Festival of Science: Emerging Breakthroughs Advancing Cancer Research

Introduced by Professor Aedin Culhane, Biomedical Sciences (Cancer Genomics), School of Medicine and Professor Ruth Clifford, Consultant Haematologist at UHL. The Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre’s (LDCRC) multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to improving our understanding of the fundamental biology of cancer and using this new knowledge to find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease.

This event will explore key themes of the research centre, Tumour Microenvironments and Genitourinary Disease and will be facilitated by Dr James Brown, UL, and Professor Shona Tomey, UHL.

Panel members of the LDCRC will discuss their groundbreaking cancer research included are: Dr Eoghan Cunnane, Dr Jason Bennett, Dr Kieran McGourty and Dr Sinead O’Keeffe, Faculty of Science & Engineering, UL, Assistant Professor Amira Mahdi, Mr Michael Lynch and Ms Ciara Leahy, School of Medicine, UL, Christina Fleming Consultant of Colorectal Surgery and Máire Lavelle, Lead Breast Histopathologist, UHL

Email Research@ul.ie for more information.