CRUK Cambridge Centre: Fundamental Cancer Biology
@CRUKCamCellBio
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Tweeting about fundamental cancer biology research, education and events from the Fundamental Biology of Cancer Programme at the CRUK Cambridge Centre.
Cambridge, England
Joined March 2018
As part of our PPI activities, @crukcamcentre supported the annual Paediatric Oncology Activity Day organised by the paediatric haematology and oncology team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital @CUH_NHS. https://t.co/oS05NFTS4r
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📢 Last call for the EMBL International PhD Programme summer recruitment! This is a fully funded PhD programme fostering creative approaches to questions in the molecular life sciences. Join us promoting scientific excellence throughout Europe. Apply now! https://t.co/ieXEVcr6Pt
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Delighted that our team FORTESSA is a finalist for the @CancerGrand Challenge. @sangerinstitute @Cambridge_Uni
Congratulations to the Cambridge researchers shortlisted in this year’s @CancerGrand Challenges on #WorldCancerResearchDay! They’ll now compete for up to £20m to tackle cancer’s toughest challenges: https://t.co/4CPL9mozry
#CancerGrandChallenges
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📢 Today is the first ever #CancerCachexiaAwarenessDay! Cachexia is a wasting syndrome that causes people with cancer to lose weight & muscle even when eating normally. Find out more on the @CR_UK website ➡️ https://t.co/WaslL2hYj8
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💜Our Patient Perspective Series is live now!💜 In collaboration with the #ElizabethCotemanFund, this series is created by patients for patients, carers, families, and anyone wanting to better understand the human side of #PancreaticCancer. Have a read👉 https://t.co/fb7gfmPxJE
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Curious how cancer research turns into new treatments? Join @CambridgeECMC Experimental Cancer Medicine Demystified for expert talks & patient stories. 📅 Fri 3rd Oct 📍Cambridge or online Register: 👉 https://t.co/Vcw0tyhqx3 (in person) 👉 https://t.co/AcPOd2GQf7 (online)
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In Cambridge, patients & families are co-driving childhood cancer research – shaping priorities & ensuring it meets real-world needs. 🙌 Join our PPI network 👉 https://t.co/6HcXKjIfn9 or email ctya.ppie@cancer.cam.ac.uk #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #CCAM25 @CRUKCamCTYA
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Congratulations to the Cambridge researchers shortlisted in this year’s @CancerGrand Challenges on #WorldCancerResearchDay! They’ll now compete for up to £20m to tackle cancer’s toughest challenges: https://t.co/4CPL9mozry
#CancerGrandChallenges
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 💛 Cancer is different in children and young people, so it needs a different and dedicated approach. We partner with other charities, funders and people affected by these cancers across the UK and around the world – learn more 👇
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A huge well done to our Programme Managers who ran the Cambridge @CR_UK @raceforlife yesterday! 🙌
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Join @CRUKCamCellBio for their next Precision Pints with talks from Debasmita Mukherjee and Dr Kevin Gori! 📅 Mon 9 June, 7-8.30pm 📍 Panton Arms, CB2 1HL 🍕 Pizza provided Book your free ticket here: https://t.co/dJgMCKpSeh
@CRUK_CI @tcgcambridge
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Short talks and pizzas provided by the Fundamental Biology of Cancer Programme at the Panton Arms, a great way to share science!
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Well done to our Programme Manager El for completing the ZigZag Easter Challenge—her first ultra marathon, running 50k! 🙌🏃 El and Claire are running monthly for a year to raise funds for @CR_UK. Support them here: https://t.co/isR0YwGJpd
@CRUKCamCellBio @CRUKCamImaging
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Join us in June!! 👇🏼
Join @CRUKCamCellBio for the next Precision Pints! Join for a talk from Dr Richard Baird and Prof Jason Carroll on the PIONEER trial. 📅 Mon 30 June, 7-8.30pm 📍 Panton Arms, CB2 1HL 🍕 Pizza provided Book your free ticket here: https://t.co/ilhJNguUpH
@CamBiochem @JCarrollLab
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Really enjoyed discussing our recent findings and thoughts on cancer immunity on the Mind and Matter podcast @trikomes @CRUKCamCentre
"Can Aspirin Prevent Cancer Metastasis? | Rahul Roychoudhuri | 216" Full video version below. Wider release next week. Key Takeaways: The immune system constantly surveils and eliminates early cancer cells, but surviving cancers evolve to dodge detection. Inflammation can
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Thank you to everyone who stopped by our ‘Get Hands-On with Cancer’ zone at the on the 22 March for the @Cambridge_Fest.🎉🔬We had an incredible 1,250 visitors at the @CAST_Education! We had a great time meeting families, sparking curiosity & making cancer research interactive.💡
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Well done Claire for running 10k at the ZigZag Challenge last week! 🎉 Claire and El, two of our Programme Managers, are running 12 x 10k runs in 12 months to raise money for @CR_UK. 🙌 Support them to reach their goal: https://t.co/LgL22j7RyQ
@CRUKCamImaging @CRUKCamCellBio
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Halfway there!🏅 Our incredible Programme Managers, Claire and El, are smashing their 10K challenge. They've been running 10K every month for the past 6 months—just 6 more to go! 🙌 Want to support them in raising money for @CR_UK? Donate here: https://t.co/EftwJQJMth 💙
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Thrilled to share new work led by @JieYang437 in the lab published today in @Nature. We find that Aspirin prevents metastasis by releasing T cells from immune suppression by platelet TXA2. @Cambridge_Uni @CRUKCamCentre
https://t.co/dO2v0GWKAn
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@JieYang437 is first author.
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Read about one of our programme leaders’ lab @RoychoudhuriLab latest publication 👇🏼
Scientists at @Cambridge_Uni have uncovered how aspirin may prevent some cancers from spreading. This discovery supports clinical trials and could lead to targeted therapies for cancer metastasis. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/EPl7n65jiz
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