Jon Lim, MRCP PhD

Investigating the influence of the aged microbiome on the immune response to cancer - Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre Non-Clinical PhD Studentship. Applications now open.

🎓 Looking for a #PhD?
Explore how the ageing microbiome shapes cancer immunity.

🧑‍🔬 Supervisors: Honeychurch, Vitlic, Giampazolias, Valletta, Lim
🧪 Fully funded 4-yr CRUK scholarship: fees, stipend, project costs
📍 @uom-dcs.bsky.social
🌍 Open to UK/international
🗓 Apply by 17 Nov 2025

🎓 Honoured to chair the PhD viva of Maitane Márquez López at @biogipuzkoa.bsky.social | @ehu.eus with Prof Iker Badiola 🇪🇸 and Prof Irina Estrela-Lopis 🇩🇪.

Congrats to Maitane, and her supervisors Prof Charles Lawrie and Prof Andreas Seifert, on a successful defence! All the best for the future.

🇬🇷 Calling all Greek residents! 🇬🇧

Exciting fellowship opportunities now open through HeSMO 🤝 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust partnership. Come join #TeamManchester 🐝 through an advanced fellowship in one of subspecialities in Medical Oncology.

Learn more & apply here 👇

📸 What is your #myESMOStory? Share a group photo and tell us.
Use #myESMOStory, tag ESMO and those who shaped your #ProfessionalPath.
#ESMO25
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Countdown to #ESMO25 now officially begins! Looking forward to all the breakthrough science and practice-changing data, and also reunion with my colleagues and friends. 🙌

#ESMOAmbassadors

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Interested in establishing your own research group?
Our support package for new Group Leaders includes:

🥼2 #Postdocs, a technician & 2 PhD students + lab costs
🔬Full access to core facilities
🧪Access to the MCRC #Biobank
✔️Mentorship, #grant advice & more

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We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

🎓 Fully-funded 4-yr MRC PhD @officialuom.bsky.social!

Join a world-class team exploring how the microenvironment drives CRS in CAR-T therapy.

🌍 Open globally | 💥 Translational science
🗓️ Apply by 8 Nov 2025
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#PhDOpportunity #TeamManchester 🐝
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Great discussion today at @cgtcatapult.bsky.social & CERSI-AT on how #AI and #machinelearning is reshaping the development + testing of #AdvancedTherapies.

Exciting times ahead for the field - collaboration between all stakeholders (NHS, academia, industry, regulators) is the key to success!

Exciting to see international collaboration in action at the inaugural C8 Symposium hosted by @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social! 🌐💫

Leading experts in #CancerResearch came together to share insights and accelerate progress in the field.

🔗 Read the full story: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/uniting...

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Still need to use 2025 funding? Places still available in @embo.org Lab #Leadership for #Postdocs courses in 🇩🇪. Take time to focus on your interpersonal skills + discover tools to support your development. Sign up now 28-30 Oct, 11-13 Nov & 2-4 Dec 2025: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol...

A pivotal moment in global cancer research collaboration 🔬

We recently hosted the inaugural C8 Symposium, uniting top scientists from 8 global institutes to tackle cancer’s toughest challenges through collaboration & innovation.

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@uhnresearch.ca @uhn.ca

🎓 New academic year, new opportunities!

🚀 Launching a refreshed Fellows’ Programme at @christieinstitute.bsky.social - focused on career development, leadership & opportunities to help trainees grow as future leaders, researchers & educators.

All fellows & residents @mcrcnews.bsky.social welcome!

Back from an inspiring trip to Toronto 🇨🇦 for the 1st C8 Symposium, hosted by @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social team.

Proud to represent #TeamManchester 🐝 & showcase our #immunotherapy + #celltherapy programmes, including #MANIFESTuk & soon-to-launch #RISE.

