News

The International Journal of Cancer has published a new GenoMEL paper entitled, “Fine mapping of genetic susceptibility loci for melanoma reveals a mixture of single variant and multiple variant regions“. It reports the results of examining genetic data from over 5,000 individuals with melanoma and over 7,000 individuals withoutRead More

The consortium’s coordinator, Prof. Julia Newton Bishop, has been elected to theFellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Academy Fellows are elected for excellence in medical research, innovative application of scientific knowledge or conspicuous service to healthcare. This prestigious award is recognition of Julia’s contribution to understanding melanoma genetics.Read More

The last annual meeting was in Lund, Sweden in May 2015. At this meeting a new related training network was launched called MELGEN (see the MELGEN section of the web site). MELGEN is a Marie Curie training network funded by the EU Horizon 2020 in which 17 new PhDRead More

Over 60 researchers attended the joint GenoMEL/BioGenoMEL meeting in Valencia in May 2014. There were over 40 scientific presentations of world leading research with additional participation over the Internet. Such e-participation was trialled at this event and is likely to feature again in future meetings. Our thanks go toRead More

As part of their annual Christmas message to clients, IRT sends a newsletter highlighting a worthy cause. This Christmas IRT highlighted skin cancer and their UK office choose to support GenoMEL. IRT is the leading international horse transport company with its global headquarters in Australia and so skin awarenessRead More

Rachel Barber recently completed the Great North Run and asked for sponsorship in memory of her dear friend Jenny, who she lost to melanoma. Rachel has raised over £500 to support GenoMEL’s research. Donations are still being accepted at JustGiving.com Congratulations to Rachel and thank you to all her sponsors. Rachel BarberRead More