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Cancer-fighting immune cells could soon be engineered inside our bodies Nature - Manufacturing CAR T cells in the laboratory is expensive and time-consuming. An in vivo approach could get the powerful therapy to more people.

Manufacturing CAR T cells in the laboratory is expensive and time-consuming.

An in vivo approach could get this powerful therapy to more people
https://go.nature.com/45w5A5w

📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology!

RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology

Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr

@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

Join us for our next #ConvergingOnCancer seminar where we'll explore these topics with:

➡️Prof @doryenbubeck.bsky.social‬ (@imperialsci.bsky.social‬)
➡️Dr @claudioalfieri.bsky.social‬ (@icr.ac.uk‬ )

📅 Thursday 5th June, 3-4pm
🖱️ For more information and how to register: bit.ly/3Z80SqS

The application deadline for our next round of 🔬Training Grants is this Friday 6 June.
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

Kevin Ryan shared the benefits of BACR membership including travel bursaries, awards, reduced event fees and membership of EACR (the European Association for Cancer Research).

Lastly, it was suggested that U.K.-based cancer researchers a may wish to join the British Association for Cancer Research (BACR), who exist to bring the community together and provide events to connect researchers. #BACR2025

This journal was advertised by Kevin Ryan (CRUK Scotland Institute but also journal Editor) and is published by FEBS Press.

The Molecular Oncology journal is a non-profit open access journal (IF5.0). Charges paid by authors all go to fund future FEBs Fellowships and events. #OpenAccessJournal #MolecularOncology

Olga Troitskaya (CRUK Scotland Institute) shared news of the FEBS-IUBMB-enable conference in Glasgow 10-12th September, called “Bridging Minds: Interdisciplinary research for the future of life sciences”.

Another date for the diary in September is a FEBS conference in Glasgow on interdisciplinary research. #ResearchConference #Interdisciplinary

Mark Cragg (pictured at lectern), and later also Kevin Ryan (not pictured) invited those in or interested in the Cancer Immunology field to Southampton in September for the next BACR event.

The British Association for Cancer Research also have a conference in the autumn, in Southampton themed on Cancer Immunology and Therapeutics. #CancerConference #Immunology

Erik Sahai invited attendees for the 5th Crick Cancer Conference in October in London.

The Crick are hosting another International Cancer Conference in the autumn… #CancerConference

Kebs Hodivala-Dilke advertised (new) Group Leader opportunities at her institution, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), at the Barts Cancer Institute.

Opportunities at Barts Cancer Institute for new Assistant/Professors in Tunour Microenvironment… #NewPIs

University of Birmingham (UK) have Springboard Fellowships now open for applications! Announced by Jo Morris.

An opportunity in Birmingham for a Springboard Fellowship… #NewPI

Now on the train home after a wonderful few days in Edinburgh, but one last post about #BACR2025. Many of the talks ended with a slide highlighting opportunities so here’s a thread of those I managed to photograph!

#NewPIopportunuties #CancerConferences #ResearchJournals and #ProfessionalSocieties

René Bernards is introducing his talk, “Behave or die, a novel approach to cancer therapy”.

Onto the last Keynote talk at BACR in Edinburgh. It’s René Bernards from NKI.

What a great 3 days it’s been! Thank you to the organisers and congratulations to all the prize winners. #BACR2025

Very proud of former PhD student Yaiza Jung who has received the #BACR Chris Marshall Prize for Cell Signalling 😍!
it was such a pleasure to co-supervise her PhD with @jezcarlton.bsky.social 😀

Mathew Garnett stands behind the wooden lectern in a blue shirt. Above him the screen introduces his talk on “Mapping Cancer Dependencies to Guide Precision Cancer Medicine”.

After a fun and chaotic Cèilidh last evening we’re back in lectures this morning as the 65th anniversary BACR meeting continues in Edinburgh.

Mathew Garnett from the Sanger is first up. #BACR2025

Mark Cragg in a checked short-sleeved shirt is now behind the lectern. Behind and above him is a huge crystal structure of an antibody, and a graphic celebrating the recent FDA approval of the 100th antibody-based drug.