Global collaboration drives progress! 🌍✨

Manchester is the place to launch your next big idea - come join us! 💡

#TeamManchester 🐝
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#ESMO4Carers: “Mental health is not a luxury; it is a necessity,” emphasises Silvana Adelina Gheorghe. ESMO is dedicated to supporting the #MentalHealth and #resilience of the #OncologyWorkforce.

Edith Heard life lessons Edith Heard, the Crick’s new Director and CEO, shares ten lessons from a life in science, spanning curiosity, courage, coffee, and the secrets of our genetic code.

Edith Heard our new CEO shares ten lessons from her life in science, from curiosity, courage and coffee to the secrets of our genetic code.

www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

📣 #ESMOImmuno25: Sergio Quezada, Scientific Co-Chair, encourages you to present your work in immuno-oncology to an engaged audience eager for innovative solutions.

⏰ Deadline: 30 September 2025

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Best and worst-performing NHS Trusts in England named Critics question the usability of new league tables meant to inform the public and let them exercise choice.

People make places. Proud to be part of #TeamManchester 🐝, and to work alongside inspiring colleagues who consistently go above and beyond - always putting patients first.

🏆 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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Manifest IO UK Cancer Immunotherapy Response Research Platform MANIFEST addresses the critical challenge in cancer treatment, predicting how patients will respond to immunotherapy. By integrating multiomic data a...

For further information:
🔗 www.manifest-io.org.uk

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🔹 Priorities – prospective clinical recruitment across NHS sites & expanding our partner network.

🔹 Looking ahead – focusing on sustainability, long-term impact & training.

Privileged to represent such a committed team & grateful to hear feedback/ideas as we continue to shape MANIFEST together 🚀.

From vision to momentum: MANIFEST at 12 months 💡➡️📈

Honoured to share our progress at the UK Cancer Research Strategy Forum held in London today, chaired by Prof Peter Johnson, as part of the Office for Life Sciences Cancer Mission.

On behalf of
@turajliclab.bsky.social
@manifest-cirrp.bsky.social

A warm welcome to Manchester, Samra!
So excited for all of us here.

#TeamManchester 🐝

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"We often talk about the importance of research but rarely about the researchers."

The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them has no hope of achieving its plans to become a leader in research
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Research Opportunities - Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre Explore the range of postgraduate cancer research opportunities available in Manchester.

🎓 Thinking about a PhD?

Each year, we offer fully funded Clinical, Non-Clinical & MB-PhD opportunities.

No projects are open to application right now — but more are coming soon!

📬 Sign up for updates & be the first to know when new projects go live: www.crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...

👉 Missed the #ESMOAcademy25 or want a refresher? Catch up now with expert insights, key takeaways & full session replays — exclusively on OncologyPRO.

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#OncologyPRO #MedicalOncology #ESMOEvents #CareerDevelopment

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🚀 Applications now open for the 2026 Tessa Jowell Neuro-oncology Fellowship!

A prestigious 12-month funded post at The Christie to develop world-class clinical, research & leadership skills in brain tumour care, working with experts.

Deadline: 5th Sep 2025

📥 For further information/to apply 👇

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We are recruiting!

🥼 Scientific Officer to work with @drwilliamhill.bsky.social
💻 Computational Immunologist in the lab of @santiagozelenay.bsky.social
📝 Executive Assistant to our new Institute Director Prof Samra Turajlić @turajliclab.bsky.social

Details at:
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Novel approaches are being tested to overcome current challenges in the use of #CellularTherapies such as high #toxicity and a complex manufacturing process. #CancerResearch #CARTcells
Read the opinion by Philippe Cassier in the #ESMODailyReporter
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Pre-Cancer Immunology The Pre-Cancer Immunology Lab (James Reading Lab) is mapping pre-invasive T cell dynamics during carcinogenesis to detect and intercept cancer development.

🚨 PhD Position available in our lab 🚨 exploring the power of blood immune multi-omics to detect lung cancer years prior to clinical diagnosis in a unique cohort of >10,000 CT screened individuals.
✅ Wet & dry lab
✅ September 2025 enrolment
✅ UK tuition fees only

www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-scie...