A PROFESSIONAL ODYSSEY: from cancer research to developing the next generation of researchers with Professor Susan Brooks

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When:
March 21, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
2018-03-21T18:00:00+00:00
2018-03-21T19:00:00+00:00
Where:
Oxford Brookes (John Henry Brooks Theater)
Oxford OX3 0BP
UK
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Free
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Rebecca Jones
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Professor Susan Brooks will take you on a personal journey beginning in breast cancer research and leading to a passionate commitment to supporting and developing the next generation of researchers.
Susan discovered that a chemical from the edible snail was able to distinguish between cancers that are able to spread from their original site to other parts of the body, and those that cannot. It recognises altered sugar chains on cancer cells that are involved in them being able to crawl through tissues and enter the blood stream and allows them to stick to the lining of blood vessels at distant sites.