2011 Awards
Poster awards
Abstract authors can choose to be considered for poster awards during the abstract submission process.
Please note: abstracts will only be shortlisted for poster awards if they are submitted by 13th May 2011. Late-breaking abstracts will not considered by the award selection panels.
British Association of Cancer Research (BACR)/Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Young Investigator Award
The BACR/Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Young Investigator Award recognises and encourages the talents of more junior cancer researchers. Applicants must be clinically or scientifically qualified, but not more than 5 years post PhD/MD, and must have held BACR membership for at least one year.
2010 winner: BACR/Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Young Investigator Award
Tine Mantoni, Serena Lunardi and Thomas Brunner
Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, Oxford University, UK
Tumour-stellate cell interaction and radiation resistance in pancreatic cancer
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) McElwain Award
The CCLG McElwain Award will be given to the best poster in children's cancer research. Applicants must be clinically or scientifically qualified, and not more than 15 years post-PhD/MD.
2010 winner: CCLG McElwain Award
Matthew Murray1, Harpreet Saini2, Stijn van Dongen2, Roger Palmer1, Balajo Muralidhar1, Mark Pett, Matias Piipari3, Claire Thornton4, James Nicholson5, Anton Enright2, Nicholas Coleman1
1MRC Cancer Cell Unit, Cambridge, UK, 2EMBL-EBI Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, 3Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton Cambridge UK, 4Department of Pathology, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust, Belfast, UK, 5Department of Paediatric Haemotology and Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
The two most common histological subtypes of malignant germ cell tumour are distinguished by global mRNA profiles, associated with differential transcription regulation
National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Prize Awards
The National Cancer Research Institute’s Prize Awards will give PhD students the opportunity to apply for a £250 bursary towards the cost of attending the Conference.
Richard Hambro Student Prize
The Richard Hambro Student Prize will be open to UK PhD students. Further details to follow.
AstraZeneca Student Prize Award
The AstraZeneca Student Prize Award is open to PhD students and will cover the cost of registration and travel (up to a maximum of £200 for UK travel and £500 for international travel).
2010 Award winners
ACP McElwain Prize
Colin Lindsay
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
P-Rex1 is a central component of metastasis in malignant melanoma
BACR AstraZeneca Young Scientist Frank Rose Award
Grant Stewart
University of Birmingham, UK
HNRNPUL-1 promotes DNA double-strand break and secretion
BACR Translational Research Award
Britta Weigelt
Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK
Molecular taxonomy of breast cancer: is there a gold standard?
BOA Young Investigator Award
Nicholas West1, Kate Sutton1, Peter Ingeholm2, Rikke Hagemann-Madsen3, Werner Hohenberger4, Philip Quirke1,
1Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Leeds, UK, 2Hillerod Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, 4University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Improving the quality of colon cancer surgery through a multidisciplinary education programme
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