Volume 7:                                                                                                                                                     March  2008 Dear Colleague, Welcome to the March issue of "Research Updates" from Cancer Research Ireland.   If you know of any funding opportunities or articles of interest to the research community in Ireland, please feel free to forward these for inclusion in the next issue. Best wishes Patrick Corley - Cancer Research Officer :: In this issue  : PhD opportunities : Cancer 08 Conference : Culture Health Research : : Diary dates : Recent publications :Focus on People : Diet & Cancer : :: Upcoming meetings and conferences Access Science 2008 - UCD O'Reilly Hall 3 March 2008. Access Science is a competition where UCD Conway research students try to explain their work without the jargon to the general public. Since its inception in 1997, this event has expanded and now extends to adults, to secondary students who attend the matinee show and enter the poster competition and primary students who are invited to participate in the Access Science poster competition. [link 1] [link 2] Introduction to Genomics & Transcriptomics Course - Dublin 5 & 12 March 2008 (0930 - 1230 each day). Applications are currently invited for this DMMC Course. Please visit [link] for more information and to apply online. Venue: UCD Conway Institute NCI Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) Workshop - Bethesda, MD, U.S.A 16 - 20 March 2008. Abstracts for Poster Presentations are now being accepted. For additional details, please visit [link] or contact Dr. Sudhir Srivastava at [email]  Wales Cancer Conference 2008 - Cardiff 30 April - 1 May 2008 . Bringing together researchers, clinicians, nurses, policy makers and patients this conference aims to promote the excellent research being conducted in Wales and to highlight issues relating to policy-making, resources and services for people affected by cancer in the principality. To register on-line or for further conference information please visit [link] (Early bird registration deadline: 31 March 2008). Online-abstract submission (abstract submission deadline: 29 February 2008)  Cancer 2008 - Dublin Castle 8 - 9 May 2008. Cancer 2008 Conference, St. James's Hospital In collaboration with The Health Service Executive Regional Oncology Programme Office and the National Cancer Institute. For more information please contact  [email]  :: Funding announcements PhD scholars programme in Cancer Biology - University College Cork Applications are invited from high calibre students for a four year integrated PhD Scholars programme in Cancer Biology that aims to train Scholars to the highest international PhD standard. This prestigious programme funded by the Health Research Board of Ireland will have an intake of six students per year. The underlying research theme of the programme is Signalling Systems and Gene Regulation in Cancer, with emphasis on fundamental processes driving the genesis and progression of virtually all cancers. For more information please see [link]  The studentship will include a stipend of _18,000 per annum for four years plus tuition fees (EU level).  These should be sent by email to [email] and will be accepted until 29th February, 2008.   PhD Opportunities at RCSI HRB-funded PhD Scholars Programme in Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Human Disease. This structured PhD programme, funded by HRB is now recruiting its second intake of scholars. The programme brings together the complementary skills of researches from RCSI, Beaumont Hospital and Dublin City University in the themed area of Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Human Disease. For further information see [link] Email applications by Friday 7th March 2008 to [email]   PhD Scholars Programme - Health Services Research Centred, Integrated healthcare: from research to policy and practice. This structured PhD programme has an annual intake of postgraduate Scholars. Its establishment in 2007 was possible through funding from the Health Research Board. The programme is a joint initiative of senior academic staff from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork. They constitute a grouping called the Health Services Research Institute. The Programme theme is _Integrated healthcare: from research to policy and practice_. For further information see [link]. Email applications only, by Friday 18th April 2008 to [email]  Health Services and Social Care Research Applications are invited for project funding under the HRB Partnership Awards scheme, which promotes high-quality research and a partnership approach to addressing important health and social care questions on this island. The closing date for applications is Friday 18 April 2008 at 5pm. For more information please follow this link. [link]. Breast Cancer Campaign small pilot grant applications Breast Cancer Campaign funds innovative world-class research throughout the UK and has recently extended its award schemes to scientists in the Republic of Ireland. The Charity is now inviting applications for small pilot grants, to be awarded in May 2008. For further information and an application form, visit our website at [link] or click on the apply for a grant [link]. The closing date for applications is 14 March 2008.  SFI Principal Investigator Programme 2008 Science Foundation Ireland currently accepts applications for the Principal Investigator Programme Grant under a rolling call. SFI wishes to notify all interested parties that the Foundation will be moving to a fixed deadline call for this programme in 2008. For further details please visit [link] Letters of Intent are now invited for the Nanosci-E+ Transnational Call Letters of Intent are now invited for the Nanosci-E+ Transnational Call. NanoSci-E+ is a body created specifically for the implementation of a transnational call for collaborative proposals in nanoscience. See full details on this call at: [link] Palliative Care Provision and Non-Malignant disease Research Awards The Irish Hospice Foundation welcomes research applications specifically relating to the following areas: Palliative care provision and non-malignant disease and Quality systems in hospice and palliative care. Details of the 2007 IHF procedure can be viewed