New GenoMEL Article and MP3
Julia Newton Bishop has published a new article 'Advice for melanoma health care teams - vitamin D and melanoma'. There is a link to the paper here.
Listen to Julia in conversation about Melanoma and Vitamin D.
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Thursday 18 September 2014
SEPTEMBER NEWS
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| Telomeres are akin to shoe lace caps (aglets) |
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute has published a new GenoMEL paper examining the role of chromosomal telomere length in melanoma. The research involved creating a score representing genetically determined telomere length, based on all the established telomere associated genes and found that this score correlated with melanoma risk.
In an associated press release author Dr Mark Iles summarised the research, “Telomeres have been described as being like the plastic tips on shoelaces that protect the shoelace from fraying, just as telomeres protect chromosomes from degrading or fusing to one another. For the first time, we have established that the genes controlling the length of these telomeres play a part in the risk of developing melanoma."
Friday 1 August 2014
AUGUST NEWS
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| International Journal of Cancer |
The International Journal of Cancer has published a new GenoMEL paper entitled, "Fine mapping of genetic susceptibility loci for melanoma reveals a mixture of single variant and multiple variant regions". It reports the results of examining genetic data from over 5,000 individuals with melanoma and over 7,000 individuals without melanoma.
Wednesday 18 June 2014
JUNE NEWS
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| Prof. Julia Newton Bishop speaking at a recent public event |
New Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Congratulations!
Tuesday 13 May 2014
MAY NEWS
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| Researchers at the 2014 meeting |
2014 meeting
Over 60 researchers attended the joint GenoMEL/BioGenoMEL meeting in Valencia earlier this month. There were over 40 scientific presentations of world leading research with additional participation over the Internet. Such e-participation was been trialled at this event and is likely to feature again in future meetings. Our thanks go to Dr. Eduardo Nagore and the Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia for hosting the meeting.
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| The Swedish flag |
2015 meeting
The next annual meeting will be in Lund, Sweden!
Wednesday 30 April 2014
APRIL NEWS
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| The sun |
GenoMEL's coordinator, Prof. Julia Newton Bishop, is involved in an exciting new project investigating our relationship with the sun via embroidery. To find out more about this novel development please visit the project website here.
Tuesday 25 February 2014
FEBRUARY NEWS
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| Flag of Spain |
The joint GenoMEL/BioGenoMEL meeting will be in Valencia, Spain 7-9 May. If you have any meeting queries please get in touch - info@genomel.org
Monday 6 January 2014
DECEMBER NEWS
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| International Racehorse Transport |
As part of their annual Christmas message to clients, IRT sends a newsletter highlighting a worthy cause. This Christmas IRT highlighted skin cancer and their UK office choose to support GenoMEL. IRT is the leading international horse transport company with its global headquarters in Australia and so skin awareness is a particularly relevant issue. We are very grateful for their donation of £1,500.
Tuesday 26 November 2013
NOVEMBER NEWS
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| Rachel Barber with her Great North Run medal |
Rachel Barber recently completed the Great North Run and asked for sponsorship in memory of her dear friend Jenny, who she lost to melanoma. Rachel has raised over £500 to support GenoMEL's research. Donations are still being accepted at JustGiving.com Congratulations to Rachel and thank you to all her sponsors.
Wednesday 21 August 2013
SEPTEMBER NEWS
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| Geoff Walker completing 'Ironman France' |
Fund raising success
Geoff Walker recently completed Ironman France and asked for sponsorship in memory of a dear friend, Bernie Jackson, who died from melanoma earlier this year. The challenge involved over 140 miles of swimming, biking and running and Geoff has raised over £2,000 to support GenoMEL's research. Donations are still being accepted at JustGiving.com Congratulations to Geoff and thank you to all his sponsors.
Dr. Jim Olson's TEDxSeattle talk
We've been contacted by Dr. Jim Olson to publicise his Project Violet initiative. This is an exciting and novel project to raise funds for cancer research. To find out more visit the project violet website and watch his inspirational TEDx talk (the Washington Research Foundation has offered to donate $10 for each viewing of his talk).
Dr. Jim Olson's TEDxSeattle talk
We've been contacted by Dr. Jim Olson to publicise his Project Violet initiative. This is an exciting and novel project to raise funds for cancer research. To find out more visit the project violet website and watch his inspirational TEDx talk (the Washington Research Foundation has offered to donate $10 for each viewing of his talk).
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