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DONATION RAISED IN MEMORY OF ANDREW ‘MEL’ MELLING

16/10/2019

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Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group wishes to thank all the supporters of Andrew’s JustGiving page who have raised over £3,400 - a fantastic amount for our research group. 
Two years ago Andrew was diagnosed with ocular melanoma a rare type of cancer found in the eye and sadly passed away on the 12th July 2019.
We are sincerely grateful for generous donations such as these from the friends and family of Andrew, which make a huge difference to the work we carry out into ocular tumours and fighting eye cancer.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mel-strikes-back
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Mark Dorward completes all FOUR Scottish Kiltwalks for LOORG

2/10/2019

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We are forever grateful to Mark who continues to support LOORG in memory of his beloved dad Sandy lost to ocular melanoma in 2017. Please read full article bit.ly/2mWsKiM

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'Recent Advances in Ocular Oncology' Symposium - Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Conference, Glasgow, 2019.

21/6/2019

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Left to right:
Front row - Manoj Parulekar (Birmingham); Noel Horgan (Dublin); Paul Cauchi (Glasgow); Victoria Cohen (London); Sarah Coupland (Liverpool)
Back row - Mandeep Sagoo (London); Heinrich Heimann (Liverpool); Bertil Damato (London/Oxford); Sachin Salvi (Sheffield) ​

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Professors Sarah Coupland and Heinrich Heimann were part of the Faculty of the symposium entitled “Recent Advances in Ocular Oncology” organised by Prof. Bertil Damato and held on May 22nd in Glasgow at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Conference in 2019.
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PROF SARAH COUPLAND WINS ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS EXCELLENCE AWARD

14/6/2019

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Well done from all of us at LOORG Sarah - well deserved...

Category Winners - ​Significant contribution to specialty
Professor Sarah Coupland, University of Liverpool, Liverpool
Professor Coupland is an outstanding pre-eminent ocular pathologist in the UK and is internationally acclaimed for her work in ocular oncology. She has been instrumental to the care delivered to the world-recognised ocular oncology service in Liverpool through her pathology work, development of molecular and tumour signatures of ocular tumours, providing the evidence that informs treatments, prognosis and optimal patient care.

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THE GREAT WALK - UNILEVER MARATHON WALK FOR LOORG

12/6/2019

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On 3rd July, Unilever employees will embark on a Marathon walk from Greenwich boat club to Richmond Rugby club in memory of their dear colleague Renee Metroka.

Renee was an inspiration for so many across Unilever, with her never give up attitude and positive outlook on life. She originally battled with rare ocular cancer in 2014 which unfortunately spread to her Liver and she sadly lost her fight through complications in January 2018.

Unilever are raising funds for LOORG a charity close to Renee’s heart helping to fund much needed research into Ocular cancer and how to treat it. Rare cancers like these are often overlooked when trying to raise funds.  www.justgiving.com/companyteams/thegreatwalk2019
www.pieevents.co.uk/events/unilever-the-great-walk-3rd-july-2019
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Members of the LOORG team below also taking part in Unilever's marathon walk..
Prof Sarah Coupland 
Dr Helen Kalirai ​
Dr Alda Rola

Graham Shields 
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Well Done Luna! LOORG's Luna Djirackor Passes PhD Viva.

16/5/2019

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Proud parents and sister support Luna who gave her viva PhD seminar on Wednesday 15th of May. 

Her thesis entitled 'Phenotypic profile and role of cancer stem cells in uveal melanoma’.  She has been under the supervision of Professor Sarah Coupland and Dr. Helen Kalirai, Department of Molecular Clinical Cancer Medicine (University of Liverpool) and Professor Goran Petrovski (University of Szeged, Hungary).


Congratulations from all the team Luna!

 

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BAOP 2019 University of Liverpool Hosts this years British Association of Ophthalmic Pathology

18/4/2019

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The 38th annual meeting of the British Association for Ophthalmic Pathology took place on 28-29th March 2019, at the North West Cancer Research Centre, hosted by Professor Sarah Coupland and the Liverpool Ophthalmic Pathology team. Congratulations to LOORG's Luna Djirackor for winning the Dr Jean Campbell Trophy for best trainee presentation and runner-up Sophie Thornton, well done!

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RELEASED TODAY : “The WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye”

12/12/2018

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University of Liverpool's Sarah Coupland, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Pathology and lead at LOORG, proudly pictured with the Blue Volume on “The WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye” released today.
 
Sarah says "This is a major achievement since the last version of this book was written in 1980, and needed a major update!
 
Together with a group of about 30 people, I was involved in writing many of the Chapters and subsections. 
 
It took most of 2017. We then met in Lyon (the IARC headquarters, which produces the WHO Tumour series on all tumours in the body) in January 2018, and went through every single sentence, picture etc. over 3-4 days. After some final ’touch ups’ during the year, it has finally come out, just in time for Xmas!"

Congratulations from the LOORG team Sarah!
http://publications.iarc.fr/Book-And-Report-Series/Who-Iarc-Classification-Of-Tumours/WHO-Classification-Of-Tumours-Of-The-Eye-2018

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University of Liverpool ICAT Clinical Lecturer Presentation Evening - Dr Gemma Petts Wins Poster Prize!

12/12/2018

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LOORG's Dr Gemma Petts NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Paediatric Pathology Registrar displaying her research poster 'Developing a cancer model to investigate the role of the tumour microenvironment in paediatric rhabdomyosarcoma' at the ICAT presentation evening on 4th December. Well done Gemma!
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UMCURE 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SCIENTIFIC BOARD MEETING

11/12/2018

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Great shot of the members and researchers at our 3 day European event held at the NW Cancer Research Centre in Liverpool last week! http://www.umcure2020.org/en/  @UMCURE2020


Scientists from the UMCure2020 consortium, comprised of 12 partners including the 'Melanoma Patient Network Europe’, met in Liverpool for the Annual General assembly meeting on Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st. The consortium is addressing advanced uveal melanoma, the most common ocular cancer in adults that spreads in ~50% of the patients to the liver. Such advanced disease at present is not curable.  A uveal melanoma Patients meeting also took place on the afternoon of Nov. 30th when the UMCure2020 scientists and clinicians interacted with the patients and their carers, getting feedback from them about their research.

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