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Frances Balkwill

@FrancesBalkwill

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Barts Cancer Institute @QMBCI, @centreofthecell, communicating biomedical science

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@FrancesBalkwill
Frances Balkwill
2 years
I am honoured and excited to be elected as a Fellow of the @royal society https://t.co/ZEcOOFPzYZ @QMBCI @QMUL @centreofthecell
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qmul.ac.uk
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@QMULBartsTheLon
Barts and The London, Queen Mary
3 years
Not 1... not 2... ...3 @QMUL researchers have been named in @guide2research's top 100 female scientists in the UK!👩‍🔬 We are so proud. Congratulations @FrancesBalkwill, Irene Leigh and Claudia Langenberg.
@guide2research
Research.com
3 years
Our 2022 Best Female Scientists Ranking is out! Learn more about these spectacular researchers, and the problems that still seriously affect women in science in our analysis:
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@ProfManchanda
Prof Ranjit Manchanda
3 years
Great meeting this evening - wide ranging presentations by fellows in the Womens Precision Prevention team and Fran Balkwill’s tumour micro environment group. ⁦@QMUL⁩ ⁦@QMBCI⁩ ⁦@QMUL_WIPH⁩ ⁦@QMUL_WIPH_CPDD⁩ ⁦@protector_qmul⁩ ⁦@NHSBartsHealth
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@CentreoftheCell
Centre of the Cell
4 years
Our Big Question Lecture is tomorrow! Find out more about air pollution with @Dr_Abi_W as we discuss, Is the air we breathe our hidden enemy? You can get a free ticket here https://t.co/4cV9PO8Vbo and we'll also be streaming live on Instagram
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@CentreoftheCell
Centre of the Cell
4 years
Our Big Question Lecture, Is the air we breathe our hidden enemy? is on Monday (free tickets here https://t.co/4cV9PO9t0W). We'll also be streaming live on Instagram. Why not check out our previous lecture, Was the First World War Good for Medicine? here https://t.co/GUmPAZN5vd
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@QMULBartsTheLon
Barts and The London, Queen Mary
4 years
Congratulations to Prof @FrancesBalkwill from @QMUL's @CentreoftheCell @QMBCI for receiving the prestigious Beetlestone Award for informal science learning @BIGchats https://t.co/EYASz7tWzy #SciComm
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@AAF1895
Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation
4 years
We're delighted to be continuing our partnership with you @CentreoftheCell and @FrancesBalkwill and look forward to seeing the programme relaunch in the autumn! #STEM #TowerHamlets
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@FrancesBalkwill
Frances Balkwill
4 years
I am so pleased and honoured to be the 2021 recipient of the Beetlestone Award for informal science learning. Thank you to all those I work with in ISL and all our supporters.
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@FrancesBalkwill
Frances Balkwill
4 years
Excited to share another paper from the CanBuild project and thanks to a great team #ecm #3DModel #TME @QMBCI @CR_UK @ERC_Research
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cell.com
Biological sciences; Cancer systems biology; Cell biology; Methodology in biological sciences; Molecular biology;
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@ExtracellMatrix
Extracellular Matrix News
4 years
🎇 Dr. @OliverMPearce at Barts Cancer Institute (@QMBCI) investigate the role of platelets in malignant cell invasion and #ECM production. @iScience_CP | https://t.co/JMwHov70Ix
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@FrancesBalkwill
Frances Balkwill
5 years
Chemotherapy induces tumor-associated macrophages that aid adaptive immune responses in ovarian cancer
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@NCRI_partners
NCRI Partnership
5 years
Register for the next #NCRIVirtual session to hear from @FrancesBalkwill as she discusses the links between #cancer and #inflammation Session chaired by @StridLab ☑️ Included in #NCRIPrime - our new virtual event subscription service 👉 Register now: https://t.co/cjtKWROI0I
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@elenimnt
Eleni Maniati
6 years
@FrancesBalkwill Lab our latest work is out! Mouse ovarian cancers that model the human tumour microenvironment. https://t.co/eTq2Jve0P0.
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@nmontlab
Nuria Montserrat
6 years
It was great to be at summer @Davos sharing and learning thanks to @ERC_Research @ssimmross1 and to my colleagues @FrancesBalkwill from @QMUL and Vered Padler-Karavani from @oldtautwit
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IBEC
6 years
Catch up the talk by @nmontlab during last @wef #SummerDavos Forum in China on how to generate artificial #cells with a view to eventually creating entire #organs. Thanks @ERC_Research for selecting Nuria and her amazing work on #Bioengineering for #Health https://t.co/2LmatltR5V
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@ERC_Research
European Research Council (ERC)
6 years
In one week @wef “Summer Davos” kicks off in China, gathering leaders from around the globe. The European Research Council brings pioneering science with President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon & 10 ERC researchers, including #AMNC19 Co-chair @Besenbacher2012! https://t.co/79h8IbqXG0
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@alexjenkin
Alex Jenkin
7 years
So exciting to be at the launch of #NeuronPod at @centreofthecell This project was in progress the whole time I worked there so it's amazing to see it complete. Look at those dendrites go!
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@AdrianLockwood
Adrian Lockwood
7 years
@Tim10101 @CentreoftheCell @k_chambers82 @FrancesBalkwill Absolutely brilliant to see how far the project has come and will go
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@martin_rees
Martin Rees
7 years
Congratulations @CentreoftheCell on the opening of the fantastic new #NeuronPod
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