Events

Centre for Science and Policy Distinguished Lecture give by Professor Ben Martin. Post-lecture drinks reception and networking.

Venue: Buckingham House, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

The conference is designed for human geneticists, genomic scientists, researchers, physicians and health care professionals of all disciplines interested in the future of medicine, especially with respect to individualized therapies.

The Neurosciences Institute Auditorium, San Diego, California

Biological samples are being increasingly collected and banked as part of clinical trials, this workshop will be of practical value to those planning or currently managing a clinical trial or the sample collection / biobank aspect of a trial.
 
Contributors include: Professor Tim Maughan, University of Cardiff;  Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Chair National Cancer Research Institute;  Professor Chris Womack, AstraZeneca;  Dr James Brenton, University of Cambridge

Who should attend: Primary investigators (clinicians or scientists), clinical trials network staff, clinical trials unit staff, NHS R&D managers, tissue bank administrators / managers / technical staff, pathologists, patients, patient advocates, ethicists, regulators, and funders of research and infrastructure or anyone else involved in the collection, storage and use of human biological samples in clinical research.
 
NB. The Royal College of Pathologists has awarded 5 CPD credits to this meeting.

A roadshow of one-day workshops entitled Ethical Principles Relating to Consent for Use of Anonymised Samples in Research which will be held in a number of locations across the UK during 2010. The workshop programme has been developed as a collaboration between onCore UK and the National Research Ethics Service (NRES), and is aimed at a broad research audience including Researchers, R&D officers/managers and REC Members and Co-ordinators. Workshops are planned in London, Scotland, South-West, Central and North-East England. Each workshop will follow the same programme content although individual speakers may vary. We will send out a notice for each meeting as the date is confirmed. The London workshop will be held on Tuesday 16th March 2010. .