Her
Majesty the Queen
Cancer
Research UK Cambridge Research Institute
|
Her Majesty the Queen visited the Addenbrooke's campus on Friday
2 February as a guest of the University of Cambridge and Cancer Research
UK
(CRUK)
to open the new CRUK European headquarters.
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research
Institute is housed in the recently completed Li Ka Shing Centre
on the Addenbrooke’s
Hospital site in Cambridge. The Queen, who is patron
of the charity, was accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and the multi-millionaire
businessman Sir Ka-shing Li, Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd who
helped fund the centre.
More than 300 scientists in up to thirty research groups
will be based at the institute. They will be led by Professor Bruce
Ponder, Director and Li Ka Shing Professor of Oncology, whose research
covers the genetics of breast cancer, and Professor Fiona Watt, Deputy
Director, who studies the link between stem cells and cancer. Other
research at the Institute will range from cell biology to imaging
and experimental medicine.
Professor Ponder said: “The Cancer Research UK
Cambridge Research Institute, based in the magnificent Li Ka Shing
Centre, gives us an exciting opportunity to harness the scientific
strengths of Cambridge to solve the practical problems of diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of cancer. We have recruited world class
scientists who will do fundamental research into how cancers develop,
and turn the results of this research into practical benefits for
patients.”
David Newbigging, chairman of Cancer Research UK, said
it was the largest new cancer research centre in the UK for 40 years,
and pledged to uphold the charity's motto, "Together we will
beat cancer."
For more information about the Institute visit: www.cambridgecancer.org.uk
|
