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The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research

The Mellanby Centre combines a world-class translational programme of basic and clinical bone research with a wide-ranging and comprehensive remit.

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About the Mellanby Centre

Learn more about the Mellanby Centre, as well as its research aims and key members of staff.

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Mellanby 14th Annual Research Day

The University’s Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research held its annual meeting in March, with 100 delegates attending. The feedback indicated that the attendees found this a great opportunity to network and hear about research in bone and join
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£1 million funding boost for research into preventing breast cancer recurrence

Researchers working to understand why some breast cancers come back years later and form incurable secondary tumours, have received a £1 million funding boost.
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Professor Enrico Dall'Ara elected President of the European Society of Biomechanics

Professor Enrico Dall'Ara, from the University of Sheffield's School of Medicine and Population Health, has been elected President of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB).

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Congratulations to Dr Alanna Green on her Welcome Trust Career Development Award and Yorkshire Cancer Research Fellowship

Dr Alanna Green has been awarded an eight-year Wellcome Trust Career Development Award for £2.34M for "discovering the secrets of cancer dormancy in bone." She has also been awarded a £500k Fellowship from Yorkshire Cancer Research.

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