The Institute was held the inaugural lectures of recently promoted Professor Georges Lacaud and Professor Angeliki Malliri in October this year. The event was chaired by Professor Paul Coulthard in his capacity as Faculty Vice Dean and Head of the School of Medical Sciences. The formal event was supported by MCRC Director Rob Bristow, Head of Division of Cancer Sciences Tim Illidge, as well as our own Caroline Dive and Caroline Springer.

Georges Lacaud has based his career in the field of haematopoietic development and blood cancer. He leads the Stem Cell Biology group at the Institute and delivered his Professorial Inaugural Lecture" From Gene Therapy to Stem Cell Biology", where he gave an interesting overview to his research career to date, highlighting the beginning in his home country of France at University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg and his all-important move as CRUK Group Leader at Manchester.

Angeliki Malliri has focused her research on the RHO GTPases and leads the Cell Signalling group at the Institute. She presented her Professorial Inaugural Lecture on "My TIAM investigating how cells move". Angeliki started her career in her home nation of Greece before arriving in Manchester via a stint as a postdoctoral research fellow at NKI in the Netherlands.

We warmly congratulate both Georges and Angeliki on their well-deserved promotion to Professorship.