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Nominate yourself or a peer for the Cancer Research Horizons Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards before 24 March for a chance to: |
| - secure up to £15k in funding
- connect with entrepreneurs, industry leaders and investors
- showcase your work at the prestigious ceremony on 10 July
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| Get in touch with our office for confidential advice on eligibility, remit and funding options prior to applying. |
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Celebrating our research community |
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Congratulations to our Research Careers Committee grant awardees… |
| Our Research Careers Committee awarded several grants in the latest funding round.
Kerrie Marie and Robert Hollis received Career Development Fellowships, and Robert Kerrison received a Career Establishment Award.
Anna Wilkins received the Clinician Scientists Fellowship, as did Stefan Antonowicz, funded in partnership with the Rosetrees Trust.
Alastair Lamb was chosen for Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship. David Church received a Senior Cancer Research Fellowship.
Grisma Patel received a Clinical Trial Fellowship with matched funding from University College London’s Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology.
Finally, Joanna Kucharczak, Tirion Hughes, Vinson Wai-Shun Chan and Sarah Rae were all chosen for Pre-doctoral Research Bursaries and Rachel Pounds for a Postdoctoral Research Bursary. |
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...and to our Clinical Research Committee awardees |
| Jenny Gains and Darren Hargrave, Robert Huddart, Alison Reid and Fay Cafferty were chosen for our Clinical Trial Award.
Biomarker Project Awardees were Jun Wang, Santiango Zelenay and Caroline Dive CBE.
Anthony Moorman received our Experimental Medicine Award.
Simon Gollins, David Sebag-Montefiore, Mark Saunders and Claire O’Leary all received Sample Collection Awards.
Chris Fox and Andrew Clamp received endorsements to run clinical trials. |
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Ready, STEDy, go! – Our #ResearchisBeautiful February winner |
| Of all the amazing images submitted last month, the one that came out on top was from Danny Gold, a DPhil student in Professor Francis Barr’s Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Division lab at The University of Oxford.
His winning image captures microtubules attaching to chromosomes via kinetochores to form mitotic spindles.
Find out more about what Danny had to say about his work and the image that landed him this month’s top spot. |
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Dame Nancy Rothwell, former President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, has joined our Council and our Research and People and Remuneration Committees.
René Medema, Chief Scientific Officer of the Princess Máxima Center for paediatric oncology in the Netherlands, also joins our Council and our Research and Audit committees. | | |
| |  | | | | Congratulations to the three #CRUKFunded research leaders elected to the 2025 American Association for Cancer Research class of Fellows.
Each researcher has been recognised for their profound and lasting impact on cancer research; Paul Workman for his instrumental advancements to cancer drug development, Caroline Dive for her celebrated small cell lung cancer research and Shankar Balasubramanian for his pioneering nucleic acid research. | | |
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What's new in the word of prevention research |
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| |  | A change of perspective for prevention? |
| | Cancer prevention has traditionally been divided into primary and secondary prevention, with early detection a key component of the latter. However, the line between the two is becoming increasingly blurred given recent advances in our understanding.
“Could there be another way of thinking about this? I think so,” writes Timothy Rebbeck from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.
As DFCI joins the International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection, Tim shares a new perspective with us on the evolving interface of cancer prevention and early detection. |
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| | | Are you a cancer prevention researcher uncovering new insights in the field?
This is your last chance to submit your work for the Cancer Prevention Research Conference. We want to see abstract submissions in any area of research related to primary cancer prevention, aligned to our four session themes:
- The convergence of ageing, genetics and cancer risk
- Pre-cancer biology and interception opportunities
- Integrated view of inequalities in cancer risk and incidence
- Implementation of precision prevention interventions using repurposed drugs
Don’t miss this opportunity to present your work to the international research community in London this summer. Submit your abstract by 21 March. | | |
| | | | | Are you interested in learning the fundamentals of cancer prevention from experts in the field?
Ahead of this year's Cancer Prevention Research Conference on 25-27 June, our City of London Centre will be hosting a one-day Primer on Cancer Prevention.
The event is focused on accelerated learning opportunities across key facets of prevention research. This will give trainees and newcomers to cancer prevention the background knowledge needed to fully benefit from the main conference.
Join co-hosts Peter Sasieni (Wolfson Institute of Population Health), Olivera Finn (University of Pittsburgh), Philip Castle and Jessica Faupel-Badger (National Cancer Institute) for this in-person event on 24 June in London. | | |
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Empowering our researchers and breaking barriers |
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| | Women of Influence annual meeting |
| We hosted our eighth annual Women of Influence event last week, bringing together exceptional women from science and business to discuss how to become effective leaders.
Our enthusiastic mentees and mentors led engaging talks and interactive workshops on: |
| - key topics that affect career progression
- the things working or not working to achieve gender parity
- the exciting research being driven by our community
- the impact mentoring has had on their professional and personal lives
| Our Women of Influence programme has, to date, involved 70 mentors spending 1,320+ hours with our 110 mentees, providing support from outside academia at a critical time in their careers.
Interested in signing up? |
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Facing cancer and defying labels |
| Join our Cambridge Centre on 31 March for a thought-provoking evening with their new Women+s Cancers Programme and the Breast Cancer Virtual Institute. Be part of shaping the future of treatment and support for all women, trans men and non-binary people.
The event will kick off with a special screening of the short film Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer, followed by a lively panel discussion featuring the filmmakers, patients and leading researchers in breast and gynaecological cancers. |
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