LOORG ARE PROUD TO CONGRATULATE OUR VERY OWN...
Professor Sarah Coupland as nominated by The Ophthalmologist readers and whittled down by their international panel of judges to the final 100!
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LOORG ARE PROUD TO CONGRATULATE OUR VERY OWN... Professor Sarah Coupland as nominated by The Ophthalmologist readers and whittled down by their international panel of judges to the final 100! CLICK FOR FULL LIST
Anna is admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science - a fantastic achievement!
Well done from all of us at LOORG Anna! Onwards and upwards!  In order to celebrate IWD 2021 on March 8th, here are a couple of shots of wonderful LOORG members in the lab that day: Prof Sarah Coupland, Dr Karen Aughton, Dr Helen Kalirai and Dr Sam Barlow (front to rear). These ladies are key members of LOORG whose mission is to find a cure for adult ocular tumours, particularly uveal melanoma. They are showing support and solidarity for celebrating women's achievements in science! #choosetochallenge. Prof. Coupland also gave a virtual presentation on the evening of March 8th to the University of Liverpool’s Medics Against Discrimination Society (MADSoc). Her talk was very well received.  
 The recent election enabled all Fellows of the College to participate, and it had a wide field of candidates from all of its different specialty areas and professional backgrounds within the College.
Sarah was elected to the prestigious role of Vice President for Communications. She will also be specifically taking a lead in Genomics for the College. Together with the two other Vice Presidents -Professor Peter Johnston (Vice President for Professionalism) and Dr Angharad Davies (Vice President for Learning) - Sarah will be supporting the President-Elect, Dr Mike Osborn. All of the elected Fellows will take up their appointments at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 19 November 2020, and serve a term of three years. rcpath elections   Sarah and Helen participating in the 9th Annual CURE OM Science Meeting.
With over 160 active viewers throughout the event and presentations from three different continents and numerous countries! Please visit the virtual event platform and view the session recordings. The recordings will appear under the "Stage" tab, then under "Past Presentations".
 On 3rd September 2020 Unilever invited employees to re-create last year's hugely successful charity walk in remembrance of Renée Metroka who sadly lost her fight with ocular cancer in Jan 2018. The 'Virtual' Great Walk 2020 challenge was to walk a half or full marathon. Colleagues up and down the country walked independently or in small groups...Here are a few snaps of LOORG members taking part in a half marathon walk around Liverpool. We can't thank Unilever fundraisers and their donors enough for their continued support which is making such a significant difference to our research group. Please see link for Unilever's full story https://www.justgiving.com/team/TheGreatWalk2020  SINGLE LARGE DONATION PAYS FOR SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT TO AID RESEARCH INTO CHOROIDAL MELANOMAS2/9/2020
Post-Doc, Dr Karen Aughton, successfully publishes paper about spheroid cultures of uveal melanoma cells. For this work, she employed the piece of equipment (Cytation) that LOORG acquired through the generosity of a donor, who contacted the 'Isle of Man Anti Cancer Association' (https://www.iomaca.org.im/about/) to help contact us. Karen has further projects planned assessing the effects of various drugs on these spheroids - all with aim of improving the outcome of uveal melanoma patients.  Professor Sarah Coupland and Dr Helen Kalirai reach 50 target of scientific paper collaborations - a fantastic achievement - well done to you both! 
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