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LOORG hosts the 3rd North West Melanoma meeting at the University of Liverpool, Friday 4th Ocotber 2024.

25/10/2024

The event chaired by Dr Helen Kalirai and Dr Karen Aughton provided the opportunity for clinical and non-clinical academics and post-graduate students to present and discuss their research in a friendly and open environment. The programme included speakers from the University of Liverpool, Visiopharm, GeoMx/CosMx, the University of Manchester, the Royal Liverpool Hopsital and the University of Sheffield. Congratulations to Thiazzi Anakrazia who won Best Flash Talk and Karen Aughton for winning Best Poster.

LOORG alumni, Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo is awarded the Young Investigator Award in immunology. Congratulations to Carlos!

11/9/2024

The Young Investigator Award of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology is awarded for high quality immunological research and promotion of the field of immunology.
Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo is an Academy Research Fellow of the Research Council of Finland. He leads the Medical Immuno-Oncology Group (MIORG) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Turku, which is also affiliated with the Turku Bioscience Centre.

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LOORG were delighted to meet fundraising superstar, Neave McClure who has been raising money for Uveal Melanoma.

15/8/2024

Neave, who will be starting Year 6 in September, designs and produces friendship bracelets and iPhone charms. Neave wanted to raise money for her grandmother Janet, who sadly passed away in June 2023 from Uveal Melanoma. Neave has raised £1200 for LOORG so far. Well done Neave!
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Members of the LOORG team recieved a private tour of the Town Hall with former Lord Mayor Eric Kemp CBE on 1st August 2024. Thank you Erica for your hospitality!

5/8/2024

LOORG obtains Silver in the Laboratory Efficency Assessment Framework (LEAF).The award recognises the team's efforts to improve sustenability practices within the Research Lab. Congratulations!

29/7/2024

LOORG welcomed Year 12 students Haliyah and Ava for a week's work experience, 22nd - 26th July as supported by the Nuffield Foundation. Lovely to meet you both!

29/7/2024

The LOORG team welcomed secondary school student, Jan Janiszewski to the department. Jan spent a week with LOORG on work experience from 8th - 12th July 2024. Great to meet you, Jan!

12/7/2024

Our LOORG PhD students, Max, Josh and James presented their work at the North West Cancer Research Symposium on Wednesday 3rd July 2024.

12/7/2024

PhD student Max Jackson presents his work on applying AI to uveal melanocytic tumours at the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, Monday 1st July - Tuesday 2nd July 2024.

1/7/2024

Dr Yamini Krishna presents her project, ‘Spatial multi-omics profiling in conjunctival melanoma and its precursor lesions’ to Dr Ronald Finn's family at a special event on 24th June 2024.

1/7/2024

Dr Yamini Krishna, Consultant Ophthalmic Pathologist, presented her project to Dr Ronald Finn's family as part of a special event to officially launch the Dr Ronald Finn Fellowships, an initiative by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).

Dr Ronald Finn was a consultant physician at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and an alumnus of the University’s School of Medicine. His award-winning work with Sir Cyril Clarke in the 1960s on preventing rhesus-induced haemolytic disease in newborn babies has saved the lives of countless children worldwide, making the fellowships a fitting tribute to his legacy.

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/06/28/university-and-luhft-celebrate-launch-of-dr-ronald-finn-fellowships/

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