at this web page [link]. :: Web sites - News - Articles - Reports What is ACORRN ? The Academic Clinical Oncology and Radiobiology Research Network (ACORRN) is a National Cancer Research Institute initiative, funded by Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the Department of Health. The aim of ACORRN is to help revitalise radiotherapy and radiobiology research in the UK by networking and supporting individuals and groups, developing an integrated strategy and infrastructure to support this. For further information visit [link] Biobank to help future generations More than 7,500 people in Wales have joined a unique project to help protect the health of future generations. Biobank Cymru, part of a wider UK initiative, is seeing about 500 people a week, all of whom have donated blood and urine in the hope that their samples could hold the key to a major breakthrough in the treatment of common diseases in decades to come. The Biobank initiative aims to recruit about 500,000 people, aged between 40 and 69, all over the UK, to try to discover how health is influenced by lifestyle, environment and genes. [link]   SFI launches 2008 Strategic Research Cluster Programme The SFI Strategic Research Cluster programme is designed to facilitate the collaboration of outstanding researchers from academia and industry to carry out joint research activities in areas of strategic importance to Ireland. Further details regarding this program are now available for viewing on the SFI website at [link] Website updated: WCRF/AICR Expert Report on diet, physical activity and cancer The Second Expert Report website, launched on 31 October 2007 and featuring the WCRF/AICR Expert Report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, has been updated.You can access the website at [link] Announcing 2008 Gordon Research Conferences The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies. For further information visit [link] :: Recent Published works from Irish Researchers 1: Glynn SA, O'Sullivan D, Eustace AJ, Clynes M, O'Donovan N. The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, simvastatin, lovastatin and mevastatin inhibit proliferation and invasion of melanoma cells. BMC Cancer. 2008 Jan 16;8(1):9 PMID: 18199328  2: O'Leary N, Tiernan E. Survey of specialist palliative care services for noncancer patients in Ireland and perceived barriers Palliat Med. 2008 Jan;22(1):77-83. PMID: 18216080  3: Connolly D, Black A, Gavin A, Keane PF, Murray LJ. Baseline Prostate-Specific Antigen Level and Risk of Prostate Cancer and Prostate-Specific Mortality: Diagnosis Is Dependent on the Intensity of Investigation. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Feb 4; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18250343  4: O'Leary N, Tiernan E.  Survey of specialist palliative care services for noncancer patients in Ireland and perceived barriers Palliat Med. 2008 Jan;22(1):77-83. PMID: 18216080 5: Moore T, Brennan P, Becker N, de Sanjosé S, Maynadié M, Foretova L, Cocco P, Staines A, Nieters A, Font R, Mannetje A, Benhaim-Luzon V, Boffetta P. Occupational exposure to meat and risk of lymphoma: a multicenter case-control study from Europe. Int J Cancer. 2007 Dec 15;121(12):2761-6. PMID: 17691115 6: Fleming I, Monaghan P, Gavin A, O'Neill C. Factors influencing hospital costs of lung cancer patients in Northern Ireland. Eur J Health Econ. 2008 Feb;9(1):79-86. Epub 2007 Mar 31. PMID: 17401593  :: Focus on People     Dr Sinead Donohue  Dr Donohue is a specialist registrar in Public Health Medicine working with the Department of Public Health in Ireland, she has worked in a variety of settings including overseas and for several years with the Asylum Seeker Health Screening Service in the former NAHB and ECAHB. Dr. Donohue is presently conducting research in order to assess the training needs of the clinicians with regard to cultural competence.  This is an important area as it is believed that there are over 450,000 nonnationals living in Ireland presently.  The research aims to explore the communication difficulties that can arise for healthcare professionals when interacting with patients from a different cultural background, and the negative impact that this can have on patient outcomes. She is seeking assistance of  clinical staff with this research by means of an anonymous questionnaire which take about 15 minutes to complete [Take Survey] or for more information about this work, please email Sinead directly [email]    :: Diary dates : : March : :   3 March 2008 - AccesScience '08 - UCD O'Reilly Hall [link] 13 - 14 March 2008. International Neuroimmunology Symposium [link] 5 & 12 March 2008 Introduction to Genomics & Transcriptomics [link]  16 - 20 March 2008. NCI (EDRN) Workshop - Bethesda, MD, U.S.A [link]  : : April : :   17 April 2008. 1st Irish Proteomics Workshop - Conway Institute, UCD [link] 17 - 19 April 2008.  Days of Molecular Medicine 2008: Cognitive Dysfunction in Disease - Mechanisms and Therapies- Stockholm, Sweden [link] 30 April - 1 May 2008. Wales Cancer Conference 2008 - Cardiff [link] : : May : :   8 - 9 May 2008.  Cancer 2008 conference - Dublin [link] : : June : :   10 - 13 June 2008.  EORTC course: Clinical Trial Statistics for Non Statisticians - Brussels [link] :: About Cancer Research Ireland Cancer Research Ireland (CRI) is the research division of the Irish Cancer Society. CRI is the largest single voluntary funder of cancer research in Ireland. Currently we are investing Euro 2.6 million in hospitals and universities throughout Ireland. All research funded by CRI is evaluated by independent national and international cancer experts. Our aims are: * To grow and develop the cancer research climate in Ireland, to ultimately result in cancer prevention, better patient care, and the development of new therapies for cancer. * CRI aim to raise the profile of cancer research so that every person in Ireland realises the importance of cancer research for their future health. * CRI aim to cultivate and advocate for a research driven environment for clinicians. * CRI aim to increase resources available for cancer research in Ireland from all sources, by advocacy and partnership building Cancer Research Ireland is the research division of the Irish Cancer Society
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