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Show us the beauty of your research today! 📸
Our inaugural photo campaign is now open for entries. We want images of your science to get featured across our channels – find out more and how to get involved:
#ResearchIsBeautiful
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Do you know an outstanding woman in science? Nominate them for the Rosalind Franklin Award from
@royalsociety
before 29 Jan. Find out more:
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We’re awarding up to £123m over 7 years to the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute (formerly known as the Beatson Institute) – congratulations! 🎉
This will support
#DiscoveryResearch
& cancer types impacting Scotland’s population🧵 [1/3]
👉
@CRUK_BI
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Today is
#WorldCancerDay
– a day for us to unite in the fight against cancer. We're proud to support the life-saving work of our brilliant cancer research community.
What does cancer research mean to you? 🔬 Let us know by tagging us and using the hashtag
#WorldCancerDay
!
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Congratulations to the 7 clinical trial units that have been awarded Cancer Research UK funding. This
#CRUKfunding
will help deliver multi-centre trials across the UK that improve the care and outcome for people affected by cancer.
Find out more:
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We’re delighted to announce that from 1 April we’ll be investing £100million over 5 years into 7 CRUK Centres. This investment will draw together the best research & medical expertise to accelerate advances and transform the outlook for cancer patients –
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Today we’re thrilled to welcome our new chief scientist, Professor Ketan (KJ) Patel. KJ brings his substantial expertise to the role & has worked closely with us during his career, contributing to our greater understanding of what causes cancer. Meet KJ:
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We’re excited to launch our Early Detection and Diagnosis of Cancer Roadmap which aims to unite fragmented efforts across the UK to drive progress in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. Now is the time for action –
#EDDRoadmap
#EarlyDetection
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Congratulations to
@SerenaNikZainal
for winning The Francis Crick Medal with her work on DNA graffiti and how this could be used in medicine.
As street art, mutations can also be recognisable. Do you recognise
#Banksy
, right?
Learn more:
#RSPrizeTalks
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We’re removing the post-PhD time restrictions on our fellowship schemes. Find out how our funding is changing to ensure we support the most talented, dedicated researchers and the best scientific ideas:
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It's
#WorldCancerResearchDay
! In the past 20 years 200+ targeted therapies were approved – showing
#ResearchWorks
. We’re going to keep working hand in hand with the global cancer research community to better detect, monitor, diagnose and treat cancer to keep this momentum going.
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Congratulations to
@UniofNewcastle
's Laura Greaves for receiving a Programme Foundation Award from our Discovery Research Committee in the latest round of funding. Laura’s research aims to determine and target metabolic vulnerabilities in colorectal cancer.
#CRUKFunded
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Ethnicity shouldn't be a barrier to opportunities in
#cancerresearch
– yet it is. So today we’re launching our
#BlackLeadersinCancer
PhD Scholarship Programme in partnership with
@BlackinCancer
&
@Windsor_Fellows
. Learn more 👇 + on our site:
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During the conference, we announced that we’d be putting £15 million into brain tumour research alongside
@BrainTumourOrg
as a part of our £25 million boost in funding into the research over the next five years. Read more:
#CRUKYearInReview
(2/3)
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It's happening! Our team and the amazing
@BlackinCancer
network are ready to welcome you to our inaugural Black in Cancer Conference – follow along as our Scientific Features Editor Phil Prime (PP) live tweets throughout the event and join the conversation using
#BiCconf22
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“Lung cancer is worthy of investment and crying out for more research” says Charles Swanton in our
#CancerResearchMatters
podcast.
This
#WorldLungCancerDay
, join us in celebrating some of our inspiring researchers and their important work in
#LungCancer
👇 [1/5]
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Congratulations to Christopher Tape for receiving a Programme Foundation Award from our Discovery Research Committee. Christopher will use autologous patient-derived microenvironment organoids to explore patient-specific drug responses for
#ColorectalCancer
treatment [1/2]
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We're pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Mitchell OBE as CEO of Cancer Research UK, replacing Sir Harpal Kumar who is due to stand down in the summer. Read our press release:
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We're pleased to announce that today we're opening a call to establish a national network of Centres of Excellence in
#radiation
research – Cancer Research UK RadNet.
