LOORG would like to sincerely thank Carol and Alan Goodridge who on 3rd June very bravely jumped out of an aeroplane at 15,000 feet! raising money for our research. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/carol-alan-goodridge-skydive. We are a small charity and donations such as these make a huge difference. A big thank you to all involved and donators that supported us through Justgiving. Best wishes to Carol and Alan celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary - we can't thank you enough.
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 On Thursday 24th May 2018, the North West Cancer Research Centre@UoL, UGC-UKIERI and N3CR held a joint workshop on the ‘Use of the Chick Embryo Model in Cancer’ in the LBIH Seminar Room, WHD Building.
The event welcomed UKIERI collaborators from the University Hyderabad, Prof Geeta Vemuganti and her new PhD student, Mr Narayana Revu Venkate Lakshmi, who provided an overview of retinoblastoma, stem cells, and the use of the chick embryo to study the disease. Dr Anne Hermann (IIB, UoL) discussed the chick embryo model in cancer research: from standard protocols to new clinically relevant discoveries, Dr Jodi Alexander (ITM, UoL) highlighted the use of the chick embryo in Uveal Melanoma. Finally, Dr Thomas Butts (UoL) provided an overview on the use the chick as a model to study brain development, with Prof Coupland summing up.  Professor Sarah Coupland hosts an eye pathology microscopy session with visitors from around the globe: Dr Ekaterina Sokolenko (Russia), Dr Jakub Khzouz (Jordan), Dr Santosh Kafle (Nepal), Dr Daniel McKay (Australia). #fightforsightUK @IntlCouncilOph
 LOORG welcomed Sandra Brand and family recently who handed over a cheque to support ocular melanoma research in memory of her loving husband David Brand. We would like thank all friends and family for this very generous donation. The Brand family would especially like to thank the Seniors and all other players and staff at Ampfield Golf Club, Romsey. Thanks also to family members and friends and University of Portsmouth Staff in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies.  Congratulations to Dr. Helen Kalirai turned a fabulous 50 on Boxing Day. Happy Birthday and best wishes from all the team Helen!  At the UoL Staff Awards on Monday evening Dr Jenna Kenyani (Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine) received this very well deserved award. Congratulations from all of us at LOORG Jenna and well done for all your hard work!
As a Time to Change champion, Jenna has made an outstanding contribution to tackling stigma around mental health at the University by speaking openly and honestly to a range of audiences about her own mental health and linking this to her working life. Her passionate and candid style of public speaking has allowed listeners to get an insight into what living with mental health difficulties, amongst other disabilities, is really like. She has delivered talks to the Joint Staff Networks Event and allowed her talk ‘The Unspoken Truths about Living with Mental Illness’ to be filmed and shared as part of Wellbeing Week. Jenna has also made an invaluable contribution by being a panel member for a review into mental health provision for staff at the University. PhD Student Miss Sophie Thornton presented research at the 9th World Congress of Melanoma a joint meeting with the Society for Melanoma Research in Brisbane, Australia between 18-21st October 2017. The poster below 'Focal perinuclear cytoplasmic BAP1 is associated with ‘high impact’ mutations in uveal melanoma’ was presented by Sophie who has just entered her 4th year of her part-time PhD with LOORG.  University of Liverpool's Professor Sarah Coupland travels to India for Ocular Cancer studies project in conjunction with the University of Hyderabad as part of the UKIERI UGC Thematic Partnership award.  Arrival! Sarah receives a warm welcome and evening hospitality from Dr Geeta Vemuganti, Professor and Dean at the University of Hyderabad with her family and the research team Sarah will be working with. Day 1:Sarah and Geeta prior to the workshop session.   Professor Coupland with the British Deputy High Commissioner, the VC of Univ of Hyderabad and the Director of the Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. Geeta was giving the introductory speech. Participants at the animal models in cancer research workshop.  Day 2:Sarah and Geeta, pleased that all is going to plan, at the University of Hyderabad, School of Life Sciences.   A workplace bake sale at the University of Dundee raised hundreds of pounds recently, a proportion of which was very kindly donated to LOORG. www.loorg.org
Everyone at LOORG would like to say a big "thank you" to organisers Mark Dorward, Rachel Toth, Mel Wightman & Simone Weidlich, together with all the staff who generously contributed on the day, from the department of MRC Reagents & Services. The Department is part of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Ubiquitiylation Unit within the School of Life Sciences at Dundee University. This is Mark Dorward's second gift to LOORG after donating contributions raised following his father's passing as a result of Disseminated Choroidal Melanoma earlier this year. We would especially like to thank Mark for supporting us once again.  On Friday 1st September LOORG waved goodbye to Sam Prendergast as he completed his laboratory practical research for his PhD The Role of Exosomes in Uveal Melanoma. We wish Sam well he will be greatly missed by the Group!
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