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Birds species that lay more eggs get more cancer
Bird species that have small clutches tend to get less cancer than species that have large clutches. That's the conclusion of an international team of scientists that includes several ACE researchers. The team studied the necropsy records of close to 6000 birds...
ACE sponsors science awards for local kids
One of the most enjoyable experiences of ACE this year was to judge the Chandler school district science prizes. ACE awarded prizes to children in the senior, junior and elementary divisions for their work concerning life sciences and cancer research. Congratulations to all the winners!
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...
Events
Watch Cancer and the Nature of Life Series
See this amazing talk: 'The Electric Life of Cancer' presented by Mike Levin with commentator, Paul Davies. Brief abstract: People once believed electricity was the spark of life. Now it’s been discovered that electrical effects do in fact help shape bodies and...
“Cancer and the Nature of Life” – New discussion series
ACE has a new discussion series about exciting themes in cancer research. It is suitable both for the public and for scientists. It will will take place monthly, on the third Friday of each month at 11 am PST (or noon on occasion). We are kicking off the series by...
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
This major international conference from Dec 7th-10th 2021 will be hybrid this year. Participate in person at the Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas or watch online. Registration reopens 6th December.
Public Lecture with Sir Paul Nurse – Wednesday 24th March 2021 1pm MST, 4pm EST
Sir Paul Nurse, Director of the Crick Institute, London, is a Nobel prizewinning geneticist, former President of The Royal Society and of Rockerfeller University, and is Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Union. He will deliver the 2021 Beyond Annual Lecture...
Cancer and Embryo Development Workshop, 17-18 January 2020, Tempe
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...