RadNet follows on from an independent review we commissioned. Read the report:
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Today we announce the first-ever recipients of the
@AACR
-CRUK Transatlantic Fellowship - 4 exceptional early-career researchers will establish their own
#research
programme at world-leading research
#institutions
in the UK and US. Learn more:
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It's here! We’re excited to announce the 10 international, multidisciplinary teams shortlisted for our £20m Grand Challenge funding award
#CRUKGrandChallenge
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Hot off the presses:
'The new brain tumour funding, a joint endeavour between Cancer Research UK – which is contributing £15 million – and the Brain Tumour Charity, is designed to encourage researchers to tackle six key areas of research'
#CRUKbrainconf
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Tim Elliott, Kevin Litchfield, Sarah Blagden, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani and Maise Albakir will use a Biology to Prevention Award, joint with the CRIS Cancer Foundation, to develop a novel vaccine to prevent
#LungCancer
by targeting hotspot neoantigens via the ChAdOx platform.…
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Thrilled to announce we're partnering with
@BlackinCancer
to launch the Black in Cancer Conference, 10-11 Oct. Join us in celebrating Black excellence in cancer research and the great science in the network. Register your interest to learn more:
#BiCconf22
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This brilliant
#WomenInSTEM
initiative has launched in America - let's get more UK researchers on the list. Encourage your colleagues to sign up as a resource:
@500womensci
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We’re happy to announce three teams funded as a part of
#CRUKGrandChallenge
! Congratulations to the teams led by: Profs Meyerson and Garrett of
@DanaFarber
@HarvardChanSPH
, Tlsty of
@UCSF
, and Elledge of
@BrighamWomens
@harvardmed
@TheMarkFdn
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We’re pleased to announce we’re offering early- to mid-career researchers the opportunity to observe funding panel and committee meetings across our funding remit. Learn more on our website
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Congrats to the brilliant researchers who took home our poster prizes at
#CRUKLung22
! Well done
@DrClareWeeden
(
@TheCrick
), Alberto Diaz Jimenez (
@DKFZ
), Victoria Fife (
@crukmi_cbc
), Rebecca Carroll (
@crukmi_cbc
), Rhona Millar (
@uclcancer
) & Abigail Bunkum (
@uclcancer
) 🎉
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#COVID19
has caused a funding free-fall for charities with potentially devastating impact for UK research & patients. Today, 64
@CR_UK
&
@TheBHF
researchers have written to the PM asking for urgent investment in medical research charities
#ResearchAtRisk
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We co-hosted a panel with
@TheCrick
’s PRISM network to listen to Black researchers & learn how funders can tackle racial bias in cancer research.
@DrFuraha_Asani
,
@DrAsanteAsare
,
@dean_fennell
&
@faith_uwadiae
summarise the priority actions to take 👉:
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Today marks day 1 of
#BlackInCancerWeek
. For today's
#BlackInCancerRollCall
, Black cancer researchers worldwide introduce themselves and share more about their work.
Click the hashtag 👉
#BlackInCancerRollCall
👈 to meet these researchers.
@BlackinCancer
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Thanks
@NCRI_partners
for a great
#NCRI2018
and lots to think about as ever. And thanks Glasgow for being lovely. I mean, I don't think we've ever snuck out of a Q&A to take another photo of the conference hall before...
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In association with
@AACR
, we’ll soon be launching a new 4-year grant to support promising UK/US postdocs who want to develop their research ideas overseas. Keep an eye out for the official launch at
#AACR19
during the Opening Ceremony
#CRUKAACR19
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A diverse and inclusive research community is critical to beating cancer. That’s why we’re partnering with
@BlackinCancer
on a new career mentoring scheme which has just launched —
#CancerResearch
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Today we published our research data strategy. We already support research in data science – but to unleash the enormous potential of big data, we need to scale up our activity. Our new strategy sets out how we’re going to do that:
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Many congratulations to
@BlackinCancer
for surpassing 80.5M impressions during
#BlackinCancerWeek
.🤯
A testament to all the work the team put into organising a phenomenal week of events.
It's also great to see support from
@MCHammer
(and thank you for the follow😀)
#HammerTime
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Dr Tanimola Martins (
@martins_tani
) is a postdoctoral research fellow at
@UniofExeter
. This
#BlackHistoryMonth
, he provides an insight on his research in inequalities of primary care of cancer diagnosis, why he is passionate about this research area and why its's so important. 👇
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A group of researchers are awarded
#CRUKfunding
to launch the ground-breaking CONCORDE trial for people with advanced NSCLC. This ‘first of its kind’ trial will explore the use of a number of new drugs with standard radiotherapy.
