🎉 Congratulations to CRUK City of London Centre Faculty member Dr @jamesreading.bsky.social on securing a £2.5m @cancerresearchuk.org Biology to Prevention Programme Award James will lead an international team to define strategies using the immune system to intercept lung cancer in high risk people

🌟 Join the global radiation research community in London, 17-19 March 2027 The @cancerresearchuk.org Radiation Research Conference explores latest advances in radiation biology, tumour immunology, new radiation modalities and tackling health inequalities. 🎟️ Early-bird open: cruk.ink/4w8uzGO

📢 Registration is open for the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence Conference (4-6 Nov, Manchester). CRUK City of London Centre faculty Professor Crispin Hiley, Professor Sam Janes and Dr James Reading are all featured in the programme. 🔗 cruk.ink/4gVDGWu

Join Us for Let’s Talk About... Being Technical Staff – The Highs, Lows and Surprises Benjamin Jones, @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @silviasurinova.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk Yanping Guo, @ucl.ac.uk Isabel Goncalves Cattuzzo, @ucl.ac.uk 25 Sep 26, 12 - 1 pm, Online Register bit.ly/4pffD7a

📯Come and work with us! We're hiring two Histology Technicians at UCL. Be part of a small but ambitious team providing important services. Apply by Thursday 12 March: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @uclmedsci.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social #histologyjobs

It’s a privilege to welcome our keynote Dr Marleen Kok @nkinl.bsky.social to #CRUKCoL2026. Her lab aims to unpick why only a subgroup of breast cancer patients benefit from drugs that stimulate the anti-cancer immune response, and develop predictive tests that can select patients who will benefit.

At #CRUKCoL2026 we're hearing from Jai Sidpra, MBPhD alumnus, on his group's brain imaging technique, 'tumour network mapping’. For the first time, this enables researchers to define anatomic maps of prognostic brain network connections which exist between tumours and the otherwise healthy brain.

The context to @karinstraathof.bsky.social's talk is collaboration supported by @cruk-rrc-col.bsky.social bringing together her translational research group and the proton beam radiotherapy team, enabling research into optimisation of combined radiation + CAR T-cell therapy in sarcoma. #CRUKCoL2026

We’re joined at our Annual Symposium by @crhorizons.bsky.social, the 2nd largest cancer drug licensor globally. Aurora Negro set out how CRH can support #CRUKFunded scientists to protect and develop their ideas and engage and collaborate with industry to realise translational potential. #CRUKCoL2026

@christophertape.bsky.social is presenting at #CRUKCoL2026 on single-cell phenoscaping of tumour microenvironment organoids, outlining the delineation of colorectal cancer cells along a spectrum of stem-like states and the role of fibroblasts in pushing cancer cells into a treatment-resistant state.

At #CRUKCoL2026, Dr Ellie Alberts is discussing triple negative breast cancer. An approach combining pathology, spatial analysis, + machine learning has shown associations between immune features of sentinel lymph nodes - specifically the accumulation of extrafollicular plasma cells - and outcomes.

It's our Annual Symposium! #CRUKCoL2026 sees 400 delegates meet for scientific presentations, networking and discussion. Prof Mariam Jamal-Hanjani + Dr Erik Sahai are co-chairs. Our programme covers immune system x TME crosstalk, emerging molecular mechanisms, and cancer origins + genetic mosaicism.

This #WorldCancerDay we're delighted to attend the launch of @cancerresearchuk.org's strategic approach to equality, diversity and inclusion in research. Our faculty member Prof Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke was also part of today's panel.

