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ACE research featured at general science conference
We had great talks and discussions about cancer at a conference in Cetraro, Italy in last week (May 2026). John Mattick discussed non-coding DNA which constitutes almost all the DNA in our genome and plays an important role in regulation, yet was formally thought to...
2026 ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) Conference
May 21-24, 2026 Hersonissos, Crete, Greece This year's theme: Leveraging human-tech cooperation for the evolutionary management of cancer Breaking abstract submissions and registrations are welcome until May 11, so if you have work you'd like to share with...
ACE at Chandler Science and Innovation Festival 2026
ACE was delighted to once again be invited to participate in the Chandler Science and Innovation Festival in Spring 2026. The festival draws around 5000 people from Phoenix, and showcases the best of science activities in the Valley. Great effort team ACE!
Major Breakthrough in Predicting Cancer Outcomes
Members of ACE are part of an international team that has created a cost efficient method to accurately predict the trajectory of a person's cancer. It shows that some cancers, or pre-cancers, may be present for many years or even decades before causing any trouble...
How technology and new theory is advancing cancer research
This fascinating and informative article, Taming cancer evolution surprises, by science journalist Vivien Marx is just published (Sept '25) in Nature Methods. It gives a good flavor of the multitude of new methods that geneticists, evolutionary biologists,...
Great podcast: What evolution teaches us about cancer, with Carlo Maley
Listen to this fascinating, entertaining and accessible podcast where ACE leader, Carlo Maley, gives an overview of his research into how animals help us understand the development of human cancers and how evolutionary principles are about to be tested in people with...
Profile of Zachary Compton
Read this great profile of post-doctoral ACE researcher, Zach Compton. Zach is now at the University of Arizona. We are so proud of Zach!
2025 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
The 2025 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from August 17 to 22, 2025. Key dates:25 April 2025, Call for Abstracts ends: 1 June 2025, Early bird registration ends; 2 June 2025, Regular Registration...
The relationship between diet, plasma glucose, and cancer prevalence across vertebrates
In this intriguing research paper, recently published in Nature Communications, ACE researchers led by Stefania E. Kapsetaki and Carlo Maley show that, surprisingly, there is no significant link between diet and plasma sugar levels across nonhuman vertebrate species,...
ACE at 2025 Science Fairs
February was was a busy month for the undergraduate students who participate in ACE outreach. They helped children isolate DNA from strawberries and built cells out of goo and PlayDoh both at the Chandler Science and Innovation Fair and at ASU's Open Door, the annual...
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ACE research featured at general science conference
We had great talks and discussions about cancer at a conference in Cetraro, Italy in last week (May 2026). John Mattick discussed non-coding DNA which constitutes almost all the DNA in our genome and plays an important role in regulation, yet was formally thought to...
2026 ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) Conference
May 21-24, 2026 Hersonissos, Crete, Greece This year's theme: Leveraging human-tech cooperation for the evolutionary management of cancer Breaking abstract submissions and registrations are welcome until May 11, so if you have work you'd like to share with...
2025 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
The 2025 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from August 17 to 22, 2025. Key dates:25 April 2025, Call for Abstracts ends: 1 June 2025, Early bird registration ends; 2 June 2025, Regular Registration...
ACE at Spring Science Fairs
Once again, we attended the City of Chandler's Innovation Fair. The fair, in the center of town, attracted over 6000 visitors, mainly families, who came along to experience the excitement of the science taking place in Arizona's Valley of the Sun and explore its...
Cancer and the Nature of Life – SCALY CANCERS – AN OVERVIEW OF CANCERS IN REPTILES, Zoom talk, Friday 28th October, 12- 1pm AZ & PT (3-4pm EST)
Cancer and the Nature of Life Discussion Series. Snakes get a lot of cancer and their disease is often aggressive. Some lizard species, such as bearded dragons, also seem particularly prone to cancer. What's going on and how can these animals best be treated? ACE...