Read more⤵️:
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Today is
#LGBTQSTEMDay20
, a day to celebrate and highlight diversity in STEM.
We caught up with
@CRUK_CI
PhD Candidate, Daniel Guerrero Romero (
@DannGuerreroR
), who shared what
#PrideInSTEM
means to him.
@PrideinSTEM
#PrideInResearch
@LGBTSTEMDay
@LGBTSTEM
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🎉Exciting news from our
#EDxConf23
! Professor Peter Sasieni wins the Don Listwin Award in recognition of his work in cancer
#EarlyDetection
& prevention.
@petersasieni
|
@CancerPrev_KCL
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@QMUL_WIPH
|
@CanaryCenter
|
@OHSUKnight
Read Q&A:
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And that's a wrap! We can't believe
#BiCconf22
is over already – thank you for your phenomenal support, it's been great to get together with all of you and
@BlackinCancer
for this brilliant event. We hope everyone will take away some new insights, connections and great memories!
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The Translational Cancer Research Prize goes to the
#TumourHeterogeneity
Team, led by Prof
@CharlesSwanton
!
#ncri2017
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We’re launching a
#podcast
for the cancer research community. Each episode, a leading researcher will share their insights into some of the challenges we face as we develop new therapies.
#WorldCancerDay
#CancerResearchMatters
Listen to episode 1 now:
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Seth Coffelt and Joanne Edwards were selected for a Biology to Prevention Award to study immunological prevention strategies for precursor lesions of
#ColonCancer
.
@Coffeltlab
|
@LabEdwards
|
@UofGlasgow
|
#CRUKFunded
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Our Women of Influence initiative pairs exceptional female scientists with leading business women to empower early career researchers to become leaders. Find out more about the scheme and how you could get involved:
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We want to improve research quality and transparency, so we’re launching a Registered Reports Funding Partnership with a consortium of 13 journals. Find out more on our website or in the thread below ⬇️
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Round of applause for Ann, a patient in the audience today, who wants to understand why she got her cancer and how she can contribute to the research (including an offer of 10mL of her blood!) Thank you, Ann- the patient voice is so critical for everything we do -AW
#oesophagus19
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Congratulations to
@jamiebrown10
and
@LionShahab
, who have been awarded a Prevention and Population Programme Award. The international team will be looking at targeting multiple levels of ‘the smoking cessation system’ using novel scientific approaches.
#CRUKFunded
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(1/5) At CRUK, we want to enable *all* brilliant minds to come together, thrive and progress.
Today, we launch 2 publications that represent key milestones in our journey to develop a more diverse and inclusive research community.
#EDIinresearch
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Today marks
#WorldCancerResearchDay
and we’re celebrating the over 60 research groups matched from the
#CRUKopenlab
. Richard Rebello, a postdoc at
@CRUK_MI
, provides an insight on the Bristow group's future collaboration opportunity with the Mills lab at
@UniofOxford
.
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Today, we’re proud to announce our £56m investment in
#CRUKRadNet
, a national network of centres of excellence in radiation research. The network is our biggest ever investment in radiotherapy research and is set to transform the field in this country.
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As part of our Human Cancer Models Initiative with
@sangerinstitute
, we’ve developed 100 organoids to mirror the cellular complexity of tumours in 3D. Derived from hard-to-treat tumours, they will enable studies into cancer development and drug discovery.
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Congratulations to
@BlackinCancer
for a phenomenal
#BlackInCancerWeek
. 🥳👏
Did you miss any virtual panels? Catch-up and watch all sessions from last week here:
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We've just awarded our Research Engagement Prizes. Meet our outstanding research communicators:
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Hot off the press 📢 New paper published today in
@ScienceMagazine
. How do we overcome key research challenges to enable
#EarlyDetection
of cancer? Commentary on the current state of the field and constructive suggestions to drive progress. Check it out –
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It's time for the
@CR_UK
#BrainTumour
Conference! Over the next 3 days, we're welcoming over 300 scientists & clinicians from across the globe to discuss the latest in
#BrainTumourResearch
and how we can accelerate progress for patients. Join the conversation using
#CRUKBrain22
.
