Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre

Phone+44(0) 131 777 3500, +44(0) 131 777 3520

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EH4 2XR
United Kingdom

Organisation profile

The Edinburgh Cancer Centre is a former centre in the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC) at The University of Edinburgh

Catherine Adam
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
- School of Genetics and Cancer - Chemistry Lab Manager
Person: Academic: Research Active (Research Assistant)
Ahsan Akram
- School of Regeneration and Repair - Personal Chair of Thoracic Oncology and Imaging
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre - Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist
- Centre for Inflammation Research
Person: Academic: Research Active (Research Assistant)
Morven Allan
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
- School of Genetics and Cancer - ECAT Clinical Lecturer
Person: Academic: Research Active

UK participation in the UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme for mismatch repair immunohistochemistry: insights from the last decade: Changes in MMR IHC in UK NEQAS
Farmkiss, L. A., Dodson, A., Parry, S., James, M. L., Frayling, I. M. & Arends, M. J., 19 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Clinical Pathology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
CARMN fusions and PDGFRB mutations highlight key differences amongst cutaneous tumors with myopericytic differentiation
Del Castillo Velasco-Herrera, M., Cheema, S., Wong, K., Billington, J., Vermes, I., Anderson, E., Ferla, E., Harms, P. W., de Saint Aubain, N., Clarke, E. L., Merchant, W., Alomari, A. K., Rajan, N., Ferguson, P. M., Weigelt, M., Monteagudo, C., Billings, S. D., Arends, M. J., Ferreira, I. & Brenn, T. & 2 others, van der Weyden, L. & Adams, D. J., 14 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access
File
Identification of drug candidates against glioblastoma with machine learning and high-throughput screening of heterogeneous cellular models
Smer-Barreto, V., Elliott, R., Dawson, J. C., Lorente-Macías, Á., Furqan, M., Unciti-Broceta, A., Oyarzún, D. & Carragher, N., 13 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Digital Discovery.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File

12 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
9 Participation in conference
3 Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
3 Membership of external research organisation
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Twenty years’ experience of immature testicular tissue cryopreservation: results from international ORCHID-NET survey.
Duffin, K. (Speaker)
18 Jun 2023
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
The effect of cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide in childhood on subsequent male fertility and reproductive function: a systematic review.
Duffin, K. (Speaker), Mitchell, R. (Supervisor) & Roberts, C. (Contributor)
10 Jan 2023 → 13 Jan 2023
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
XXXVII Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry
Unciti-Broceta, A. (Invited speaker)
29 May 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

AACR Scholar-in-Training Susan G Koman Award
Turnbull, A. (Recipient), 6 Dec 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Student Poster Presentation
Chow, S. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Student Poster Presentation
Chow, S. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

2 Active
170 Finished

Use of commercially available antibiotic, Nifuroxazide for targeting melanoma cancer stem cells
Sarvi, S. (Researcher)
10/03/16 → …
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Kinross Council conference award-£2400
Stark, L. (Principal Investigator)
14/05/14 → …
Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)
Using long-read sequencing to reveal clinically relevant structural variation in formalin-fixed cancer samples
Bendixsen, D. (Principal Investigator), Bendixsen, D. (Principal Investigator), Semple, C. (Principal Investigator), Semple, C. (Principal Investigator) & Gourley, C. (Co-investigator)
Tenovus Scotland
1/10/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Research

Nanostring data Robertson et al. re interaction between FOXG1 and Wnt/ß-catenin signalling
Robertson, F. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 7 Apr 2023
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3835
Dataset
Patient derived cancer-associated fibroblasts from non-small cell lung cancer undergo phenotypic drift in culture
Akram, A. (Creator), Dorward, D. (Creator), Koppensteiner, L. (Creator), O'Connor, R. (Creator), Jones, P. (Creator) & Mathieson, L. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 14 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.7488/ds/7767
Dataset
Supplementary Files for Re-Generating Manual Analyses in 'GelGenie: an AI-powered framework for gel electrophoresis image analysis'
Aquilina, M. (Creator), Wu, N. (Creator), Kwan, K. (Creator), Bušić, F. (Creator), Dodd, J. (Creator), Nicolás-Sáenz, L. (Creator), O'Callaghan, A. (Creator), Bankhead, P. (Creator) & Dunn, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 6 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14827469
Dataset

Cancer Research UK and British Heart Foundation warn Prime Minister they may have to cut £200m from research funding
Gourley, C.
7/07/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Doctors missed Alex's ovarian cancer for two years (now she's raising cash for research)
Gourley, C.
9/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Scotland backs AZs Lynparza for first-line ovarian cancer maintenance
Gourley, C.
11/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research