Back for the afternoon session at BACR. First up it’s Mark Cragg from Southampton talking about antibodies as drugs against cancer. #BACR2025

YouTube video by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Why I Work with Mice in Research - An Animal Technician's Point of View

The LMB is committed to being open & honest about why & how we use animals in our research.
Our Biological Services Group provide excellent care to our colonies of rodents – our fantastic animal technicians explain why they work with mice in this video: youtu.be/V7CHmPGjvSo
#BOARD25 @eara.eu

A busy conference auditorium awaits the first speaker.

The ornate ceiling of the Great Hall featuring gold pillars, statues, elaborate plasterwork and a chandelier.

The Progress Pride flag flies outside the main entrance.

Day 1 of the British Association for Cancer Research 65th Anniversary Meeting. Some good stuff on DNA repair, nonsense-mediated decay, epigenetics, dormancy, metabolism and lots more.

Nice venue too - The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Back again tomorrow! @thebacr.bsky.social #BACR2025

Derek Mann in a white shirt stands at the lecturn in front of a huge screen showing a cartoon of a liver indicating key cell types involved in fatty liver disease.

It’s Day 2 of the BACR meeting in Edinburgh. First up Derek Mann from Newcastle talking about liver cancer. #BACR2025

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Blackford Group A position as Postdoctoral Research Associate is available at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, in the group headed by Dr. Andrew Blackford. Th

We’re #hiring, please share! A fully funded #postdoc position is available in my lab to work on DNA damage response mechanisms.

Please get in touch with your CV if you are interested; closing date: 27th June 2025.

More details here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

The British Association of Cancer Research are holding their 65th Anniversary meeting, 2-4 June in Edinburgh. This meeting has been organised by Kevin Ryan (CRUK Scotland Institute), Charlotte Bevan (Imperial College London), Joanne Edwards (U Glasgow) and the BACR Exec..

Who else is on route to Edinburgh today? Looking forward to lots of conversations with the cancer research community! #CancerResearch #BACR2025

We're so excited about the world-leading experts speaking at our Prevention Primer, co-hosted w @cancerresearchuk.org! Taking place in London, Tues 24 June. Registration closes Weds 11 June - don't miss out! bit.ly/3EKgzNN @uclmedsci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @kingslsm.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social

Cell scientist to watch – Francesca Bottanelli ABSTRACT. Francesca Bottanelli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). Francesca graduated in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Mila...

Nice interview with @franbottanelli.bsky.social in @jcellsci.bsky.social. Academics in Berlin, what are you waiting for? Fran wants to form a band!

journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

EPC petitions Government ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review - Engineering Professors Council EPC petitions Government to make up an annual shortfall of £897.5m for Engineering HE ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review Ahead of the Spending Review this summer, the EPC has campaigned to the...

This is why the @engprofcouncil.bsky.social has recently called on the government to plug the funding gap in engineering higher education (and HE more widely) in the forthcoming CSR. epc.ac.uk/article/epc-...

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A white man with grey facing towards a multicoloured quilt. He shown from the back of the head. Text reads THE QUILTERS The letter N is in read in the left hand corner.

Netflix’s doc The Quilters is brilliant. At 30 mins I wish it had been longer. It follows men in a maximum-security prison who design, make and sew these intricate quilts for foster children. The care that goes into making them is so touching. An object they see as being with these children forever.

A bee made out of yellow and black books

Today is #WorldBeeDay so we made a bee out of books and now we're buzzing. 🐝

Following the news about Joe Biden, you might have questions about prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. Click below to find out more about prostate cancer, how it's diagnosed and treated: bit.ly/4dns4aV

Really nice to see the structure of a TypeII RE, which I studied during my PhD. We had determined the enzyme mechanism and stoichiometry (academic.oup.com/nar/article/...) 20y ago, but it’s been a long wait for a structure. But the detailed mechanism (dimer of heterotrimers) still holds mysteries!

A Biochemical Society scientific meeting Translation UK 30 June- 2 July 2025 Edinburgh, UK

Don't miss the chance to showcase your work at the 30th Translation UK meeting! We are accepting late breaking abstracts for poster presentation until Friday 16 May! Submit your poster abstract for consideration now 🧪: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...

White banner with an image of a researcher focused on her work. The words 'BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants' are written on the right-hand side

Are you a postdoctoral researcher? Don't miss the application deadline for BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants on 4 June. Funding is available for research projects across all areas of the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: buff.ly/fLXzGVz