<p> BIRMINGHAM CANCER RESEARCH UK CENTRE SCHOOL OF CANCER SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM</p><p>External Seminar List – Winter Term 2013</p><p>DATE SEMINAR</p><p>Tuesday 8th January Professor Claire Lewis Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield </p><p>“Macrophages: From Villains to Heroes in Anti-Cancer Therapy”</p><p>Host: Dr Graham Taylor Tel: 0121 414 7458</p><p>Tuesday 15th January Dr Edgar Hartsuiker School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University</p><p>“The role of DNA repair in resistance to topoisomerase inhibitors and nucl eoside analogues”</p><p>Host: Dr Eva Petermann Tel: 0121 414 9165 </p><p>Tuesday 22nd January Professor Ian Zachary Division of Medicine, University College London</p><p>“Neuropilin signalling in Angiogenesis and Cancer”</p><p>Host: Professor Roy Bicknell Tel: 0121 414 4085</p><p>Tuesday 29th January Dr Luise Florin Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Mainz, Germany</p><p>“Tetraspanins and other host-cell factors involved in papillomavirus infection”</p><p>Host: Dr Fedor Berditchevski Tel: 0121 414 2801</p><p>Tuesday 5th February Professor Charlie Swanton Cancer Research UK London Research Institute</p><p>“Intratumour Heterogeneity: evolution through space and time”</p><p>Host: Professor Gary Middleton Tel: 0121 415 8237</p><p>1</p><p>Wednesday 6th February Professor Roberio Pinto Head of Education, Brazilian National Cancer Institute</p><p>“Molecular mechanisms of tumour development in the upper aerodigestive tract – the transition to transcriptome sequencing and methylation”</p><p>Host: Professor Hisham Mehanna Tel: 0121 414 6547</p><p>Tuesday 12th February Dr Taija Makinen Cancer Research UK London Research Institute</p><p>“Molecular regulation of lymphatic vascular morphogenesis"</p><p>Host: Professor Roy Bicknell Tel: 0121 414 4085</p><p>Tuesday 19th February Dr Sophie Papa Cancer Studies, Kings College London</p><p>“CAR immunotherapy for solid tumours: "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"</p><p>Host: Professor Nick James Tel: 0121 414 4097</p><p>Tuesday 26th February Professor Graham Packham Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton </p><p>“Clinical and Biological Significance of B-cell Receptor Signalling in Chron ic Lymphocytic Leukaemia”</p><p>Host: Professor Tanja Stankovic Tel: 0121 414 4496</p><p>Tuesday 5th March Professor Christian Ottensmeier Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton</p><p>“What do you think of: 'targeted Cancer immunotherapy - ready for prime ti me?”</p><p>Host: Dr Steve Lee Tel: 0121 414 2803</p><p>Tuesday 12th March Professor Greg Rubin School of Pharmacy and Health, University of Durham</p><p>“Early diagnosis of cancer: current research and service development in primary care”</p><p>Host: Professor Paul Moss Tel: 0121 414 4628</p><p>2 Tuesday 19th March Professor Massimo Lopes Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich</p><p>“Structural and Molecular Insights into DNA Replication Stress”</p><p>Host: Dr Eva Petermann Tel: 0121 414 9165 </p><p>Tuesday 26th March Dr Helfrid Hochegger Genome Centre, University of Sussex</p><p>“A new look at interphase chromatin”</p><p>Host: Dr Grant Stewart Tel: 0121 414 9168</p><p>ALL SEMINARS ARE HELD AT 1PM IN THE SEMINAR ROOM (S104), CANCER SCIENCES, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.</p><p>3</p>