Dr Helen Kalirai BSc. PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Eye & Vision Sciences
- Work email H.Kalirai@liverpool.ac.uk
Research
Research Grants
To address DNA repair mechanisms in uveal melanoma
ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS (UK)
October 2015 - March 2020
Joint PhD Studentship Between University of Szegad, Hungary and the University of Liverpool - Study to Investigate Tumour Associated Macrophages
ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS (UK)
October 2015 - March 2019
Exosome biogenesis: the role of sortilin in cancer development and progression
NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH INCORPORATING CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER RESEARCH (UK)
January 2016 - April 2019
Investigating in vivo resistance mechanisms to MEK inhibitors in uveal melanoma to enable novel combinatorial therapies.
NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH INCORPORATING CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER RESEARCH (UK)
March 2016 - May 2019
Kinome-wide analysis of KRASand MYC driven cancer cell models exposed to clinical kinase and bromodomain inhibitors
NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH INCORPORATING CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER RESEARCH (UK)
September 2014 - August 2017
Molecular characteristics of metastatic liver lesions in uveal melanoma: the search for therapeutic targets.
ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS (UK)
January 2012 - March 2024
Bench fees for Rasha Swadi
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ MINISTRY OF EDUCATION🚩
October 2014 - September 2018
Biosample collection from the SUAVE trial in uveal melanoma – TRANS-SUAVE
CANCER RESEARCH UK (UK)
November 2010 - October 2013
Research Collaborations
Mersey Academic Plastic Surgery Group
Internal
Examining the role and function of inhibitory isoforms of VEGF in ocular melanoma
Professor Henrik Vorum
External: Aarhus University
Proteomic studies using specimens from uveal melanoma patients of high and low risk
Professor Graham Williams
External: Imperial College London
Collaborative research investigating the biological effects of the different thyroid hormone receptor isoforms on longitudinal bone growth