Endless Forms Most Beautiful: A Garden Shows That Cancer Is a Part of Life

Outreach, Research Papers

Published on-line in Leonardo on March 16 2020. Pamela Winfrey, Caspian Robertson, Carlo Maley and Athena Aktipis. Endless Forms Most Beautiful is a crested cactus garden that embodies both an aesthetic and medically transformative approach to cancer. The cacti in...

The Evolution of Human Cancer Gene Duplications across Mammals – Preprint

Research Papers

New study sheds light on many aspects of the evolution of cancer suppression in mammals. Published in bioRxiv (the preprint server for biology) on March 5 2020. Marc Tollis, Aika K. Schneider-Utaka, Carlo C. Maley. Abstract Cancer is caused by genetic alterations that...

Cancer and Embryo Development Workshop, 17-18 January 2020, Tempe

Archive Events, Professional Workshops

It has been known for some decades that there is a deep link between tumorigenesis and embryo development. Many of the hallmarks of cancer are also hallmarks of early-stage development: angiogenesis, hypoxia, cell motility, tissue invasion, stemness. It has even been...

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics

Funding Opportunities

A postdoctoral research associate position is available at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (ASU). The candidate will be part of the Computational Genomics lab (the Lab) and the Bioinformatics Core facility (the Core), co-located in the Biodesign...

Coffee at Beyond: The Multicellular Symphony – Cooperation, conflict, cancer and chimeras across the tree of life

News, Public Lecture

3pm January 27 2021, Biodesign Auditorium Dr Steffi Kapsetaki Open to all.