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New study from the Transmissible Cancer Group reveals evolution of Tasmanian devil cancers

21 April 2023

devilprofile.jpg Tasmanian devils, marsupial carnivores endemic to the Australian island of Tasmania, are susceptible to two transmissible cancers, known as devil facial tumour 1 (DFT1) and devil facial tumour 2 (DFT2). A new study from the Transmissible Cancer Group at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, published...

New grants awarded by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

19 December 2022

picture.png Tim Williams has been awarded two grants by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology; the first study will investigate if urinary extracellular vesicles might be important in the pathogenesis of urinary tract stones in cats, whilst the second study, which will be undertaken in conjunction with...

Two successful grant applications from PetPlan Charitable Trust

21 September 2022

Tim Williams and Shubha Anand and colleagues from the Cambridge Cancer Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory have been awarded £9,750 by the PetPlan Charitable Trust to investigate if shallow whole genome sequencing (sWGS) performed on cells obtained by fine needle aspiration and on cell free DNA in blood can be used to diagnose...

Congratulations to Phil Franklin on winning the ECVS residents forum prize

18 July 2022

phil.png Many congratulations to Phil Franklin our final year surgical resident on winning the ECVS residents forum prize for the best scientific abstract last week in Porto. The project was titled ‘Comparison of the effectiveness of three different rhinoplasty techniques to correct stenotic nostrils using 3D printed...

New grant awarded by Pets at Home

29 June 2022

Tim Williams and Rachel Hewitt from the Department of Veterinary Medicine in conjunction with Dr Vikki Black and Dr Natalie Finch from feline_blood_smear.png Langford Vets have been awarded £9,438 by the Pets At Home Feline Pancytopaenia Fund to investigate the clinical utility of flow cytometry for evaluating immune...

Grant awarded from The Urology Foundation

25 May 2022

ev_image_for_publicity1.jpg Dr James Whitworth (Dept of Medical Genetics) and Dr Tim Williams (Dept of Veterinary Medicine) have been awarded a grant for £35,765 by The Urology Foundation to investigate urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers for the early detection of heritable renal cancers. If...

Cambridge’s global reputation in Veterinary Medicine recognised in REF 2021

11 May 2022

The results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) have highlighted the global impact of Cambridge’s research in the field of Veterinary Medicine. 91% of the Department’s overall submissions within the Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences Unit of Assessment have been rated as ‘world leading’ or ‘...

Obituary - Professor Sir Peter Lachmann FRS FMedSci

5 January 2021

JANUARY 5/1/2021 It is with great sadness that I report the death of Sir Peter Lachmann who died peacefully in his sleep on 26th December 2020. He had just celebrated his 89th birthday and Christmas with his family at home in Cambridge. In 1970 Sir Peter was the first Professor and Head of Immunology at the Royal...

Selfish mitochondria in a canine transmissible cancer

17 June 2020

Selfish mitochondria in a canine transmissible cancer The canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) is an extraordinary type of cancer - it is infectious and transmitted between individual dogs by the direct transfer of living cancer cells themselves. The disease is primarily passed on during mating and leads to...

Dr David Sargan & Dr David Bainbridge - Winners of the Pilkington Teaching Prize 2020

27 April 2020

Congratulations to Dr David Bainbridge & Dr David Sargan on being one of the winners of The Pilkington Prize 2020!⠀ Head of Department, Professor James Wood says of David, “(He) makes major contributions to the teaching of the veterinary course, as well as the management and promotion of it. As well as covering a...

New study from the Transmissible Cancer Group reveals evolution of Tasmanian devil cancers

New grants awarded by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Two successful grant applications from PetPlan Charitable Trust

Congratulations to Phil Franklin on winning the ECVS residents forum prize

New grant awarded by Pets at Home

Grant awarded from The Urology Foundation

Cambridge’s global reputation in Veterinary Medicine recognised in REF 2021

Obituary - Professor Sir Peter Lachmann FRS FMedSci

Selfish mitochondria in a canine transmissible cancer

Dr David Sargan & Dr David Bainbridge - Winners of the Pilkington Teaching Prize 2020

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