Research projects

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

Complete Germany

Oral cancer

Can we starve oral cancer to stop it spreading to other organs?

This project hopes to discover how to cut of cancer’s energy supply so it can’t spread, making it easier to treat and improving  outcomes for patients.

Researcher: Dr Michaela Frye

Starving cancer to stop metastasis
Jo K Perry in the lab

Active New Zealand

General cancer research

Do growth hormones hold the key to making radiotherapy better?

Radiotherapy doesn’t work for all cancer patients so this project hopes to kickstart a new drug that could work in combination to improve patient outcomes.

Researcher: Dr Jo K Perry

Developing a new class of anti-cancer drug

Complete Italy

Pancreatic cancer

How do the ‘brain’ and the ‘powerhouse’ of cancer cells talk?

This project hopes to find vital clues towards much needed new cures for pancreatic cancer by finding out more about the communication within cancer cells.

Researcher: Dr Alessandro Carrer

Studying communication between the powerhouse and the brain of the cell to stop cancer growth
Maite Huarte in the lab

Complete Spain

Bowel cancer

Can we find new cures for hard-to-treat bowel cancer?

Sometimes cancer treatment stops working if cancers become resistant to therapy so this team hope to improve survival rates by exploring potential new drugs.

Researcher: Dr Maite Huarte

Identifying new therapeutic approaches for treatment-resistant bowel cancer

Complete Spain

General cancer research

Do cancer cells undergo ‘peer pressure’ and can we stop it?

Stopping cancer spreading makes it easier to treat, so this project hopes to discover the processes involved in cancer spreading and find clues for new cures.

Researcher: Dr Toni Celià-Terrassa

Peer pressure: how cancer cells spread and how to stop them