to ICR's Dr Anguraj Sadanandam who has won £25,000 in a competitive scheme from the MedTech SuperConnector (MTSC) programme! The new award builds on an earlier grant from the MTSC, which is overseen by Imperial College London, to develop a set of validated bowel cancer biomarkers into a commercially available test. Dr [...]
Dr Jonathan Briody gave a very brief virtual presentation to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Postdoc Society on September 22nd, 2021. As per the meeting format, Jonathan introduced himself and the COLOSSUS project in 3 minutes or less to celebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week. The audience consisted of 10-12 postdoctoral researchers in the [...]
On May 21st, 2021, our partners Cancer Trials Ireland are hosting an online 'Cancer Retreat’ for the entire clinical trials community of oncologists (medical, radiation and surgical), haematologists, researchers, research nurses, clinical site managers, teams, and patients. The event will provide an opportunity to discuss how the cancer trials community works together, how that could [...]
Dr Ian Miller, Honorary Lecturer and Imaging Specialist at the RCSI spoke with the students at Harold’s Cross National School, in Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W on the 19th of April 2021, as part of Science Week 2021. Invited by teachers Ms Kindlon and Ms O’ Meara, and the Principal Ms Bernadette Kehoe, fifty students in 2nd [...]