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Introducing
@nyamondo_kudzai
– our first Sanger-CRUK Excellence Fellow. Kudzai will be joining
@sangerinstitute
in their Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutations programme and she specialises in
#BloodCancer
. Find out more about the programme here:
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Stephanie May was selected for a Biology to Prevention Award to study how premalignant clones adapt within fatty livers to identify targets for precision prevention in
#LiverCancer
.
@steph_may10
|
@UofGlasgow
|
@CRUK_SI
|
#CRUKFunded
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We champion equality, diversity and inclusion in research, but we recognise we still need to do more to stand against racism and racial injustice toward the Black community and BAME researchers.
Read our statement:
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Together with
@NIHRresearch
, we’re investing £6.4m to support the latest Cytosponge trial. The trial aims to provide the cancer detection & mortality endpoint data necessary to establish Cytosponge in clinical care as a tool to detect Barrett’s oesophagus:
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Welcome to your new home
@CRUK_MI
! 🥳
The institute's leadership and all its
#researchers
have shown incredible resilience & flexibility over the last 6 years, and we look forward to seeing this new building become a space for their new ideas and
#collaboration
This week marks a momentous occasion in the life of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute - the first research teams from the Institute move into the newest cancer research centre in town.
Look out for updates starting tomorrow on our website
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We’re thrilled to announce our latest group of
#CRUKFunded
fellows + future leaders of
#cancerresearch
. Join us in congratulating them & read on to discover who they are and what they’re working on 👇
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Congratulations to Oscar Ces and Charlotte Bevan for receiving the Cancer Research UK & Prostate Cancer UK Innovation Award! They will develop microfluidic synthetic cells to enable rapid translation for cancer drug delivery.
@ProstateUK
|
@Cesiboy1
|
@BevanLab
|…
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Congratulations to
@HelenColemanQUB
on receiving our Career Establishment Award! Helen will be chairing the 'How should we approach the global epidemic of oesophageal cancer?' session at our International Symposium on Oesophageal Cancer this April
Northern Ireland scientist gets £855k for her cancer research
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We're excited to introduce another amazing speaker from our
#CRUKBrain22
line up: meet Frank Winkler (
@Winkler_Lab
)! Prof Winkler's group at
@uniklinik_hd
focuses on incurable gliomas and brain metastasis. Get your ticket & join us in Sept:
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David Bryant (
@DavidBryantLab
), senior lecturer and research group leader at
@CRUK_BI
, shares why he's proud to be out in STEM and to act as a role model as others did for him.
#PrideInStem
#LGBTQSTEMDay20
#PrideInResearch
@CRUKGlasgow
@LGBTSTEMDay
@PrideinSTEM
@TheSTEMvillage
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We're thrilled to be opening a new therapeutic discovery lab at
@TheCrick
. The new lab will house a major part of our alliance discovery team and we're looking to develop new collaborations centred around novel areas of cancer biology.
Learn more:
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Dr Julia Murray (
@juliarmurray
) is a consultant clinical oncologist and specialises in prostate cancer research. This
#BlackHistoryMonth
, she provides an insight on her research interests and the importance of this research area. ⤵️
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The final day of
#AACR23
has arrived! If you haven’t been to visit us at stand 1023, we’d love to meet you
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Our Women of Influence initiative pairs exceptional female scientists with leading business women to empower early career researchers to become leaders. Find out more about the scheme and how you could get involved:
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Luca Magnani received a Programme Foundation Award from our Discovery Research Committee to decipher the epigenetic mechanisms of estrogen receptorpositive (ER+)
#BreastCancer
dormancy and awakening to prevent evolution and reduce
#DrugResistant
relapse.
@MagnaniLab_ICR
|…
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Together with
@PancreaticCanUK
and
@EPSRC
we’re funding 5 new research projects to drive forward earlier detection of pancreatic cancer. The
#multidisciplinary
teams will each receive up to £100,000 to conduct pilot and feasibility work. Find out more: 1/2
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US scientists have developed potential new blood test for
#EarlyDetection
of 8 cancers, including pancreatic and oesophageal. Watch Richard Marais of
@CRUK_MI
discussing the impact of this promising study:
“I look forward to a time, where we all go to the pharmacy, we buy our shampoo, we give a blood test and we get on with our lives.”
Scientists in the USA say they have been working on an blood test which can detect up to 8 types of cancer, so what does this mean for us?
