Previous BNOS Conferences

 

BNOS 2021 Virtual Conference

Precision Medicine and the Future of Neuro-Oncology Practice
8 – 9 July 2021

With thanks to the LOC Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital/University of Birmingham, and Lead Victoria Wykes, and to Aesculap Academia.

Prizes

Congratulations to our BNOS 2021 prize winners:

Best Oral, Basic Science
Dr Chiara Bardella, Elevated 2HG does not cause features of tumorigenesis

Best Poster, Basic Science
Dr Ruichong Ma, Playing hide and seek with glioblastoma: Using epigenetic modulators to increase cancer testis and neoantigen expression

Best Oral, Clinical
Dr Juanita Lopez, Preliminary evidence of antitumour activity of Ipatasertib (Ipat) and Atezolizumab (ATZ) in glioblastoma patients (pts) with PTEN loss from the Phase 1 Ice-CAP trial (NCT03673787)

Best Poster, Clinical
Mr Agbolahan Sofela, Fibulin-2: A Novel Biomarker for Differentiating Grade II from Grade I Meningiomas

Young Investigator Award 2021

7 July 2021 Free Early Career Researcher Event

As part of the BNOS 2021 annual meeting, we ran a research workshop the day before the main conference. The theme of the workshop was ‘A Roadmap to Research Independence.’

The workshop was aimed at clinicians and non-clinical researchers applying for a fellowship in brain tumour research.

The objectives were to discuss:
1. How to develop the narrative of your research vision.
2. How to build a collaborative team and find mentors who will support you.
3. How to find the most appropriate funding scheme for your research.

 

September 2020

In place of the traditional annual BNOS meeting, in September 2020 BNOS held a free webinar and online research workshop:
– BNOS Webinar ‘Biomarkers in Neuro-Oncology’, 9 September 2020
– BNOS and CBTDDC Research Workshop ‘Translational Drug Delivery in Gliomas’, 10 September 2020

A full pdf copy of the event programme can be downloaded here
View talks, 9 Sept 2020 webinar: Biomarkers in Neuro-Oncology
View talks, 10 Sept 2020 research workshop: Translational Drug Delivery in Gliomas

Thank you to all those who attended our online events on 9-10 September 2020 and to all the sponsors who supported the event.

 

BNOS 2019

Prizes

At our BNOS 2019 meeting in London:

  • Pin-Hui Wu won best clinical oral prize for her presentation ‘Liquid biopsy in glioblastoma multiforme‘.
  • Harry Bulstrode won best scientific oral prize for his presentation ‘Characterising a SOX2+ OLIG2+ glioma stem cell using Crispr-engineered fluorescent reporters in primary patient-derived GBM and DIPG cells.‘
  • Marjorie Boissinot for her clinical poster presentation ‘Non-viral delivery of therapeutic microRNAs to glioma cells using chitosan nanocomplexes‘.
  • Katie Foot for her basic science poster presentation ‘Molecular pathophysiology of histone G34R mutated childhood brain tumours; towards the development of novel targeted therapies‘.

 

BNOS 2018

Prizes

At our BNOS 2018 meeting in Winchester:

  • Laurent James Livermore won best clinical oral prize for his presentation ‘Functionally guided supramaximal resection of IDH-wildtype glioblastomas and the effect on progression free survival.
  • Seamus Caragher won best scientific oral prize for his presentation ‘Epigenetic adaptation to therapy in glioblastoma: Popping the hood on therapeutic resistance’.
  • Markand Patel for his clinical poster presentation ‘Radiomic evaluation of treatment response in patients with glioblastoma: A pilot study‘.
  • Melanie Morrison for her basic science poster presentation ‘Characterization of radiotherapy-induced cerebral microbleeds with ultra-high field MRI: experience in young and adult brain tumour population‘.

 

BNOS 2017

Prizes

At our BNOS 2017 meeting in Edinburgh:

  • Sana Sharrack won best clinical oral prize for her presentation ‘The impact of visual impairment on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) scores in brain tumour patients‘.
  • Jignesh Tailor won best scientific oral prize for his presentation ‘A human iPS cell-based model of medulloblastoma demonstrates co-operativity between SHH signalling and mutation in an epigenetic modifier’.
  • Matthew Grech-Sollars for his poster presentation ‘18F-methylcholine PET/CT, in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging and tissue enzyme biomarkers of choline metabolism in primary brain gliomas‘.

 

BNOS 2016

Prizes

At our BNOS 2016 meeting in Leeds:

  • best oral presentation prize was awarded to Jason Adhikaree (University of Nottingham)
  • best clinical poster prize was awarded to Ingela Oberg (Cambridge University Hospital Addenbrookes)
  • best scientific poster prize was awarded to Ciara Moriconi (University of Cardiff)

 

BNOS 2015

At our BNOS 2015 meeting in Nottingham best presentation and poster prizes were awarded to:

  • Ruman Rahman (University of Nottingham)
  • Matt Baker (University of Strathclyde)
  • Rebecca Lewis (N Bristol NHS Trust)
  • Kate Hollingshead (University of Birmingham)
  • Durga Sabnis (Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre, Nottingham)

Updated: October 2021