Research projects

Ruth Ganss Teamshot

Complete Australia

Melanoma

Can our blood vessels help immunotherapy work better for melanoma?

Immunotherapy has helped improve melanoma survival rates but it doesn’t work for everyone so this project hopes to find ways for more patients to benefit.

Researcher: Professor Ruth Ganss

Improving the effect of immunotherapies for melanoma skin cancer
Peter Sarkies Headshot

Complete United Kingdom

General cancer research

What cancers will respond best to treatments that damage their DNA?

Researchers hope to discover which cancers are likely to respond best to different treatment options, to improve patient outcomes in the future.

Researcher: Dr Peter Sarkies

Epigenetics – exploring one of cancer’s weak spots
Mariona Graupera Headshot

Active Spain

Prostate cancer

How can healthy cells contribute to aggressive prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer can be very hard to treat when found at a later stage so this project hopes to pave the way towards future cures for these more aggressive cancers.

Researcher: Dr Mariona Graupera

How can healthy cells contribute to aggressive prostate cancer?
Tim Elliott and Team

Active United Kingdom

General cancer research

Can we predict which patients will respond to immunotherapy?

This project hopes to open up exciting possibilities for personalised cancer treatment by finding how to predict which patients will respond best to treatment.

Researcher: Professor Tim Elliott

Finding ways to predict which patients will respond to immunotherapy
Richard Jenner Headshot

Active United Kingdom

Lymphoma

Can we find a way to switch anti-cancer genes back on?

This project will explore a cancer mutation which could be key to finding  new way stop cancer progressing, opening the door to future new treatments.

Researcher: Professor Richard Jenner

A new way to switch anti-cancer genes back on
Darran Oconnor Headshot

Complete Ireland

Breast cancer

How can we start new cures for invasive lobular breast cancer?

This project hopes to pave the way towards more treatment options for patients with a type of breast cancer which often becomes resistant to current therapies.

Researcher: Professor Darran O'Connor

Finding a new treatment for invasive lobular breast cancer
Chiara Di Malta and Team

Complete Italy

Kidney cancer

How can we stop an inherited syndrome causing kidney cancer?

This project hopes to kickstart a new way to prevent kidney cancer developing by better understanding the process that puts some families at a higher risk.

Researcher: Dr Chiara Di Malta

Trying to stop the development of kidney cancer in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Renata Basto in the lab

Complete France

Ovarian cancer

How can we help chemotherapy work better for ovarian cancer?

By better understanding how cancer progresses and responds to treatment this research team hope to improve outcomes for ovarian cancer patients. 

Researcher: Dr Renata Basto

Understanding ovarian cancer progression and response to chemotherapy
Lee Wong and Team

Complete Australia

General cancer research

How do cancer cells avoid death and can we reverse this?

This project is trying to better understand certain cancer mutations in the hope of discovering clues towards new treatments for a range of cancer types.

Researcher: Dr Lee Wong

Finding new treatment targets by tackling cancer’s immortality