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We've now launched a new strategy to support research for children and young people's cancer. We’re excited to focus on building research capacity nationwide and foster a coordinated research community to drive progress in this area | Read the strategy:
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#InternationalWomensDay
| Our Women of Influence programme pairs CRUK-funded female scientists with leading businesswomen to provide early career mentorship.
We spoke to a WoI mentor and 2 of her mentees about their experiences of being involved:
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Today
#braintumour
research is getting a double hit of investment with a £45m boost in funding in partnership between us and
@DHSCgovuk
over 5 yrs and our new Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence at
@CRUKCambridge
and
@ICR_london
. Find out more:
UK brain tumour research set to be transformed with £45m funding boost from us and the Government
@DHSCgovuk
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Clinician scientists play a unique role in
#cancerresearch
, how do we protect their future?
@NatureCancer
@CharlesSwanton
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We at CRUK are proud to announce The International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED) - a collaboration between teams of scientists from across the UK and the US, accelerating breakthroughs in early detection research.
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.
@CRUK_MI
’s Prof Iain Hagan shares a personal account about a new, game changer approach he developed with Dr Wendy Trotter. This new technique can synchronise the cell division cycle of an entire population of human cells in culture.
Read here👉:
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What does
#ResearchRightNow
look like for CRUK scientists?
From working on the
#COVID19
frontline to making hand sanitiser in the lab, 6 early-career cancer researchers tell us what it’s like living and working through the pandemic:
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Women in
#CancerResearch
face barriers in the workplace that aren’t unique to academia. That’s why we pair them with leading businesswomen through our
#WomenofInfluence
programme. Help us empower the next generation of leaders in
#CancerResearch
👇
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Massive congratulations to The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital Breast Cancer Research Team - just awarded the
#AACR22
Team Science Award. Check out our chat with team leader, Dr Andrew Tutt here:
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You have to hand it to the
#ncri2017
organising committee, they did a pretty good job with the opening ceremony this year.
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Data is a key resource for
#cancerresearch
– but
#patientinvolvement
must be part of this. That's why we’re joining
@hdr_uk
& other partners in the Patient Engagement in Data Research Initiative (
#PEDRI
) to collaborate, share learnings & enable meaningful public engagement.
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Marc Gunter,
@IARCWHO
illustrates the global prevalence of physical inactivity and its importance of the field in cancer prevention.
@Ludwig_Cancer
#activecancerprevention
AP
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We’re excited to announce that, together with
@The_MRC
&
@wellcometrust
, we’ll be supporting
@TheCrick
with £1bn of funding to champion its transformative scientific research over the next 7 years. Find out more:
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Today is
#LGBTSTEMDay
! As official supporters of the day, we’re celebrating LGBTQIA+ people in STEM and the diversity required to bring forward the day we’ll beat cancer
#PrideInResearch
@PrideinSTEM
@HouseofSTEM
@InterEngLGBT
@OUTinSTEM
@QueerInSTEM
@500QueerSci
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At CRUK, we champion women in cancer research. We're excited to bring together our excellent female fellows with leading businesswomen at our 4th annual Women of Influence Fellows’ meeting on 26 June 2019 in London! Learn more about
#CRUKWoI
at
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Congratulations to Prof Sergio Quezada (
@QuezadaLab
) for his recent Therapeutic Discovery Programme Award 👏 Sergio and his team will develop & evaluate T- and innate-cell engagers that drive agonistic activity independent of Fc/FcReceptor interactions.
#CRUKFunded
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Sigourney Bell (
@siggs28
) is a 2nd year PhD student at
@CRUK_CI
in
@Gilbertson_Lab
. Her research project looks to find new treatments for supratentorial ependymoma. For
#BlackHistoryMonth
this year, she tells us why she’s passionate about this research area.
#WhyBlackInCancer
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Announcing our latest
#CRUKDataConf24
committee member – Philip Dunne
@QUBelfast
@CRUK_BI
. Philip’s work aligns biomarkers to patient data to improve the translation of mechanistic science into
#ClinicalTrials
for
#ColorectalCancer
.
@DrPipDunne
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The excellent
@ProfEmmaCrosbie
just stepping up to accept the team science award at
#AACR24
- They have done some great work around screening for endometrial cancer. Doing the really hard lifting around the practicality of implementing an early detection screening programme is so…
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Our Women of Influence initiative pairs exceptional women scientists with leaders from business and other sectors, helping early- and mid-career researchers develop their leadership. Find out more about the scheme and how you could get involved:
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