This month’s prestigious Journal of Immunology features a large piece of collaborative work carried out by the University of Southampton’s Antibody and Vaccine Group within Cancer Sciences, as its cover story.
Dr Stephen Beers, Associate Professor in Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, explains the science behind the picture and why identifying special receptors on cells is key to designing better treatments to treat aggressive cancers.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Tim Elliott has been appointed as the Director of Southampton’s new Centre for Cancer Immunology.
Professor Elliott, who holds the Chair of Experimental Oncology in the Cancer Sciences Academic Unit at Southampton, will lead the next phase of the creation of the country’s first centre dedicated to the development of new approaches to immunotherapy to treat cancer.
Professor Iain Cameron, Dean of Medicine, says: ‘Professor Elliott is an internationally renowned scientist in the field of cancer immunology and we are delighted that he will be leading this ground-breaking project for the University.”
Sadly, more than 10 children are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every day, with one of the most common childhood cancers being neuroblastoma; a childhood cancer that originates from developing nerve cells. Dr Juliet Gray, Associate Professor in Paediatric Oncology at the University, is leading new UK immunotherapy studies on neuroblastoma. Read her full interview and find out how our ground-breaking immunotherapy trials are giving new hope to these children and their families.
On the day that Cancer Research UK (CRUK) announces their Grand Challenge Awards, Professor Tim Elliott, Professor of Experimental Oncology at the University of Southampton, reflects on how Southampton is well placed to address one of the seven grand challenges.
Hear the answers direct from the experts. Watch this unique video footage of our specialist panel (consisting of Professor Peter Johnson, Fiona Dalton, Professor Dame Jessica Corner and Tom Worthen) answering key questions on cancer immunology and how the new Centre at Southampton will capitalise on recent exciting breakthroughs.
September 15th was World Lymphoma Day. Here at the University of Southampton, we are having real success in our immunotherapy trials with patients diagnosed with advanced stage lymphoma. Watch our short video, where Julie, one of our clinical trial patients, tells her inspiring story.
Congratulations to our Professor of Immunology, Freda Stevenson (CS), who has been awarded the prestigious Rai-Binet Medal by the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia for her outstanding contribution to our understanding of CLL in helping to characterise different subtypes of the disease.
The University has taken another significant step to help realise its goal of building a new world-leading research centre in cancer immunology and immunotherapy. A £480,000 gift, to build immunomonitoring laboratories in the new Centre, has been given by the Wolfson Foundation in recognition of the University’s essential role in translating the work of researchers in the laboratory into direct treatments for people with cancer.
Meet Professor Martin Glennie, Head of Cancer Sciences at the University of Southampton. Read about his career into research, his passion for immunology and why he believes the new Centre will speed up the development of cancer treatments.
We are delighted to announce that the campaign launch was officially celebrated on Tuesday 23rd June with a special event at Somerset House. Hosted by our Vice-Chancellor, Don Nutbeam, we welcomed over 100 guests in what turned out to be a successful evening. Click read more, below, to watch our inspiring video, showing our gratitude to everyone making this Centre possible and to anyone supporting the campaign both now and in the future – thank you.