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Alexander W T Colton

@alexander-colton.bsky.social

DPhil (PhD) Oncology student studying at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Blagden lab member Translational cancer research is awesome

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And we're off!

Conference Co-Chair and @oncology.ox.ac.uk's Professor of Experimental Oncology @sarahblagden.bsky.social opens day two of the Cancer Prevention Research Conference in London.

26.06.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join our Prevention Primer on 24 June and grow your knowledge ahead of @cancerresearchuk.org's #PrevConf25. Hear from Prof Peter Sasieni,Β @sarahblagden.bsky.social, @wtklab.bsky.socialΒ and others, inc lab scientists, clinicians, behavioural scientists and epidemiologists.

14.04.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Horizontal acquisition of prokaryotic hopanoid biosynthesis reorganizes membrane physiology driving lifestyle innovation in a eukaryote - Nature Communications Horizontally transferred genes must be integrated into host biology. Here, the authors show that the domestication of bacterial hopanoid synthesis has rewired lipid metabolism of a eukaryote leading t...

OMG IT IS OUT EUKARYOTIC HOPANOIDS DESERVE ALL CAPS

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

07.04.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Awesome work!! Just read it - really interesting! Takes me back to my S. Japonicus days πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜‚

07.04.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford Cancer Vaccine Hub The Oxford Cancer Vaccine Hub facilitates innovation from multiple research groups and aims to achieve transformative benefits in the treatment of multiple cancer types, as well as preventing cancer d...

Today is the @britsocimm.bsky.social's Vaccine Engagement Day!

Here at Oxford, we're expanding our focus to explore the potential of vaccines for cancer prevention.

Find out about our preliminary & ongoing work on our website. ⬇️ #CelebrateVaccines

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/research/net...

26.03.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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