We are pleased to welcome Gilson UK for an Exhibition in the JVSC Foyer on Tuesday 19th February, 10am – 2pm. 

Come along to:

• See the range of liquid handling solutions
• Get some goodies!
• Speak to Gilson UK about pipette servicing offers
• Try their new range of pipettes
• Promo code for 40% off certain pipettes if you come to visit!

For more information about the Exhibition, please click here: Exhibition poster- QMUL CH SQ

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sir John Burn from Newcastle University to present his Distinguished Guest Lecture on Wednesday 20^th February, 16:00-17:00.

The lecture will be titled: “Getting Ahead of Cancer: Prediction and Prevention”

If you would like to meet with Professor Burn prior to his lecture, please contact Emily Marsh (e.marsh@qmul.ac.uk) to arrange a meeting.

Further information on Professor Burn’s research can be found here.

As part of the BCI’s Seminar Series, we are pleased to welcome Dr Vivian Li from The Crick to present at the BCI on Thursday 21^st February. 

For more information about Dr Li’s research, please click here.

The title of her talk is: “Wnt signal regulation in stem cell and cancer”

The seminar will be held in the Lister & Young Seminar room, 12.30 – 1.30pm.

If you would like to talk to Dr. Li, please contact Gabriella Ficz (g.ficz@qmul.ac.uk).

Vivian Li obtained her PhD at the University of Hong Kong in 2008, characterising human colonic development and tumourigenesis. She then received the Croucher Foundation Fellowship to pursue her post-doctoral training in Hans Clevers’ lab at the Hubrecht Institute (the Netherlands), where she studied Wnt regulatory mechanisms in the intestine. Vivian Li is now group leader at the Francis Crick Institute. Her lab investigates signalling regulation of intestinal stem cell and cancer, with primary focus on Wnt signalling pathways. She has recently been award the 2018 Future Leaders in Cancer Research Prize by CRUK for her contribution to bowel cancer research.