News Archive - MELGEN

NewsOctober 20, 2017

Lifetime Achievement Award for MELGEN Principal Coordinator at SMR Congress 2017

It has been an excellent Society for Melanoma Research (SMR) Congress for MELGEN this year. The 14th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research which this year was a joint meeting with the 9th World Congress of Melanoma was held in Brisbane, Australia, from 18th to the 21stRead More

NewsJuly 26, 2017

MELGEN researcher Sabrina Schindler awarded EADO poster prize in Athens

One of our MELGEN researchers has received a prestigious award for her research! In May, Sabrina Schindler, a MELGEN researcher studying in Zurich, Switzerland, attended the 13th Congress of the European Association of Dermato Oncology held in Athens, Greece. Whilst there Sabrina presented a poster showing her research workRead More

NewsMarch 30, 2017

Leeds and Essen Researchers take part in Be Curious 2017

On the 25th March 2017 MELGEN’s researchers from Leeds and Essen joined forces with Cancer Research UK, the UKs leading cancer charity, and took part in Be Curious 2017 at Leeds University. Part of the annual Leeds Festival of Science, Be Curious is a day when the University ofRead More

NewsJune 1, 2016

Leeds University welcomes ESRs

This year annual GenoMEL scientific meeting was held in Leeds, UK in April and 17 MELGEN Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) who are spread across Europe joined 60 other delegates to find out about the latest melanoma research. During the meeting PhD students presented their projects and preliminary data duringRead More

NewsJanuary 26, 2016

MELGEN Training Commences…

On Monday 18th January 16 of the MELGEN students gathered in Leiden ready to embark on what will be the first of many training events designed to turn these young scientists into outstanding researchers. In a packed programme of learning spanning 10 days they are taking part in aRead More