Proud to partner @cancerresearchuk.org and Windsor Fellowship to offer Black Leaders in Cancer #PhD scholarships. Check our projects and apply by Weds 5 Nov: https://www.colcc.ac.uk/black-leaders-phd-programme/ @qmbci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @uclmedsci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk #CRUKFunded

We're offering two fantastic #PhD projects in #paediatric cancers, to start Sept 2026. Browse all our projects and apply by noon, Weds 5 Nov: https://www.colcc.ac.uk/cyp-phd-studentships/ @qmbci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @uclmedsci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk #CRUKFunded

Check out some of the #PhD projects we have on offer, starting Sept 2026. Find out more and apply by noon, Weds 5 Nov: https://www.colcc.ac.uk/phd-studentships/ @qmbci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @uclmedsci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk #CRUKFunded

📢 Please share our fantastic #PhD projects, to start Sept 2026. Find out more and apply here by noon on Weds 5 Nov: https://www.colcc.ac.uk/phd-studentships/ @qmbci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @uclmedsci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk #CRUKFunded

...and here are four more successful applicants to our Development Fund 2025! This year, priority was given to early career researchers. Awardees use the fund to collect preliminary data and test ideas, providing a springboard to leverage further funds. Find out more: www.colcc.ac.uk/development-...

🏆Announcing our Development Fund 2025 Awardees 🏆 This pump-priming fund enables researchers to explore and launch innovative new ideas. Swipe to see our first four successful applicants and read about all the projects and co-applicants on our website: www.colcc.ac.uk/development-...

Grab your tickets now for our upcoming webinar, 'Let's Talk About... Being A Cancer Researcher Affected By Cancer'. 12-1pm on Thurs 2 Oct, with inspiring speakers from across the CRUK research centres network. Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-...

Nick Willoughby of @kingslsm.bsky.social was highly commended in our 2025 Image Competition. His photo shows PhD student Esme Carpenter telling patients how their blood samples are used to investigate poor cancer outcomes in people of African descent through @cancergrand.bsky.social Project SAMBAI.

Carmen Rodriguez of @uclmedsci.bsky.social was highly commended in our 2025 Image Competition. Her image shows the interaction between osteosarcoma (bone cancer) and osteoclasts, which can be corrupted to help the tumour spread. Scientists are exploring how to support the immune system to respond.

Eitan Mirvis of @kingslsm.bsky.social was highly commended in our 2025 Image Competition for a picture of his colleague Dr Le Anh Luong, preparing to collect T cells from blood samples. These will be used in CAR T cell therapy, a ground-breaking treatment to boost the immune system to fight cancer.

Daire Hanna @qmbci.bsky.social was highly commended in our 2025 Image Competition. This lab-grown model of pancreatic cancer shows the dense extracellular matrix (white). By recreating this in the lab, scientists can test drug combinations to help the immune system penetrate and attack the cancer.

Congratulations to Joshua Daoud at @qmbci.bsky.social, who won 3rd prize in our 2025 Image Competition. His image shows the highly complex relationship between glioblastoma (brain cancer) and cells of the brain. By examining this 3D model of cells in the lab, scientists hope to improve treatments.

Well done Beatrice Malacrida and Florian Laforêts of @qmbci.bsky.social - 2nd prize in our 2025 Image Competition! Their image shows a lab-grown ovarian tumour model, created to help scientists better understand how a tumour interacts with its surrounding microenvironment and pioneer new treatments.

🏆The winner of our 2025 Image Competition is Dr Elly Tyler of @qmbci.bsky.social, for her image 'Where Collagen Burns and Immunity Falters'! In this breast tumour tissue, collagen fibres in the extracellular matrix blaze like wildfire.

It's time for STARS! We're opening our doors to the cancer researchers of the future. Over 50 students from schools with historically low uni admissions will get hands-on lab experience at @qmbci.bsky.social, @uclmedsci.bsky.social and @kingslsm.bsky.social. Find out more: colcc.ac.uk/stars-2025/

Delighted to host our Prevention Primer with @cancerresearchuk.org ahead of #PrevConf25. We kicked off with the clinical perspective, hearing from Eva Szabo (NCI) and @sarahblagden.bsky.social, who discussed using precision trials in high risk populations to go further, faster in prevention research

Today our world-class facilities staff gather to discuss latest research, emerging technologies, and career development. We have a packed programme covering the full scope of expertise on offer to researchers at our Centre @crick.ac.uk @qmbci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @uclmedsci.bsky.social