Raza Ali Lab

Our open call for a PhD studentship closes next Sunday the 17th! More info below:

Join us at the upcoming EACR conference on Cancer Genomics, Multiomics & Computational Biology in Essen! Details below:

📢 We are looking for a PhD student to join us in April 2026! If you are interested in breast cancer pathology, epidemiology, and single-cell spatial data analysis, please apply.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51872/

Join us at the Immune Cell Heterogeneity in the Cancer Ecosystem Symposium at #EACR2025 in a few minutes!

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📑 Together with 8 other early cancer researchers, we have just published a piece on @cp-trendscancer.bsky.social discussing cancer research evolution and its expected challenges over the next decade.
www.cell.com/trends/cance...

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I'm thrilled to be part of Season 4 of Pfizer’s Science Will Win podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence came to unlock new opportunities in drug discovery and development. Tune in to hear about the past, present, and future of this revolutionary technology: link.podtrac.com/6sanxwkt

The Ali Lab members in a cafe, sitting around a table ready to eat brunch.

🧪Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience!! 👩🏽‍🔬👩‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬
Today we celebrated the WoW grant (see link) obtained by our very own @shimritmayer.bsky.social! Huge congratulations! #WomenInSTEM
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk

There is a full weekend ahead to look into our open Postdoc position. If you'd like to study breast cancer tissue architecture with cutting-edge imaging data and novel computational methods, please apply! The deadline to apply is next Wednesday, the 29th 😉

Careers Lab - Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Our Careers Lab work experience programme provides sixth form students with a week-long opportunity to explore various career paths.

The applications for the new Careers Lab Programme are now live! Open to sixth form students, this one-week work experience is a great opportunity to see what is like working at @cruk-ci.bsky.social
Apply here: www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/students/car...

We start this year with an open Postdoc position, closing the 29th Jan. Find out more about our group here: www.ali-lab.co.uk There are a few days left to apply, we are looking forward to meet you!

📢 We have just opened an exciting Postdoctoral position in the lab to study the tumor microenvironment and its impact on immunotherapy in breast cancer. Please distribute! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49670/

The 9 researchers of the Ali Lab pose for a group picture at the ESSB conference hall

Thank you to the organisers Anja Hauser, @denisschapiro.bsky.social, @schuerch.bsky.social and the wider team who have made the 1st #ESSB Symposium a reality! We have greatly enjoyed the meeting.

Former Master student Pulkit Gupta stands in front of his scientific poster at the ESSB?

Pulkit Gupta, a former Master student, has poster #66 about his project on normal breast architecture #ESSB

PhD student Lubna Ahmad stands in front of her scientific poster at the ESSB conference

Lubna Ahmad, a PhD student, has poster #4 where she focuses on the landscape of spatial B cell organisation in breast cancer #ESSB

Postdoc Shimrit Mayer stands in front of her scientific poster showcasing her research project at the ESSB conference

Shimrit Mayer, a postdoc in the Lab, investigates ovarian cancer tissue architecture with IMC. Poster #116 #ESSB

Good morning from the #ESSB in Berlin! We are looking forward to this 2nd conference day. We have 3 posters, come and meet ⬇

A happy PhD graduate Ciccy Wang poses with a decorated graduate hat after passing her viva.

7 scientists sits around a table set with delicious food to celebrate.

🎓 Yesterday we celebrated Ciccy Wang's successful PhD defense. 🎉 Congratulations!! 🎉 Ciccy is the Lab's first PhD student, publishing last year in Nature, with more to come 👀.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The inaugural conference of the European Society for Spatial Biology is slowly approaching. Gold Supporting Member 10xGenomics will be offering a lunch symposium on the 12th. We are looking forward to hearing new developments from all participants! #spatialtranscriptomics #spatialproteomics