@nucancer.bsky.social
NUCancer opened in 2019 to bring together >100 cancer and cancer-related researchers from across the three faculties of Newcastle University. We are focused on world leading cancer discovery research and its translation to new oncology therapeutics.
Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples ๐๐ป
The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
Incredible energy in the room today, thank you to everyone who came! ๐
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Todayโs seminar: the โdiabolical duoโ in liver cancer; neutrophils + platelets!๐ฉธ
Targeting their crosstalk could re-wire the tumour microenvironment + make HCC more responsive to immunotherapy.
๐ฃ๏ธProf. Derek Mann / Erik Ramon Gil (PhD student)
#LiverCancer #Immunotherapy #Cancer #Research
This Newcastle โข Lyon โข Paris collaboration will use CRISPR screening & single-cell sequencing in patient-derived models to find smarter drug combinations, with the aim of fast-tracking the most promising ones into early-phase trials.
Congratulations to both!
Fantastic news ๐
Dr Frederik van Delft & Dr Alistair Poll have been awarded a ยฃ353k Children with Cancer UK Research Project Grant (2026โ29) to tackle drug-resistant T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in children. (1/2)
#ChildhoodCancer #TALL #CancerResearch
The Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre at the Herschel Building has earned the Silver LEAF Award for sustainable lab practices! ๐ฅ
Reducing waste, saving energy & going greener every day. ๐
#Sustainability #GreenLabs #LEAFAward #ScienceForGood #NetZero #EcoInnovation
๐ Great turnout for the first #NUCancer seminar!
Thank you to everyone who joined Prof Christina Halsey for an inspiring talk on improving CNS leukaemia treatmentand reducing neurotoxicity in children.
๐ง Smarter, safer therapies ahead.
#CancerResearch #Leukaemia #Oncology
Their award-winning Microsatellite Instability Plus (MSI-Plus) assay combines the detection of MSI markers and BRAF/RAS mutations in one test โ using advanced sequencing technology that works even from minimal DNA samples. ๐งฌ
Read more here:
www.cancerresearchhorizons.com/news-and-eve...
๐ Huge congratulations to Professor Sir John Burn and his team!
Theyโve won the CRUK Research Horizons โTranslational Project of the Yearโ Award, recognising their efforts toward turning cancer research into real-world patient impact. ๐
#CancerResearch #InnovationInOncology
๐ Congrats to Prof Robson & Dr Buskin (NU Cancer), Prof Heer (ICL) & Prof Chimusa (Northumbria) on securing ยฃ497K from @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
to study gene mutations in men of African ancestry, helping to build new, representative disease models.
๐ 1 in 8 UK men will develop prostate cancer โ but the risk is twice as high for men of African ancestry.
Yet, research in this group is still limited. That needs to change.
#MensHealth #ProstateCancer
Last week on #WorldCancerResearchDay the whole lab and other colleagues from @nucancer.bsky.social turned into bakers to help fundraising for @cancerresearchuk.org, a charity close to us for their commitment to fund groundbreaking projects in cancer research. Lovely seeing the public engaged!
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Lisa is the Principal Investigator of the group but she still enjoys spending time in the lab to drive the work to beat blood cancer. โ
Research is not a solo effort. โ
It takes teamwork. It takes belief. It takes collaboration.
We know what it takes to beat blood cancer and so does @dr-ahlamq.bsky.social whose work is funded by @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social grant co-led by Lisa & @letimarchetti.bsky.socialโ
#BloodCancerAwarenessMonthโ
You can read the paper using the QR code below:
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๐จNew work from the #NUCancer Paediatric Brain Tumour Group shows not all MYC/MYCN-amplified medulloblastomas are the same.
๐น Some patients face near-incurable disease & need new therapies
๐น Others can survive long-term with current treatment
#ChildhoodCancer #Medulloblastoma
๐งฌ Engineered nanobodies binding and stabilizing cancer-mutant p16INK4aโwithout blocking its CDK6 interaction or cell-cycle arrest function, in press at Structure from Endicott @nucancer.bsky.social and @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social groups!
๐ www.cell.com/structure/fu...
Eleanorโs work, part of the
@colospeed.bsky.social study
network, COLO-COHORT, aims to develop a tool to identify those most at risk of bowel cancer and polyps, and explore links between the microbiome and cancer development.
Great job Eleanor! ๐
Celebrating Excellence: NU Cancer Conference 2025 Prize winner spotlight ๐
Congrats to Dr. Eleanor Hackney on winning a poster award! Eleanor shined a light on her research around the utility of multiple FIT testing in symptomatic colorectal cancer patients. ๐งช
#CancerResearch
Their important research aims to uncover possible causes behind the rise in early onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) and improve early diagnosis and support services for those affected. ๐งฌ๐
We're proud to see this vital work being recognised and funded! ๐
๐ Huge congratulations to Prof. Linda Sharp, Dr. Laura Woods & Dr. Christina Dobson on receiving a ยฃ40,000 grant from @HDR_UK North for their 9-month project: โEpidemiology of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer in Englandโ ๐
#ColorectalCancer #EarlyDiagnosis #PublicHealth
๐จ New publication
Prof. Mike Waring & team have advanced micelle-promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis through surfactant optimisation.
Published in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org.
๐ฌ Read more: pubs.rsc.org/.../ArticleL...
#CancerResearch #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery
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Congratulations to two of our scientists, professors Ruth Plummer and Stephen OโBrien, who have been appointed as national cancer drug experts by @england.nhs.uk, leading in ensuring patients have the best possible access to new cancer treatments.
#WeAreNCL
Her clever Newcastle-themed example charmed the audience, helping to show why #LongReads > #ShortReads for this type of research.
Well done Eleanor! ๐ฌ
๐ NU Cancer Conference 2025: Prize Winner Spotlight
PhD student Eleanor Woodward won a Flash Talk Award for her work on characterising structural variants in tumour samples using long-read sequencing via
@oxfordnanopore.bsky.social platforms. ๐งฌ
#CancerResearch #PhDLife #WomenInSTEM
The funding will help support his research efforts to understand how radiation can affect tumours, the immune system and liver tissue, and how radiation could make immunotherapies more effective.
Well done Abdullah!
Congratulations to Abdullah Malik, who has recently been awarded a support grant from LIVErNorth, a support charity for #liver #cancer patients based in the North East.
25.07.2025 08:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Louisa identified new therapeutics that indirectly target MYCโas single agents or as drug combinations ๐
These show great preโclinical promise, with hopes of bringing them to the clinic in the future.
Great job Louisa! ๐
๐ #NUCancer Conference 2025: Prize Winner Spotlight
Congratulations to Louisa Taylor, PhD, winner of a Flash Talk Award for her cutting-edge work on high-risk MYC-amplified #medulloblastoma. ๐ฌ๐ก
#childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #pediatriccancer #cancerresearch
This prize was awarded in recognition of her 2023 manuscript titled:
โGeneration of evidence-based carboplatin dosing guidelines for neonates and infantsโ
You can read the manuscript yourself here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
๐Congratulations to Dr. Shelby Barnett on receiving the joint EPHAR-EACPT Young Investigator Award in translational Pharmacology.
Great work Shelby! ๐
#NUcancer
