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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...
ACE Scholars Program – a Big Success!
We are so proud of our ACE Scholars! They are undergraduates in many disciplines who come from all around the nation to help us understand the evolution and control of cancer. The students devote hours each week to the program, working individually and then meeting ...
The need for evolutionary theory in cancer research
This easy to read article by ACE's Amy M. Boddy, just published in European Journal of Epidemiology (2022), argues that even if we could understand all the mechanisms for cells to turn cancerous, it wouldn't be enough to help us treat and avoid the disease. For...
ACE Research paper in the journal Nature
Phenotypic plasticity and genetic control in colorectal cancer evolution is the second article by ACE researchers published in Nature on 26 October 2022. Here they show that genetic variation within a colorectal tumor doesn't often affect gene expression traits and...
Remarkable study by ACE researchers just published in Nature
The co-evolution of the genome and epigenome in colorectal cancer Published on 26 October 2022 in the journal Nature, this groundbreaking study by ACE researchers and their colleagues shows the interaction of genetic and epigenetic changes in tissue taken from...
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Cancer and the Nature of Life Series: Aging and disease – Must they go together? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OjDrRRwS0usX3sDKnEaCWRnPls1fwJ_9 November 18th at 12.00pm AZ, 11am (PT, 2pm EST) Speaker: James DeGregori, Courtenay C. and Lucy Patten Davis...
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...
Congratulations Trevor Graham!
ACE'S Professor Trevor Graham has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in the UK. This is the citation: "Trevor Graham, Professor of Genomics and Evolution at the Institute of Cancer Research, is a pioneer of cancer evolution research, and of...
‘In Search of Chemozoa’ – finalist in major competition
Congratulations to Boredomresearch! In Search of Chemozoa is a finalist for the SCINEMA International Science Film Festival (a project of the Royal Institution of Australia) in the experimental/animation category. The film festival is the largest of its kind in the...
Next Cancer and Nature of Life
We have postponed our August event due to many universities still being on summer break. Our next meeting will be in October. Details to follow soon!
Events
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...
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...
Transmissible Cancer in Mammals -Watch recording here
Cancer and the Nature of Life Series. Friday 13 May 2022, Noon AZ and Pacific time. Please join us! Brief Abstract: Cancer arises when mutations drive cells of the body to abandon their usual functions and to instead embark upon a “selfish” evolutionary program...
Cancer and the Nature of Life Series – Michael Metzger’s talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaec1ETs0hE&t=4s Watch to discover the latest findings on cancer cells that behave like free-living organisms! Brief abstract: Cancer is not normally contagious, but in some cases, cancer can jump from one individual to another. In...
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer Summer School 2022 – Applications open
Applications are open for the Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer Summer School 2022, taking place between June 13-17, 2022 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.Students will have the opportunity to explore various modelling techniques (e.g. agent-based, game...