Current research projects
All the research we support is funded entirely by public donations. To date, we are funding twenty seven projects with a total value of £4 million. These are focused on an early diagnostic test and the development and monitoring of new treatments.
Grants made in 2012 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Caroline Dive Project Title: Development of blood-borne biomarkers for improving treatment selection for pancreatic cancer patients |
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Pricipal Applicant: Professor Lindy Durrant Project Title: Characterisation of novel anti-glycan mAbs targeting pancreatic cancer |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Thorsten Hagemann Project Title: Defining the role of regulatory B cells in pancreatic cancer |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. John Marshall Project Title: Using Transgenic Mouse Models to Develop Integrin avb6-Targeted Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Stephen Pereira Project Title: Targeting tumour metabolomics: a novel strategy for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Yaohe Wang Project Title: Development of a Novel Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer using Lister Strain Vaccinia Virus Armed with a Hypoxia-Regulated Immunostimulatory Gene, Interleukin-12 |
Grants made in 2011 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Eithne Costello Project Title: Involvement of microRNAs in the activation of cancer-associated pancreatic stellate cells. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Marco Falasca Project Title: ABC transporters autocrine loop inhibition to treat pancreatic cancer. More information... |
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Project Title: Improved virotherapy for integrin-expressing pancreatic cancers. More information... |
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Project Title: Evaluation of the role of ΔNp63α in a new transgenic mouse model that mimics a highly aggressive subtype of human pancreatic cancer. More information... |
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Project Title: The design and development of novel agents for the treatment of chemoresistant pancreatic cancer. More information... |
Grants made in 2010 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Marco Falasca Project Title: Identification of potential novel therapeutic agents for pancreatic cancer. |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Anthony Magee Institution:Imperial College London
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Principal Applicant: Professor Jeff Evans Project Title: In vivo evaluation of Src kinase inhibition as adjuvant therapy following pancreatic cancer resection. More information... |
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Project Title: Enhancing oncolytic adenovirus efficacy in pancreatic cancer by switching tumour-associated macrophages. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Dr Claire Wells Project Title: PAK family kinases in pancreatic cancer – a study of therapeutic potential. More information... |
Grants made in 2009 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Gunnel Halldén Project Title: Targeting pancreatic cancer with oncolytic virotherapy and cytotoxic drugs. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Mr. Hemant Kocher Project Title: FGF Signalling in pancreatic cancer. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Lindy Durrant Project Title: Glycolipids as targets for therapeutic anti-tumour monoclonal antibodies for treatment of pancreatic cancer. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Yaohe Wang Project Title: Novel therapy for pancreatic cancer using a Lister strain vaccinia virus armed with Interleukin-10. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Marco Falasca Project Title: Investigation of mechanisms regulating phosphoinositide 3-kinase expression in pancreatic cancer. More information... |
Grants made in 2008 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic Project Title: Discovery and validation of urinary peptides for non-invasive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Azeem Saleem Project Title: Pilot study to evaluate the pathological basis and utility of FLT-PET/CT and FDG-PET/CT in therapy development in pancreatic cancer. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. John Marshall Project Title: Development of imaging and therapy of pancreatic cancer by targeting the integrin αvβ6. More information... |
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Principal Applicant: Professor Marco Falasca Project Title: Role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase class ΙB in human pancreatic cancer. More information... |
Grants made in 2007 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Eithne Costello Project Title: Crosstalk between pancreatic cancer cells and tumour infiltrating monocytes: role in invasion and potential for therapeutic exploitation. More information... |
Grants made in 2006 Award Round |
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Principal Applicant: Dr. Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic Project Title: The role of S100PBPR in early pancreatic cancer development. More information... |
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