Research Projects
We are funding ground-breaking projects to enhance our understanding of brain tumours, find better treatments and improve care. Bringing together scientists, clinicians and neurosurgeons from across Wales, we are working to improve outcomes for all brain tumour patients.
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A Feasibility Study of Advanced MRI in Paediatric Brain Tumours
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff & Vale UHB
Team
Dr Madeleine Adams
Characterising Telomere-Driven Genome Instability in Gliomas
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Harsh Bhatt
COMBaT: Core Outcomes to Measure clinical needs for people with primary Brain Tumours
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Stephanie Sivell
Identification of Novel Tumour-Associated Antigens in Glioblastoma to Improve Anti-Tumour T-Cell Responses
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Mathew Clement
Immunocompetent iPSC-Brain Organoids: The Dialogue Between Myeloid and Lymphoid Cells Within Glioblastoma Microenvironment
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Catia Neto
Iron Oxide Nanoplatforms as Novel Theranostics for Glioma Stem Cell Targeting and Immune Regulation
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Oommen Oommen
Repurposing Allosteric Modulators of Glutamate Signalling for Glioblastoma Therapy
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Florian Siebzehnrubl
Targeting Zinc Transporters in Glioblastoma: Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Delivery
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
A knockout screen for mediators of therapy resistance in glioblastoma
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Florian Siebzehnrubl
Targeting mTOR-Driven Brain Tumours with Ferroptosis-Inducing Functionalised Nanoparticles
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Professor Andy Tee
Transcriptional regulation of astrocyte-T cell immune interactions in glioblastoma
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Team
Dr Florian Siebzehnrubl
Local and sustained delivery of adjuvants to transform immunotherapies for brain cancers
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Cardiff University
Investigating the immunogenic effects of oleic acid on regulatory T-cell (Treg) differentiation in a patient-derived co-culture model of glioblastoma
Cancer Type
Brain
Location
Swansea University