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Alexander W T Colton

@alexander-colton.bsky.social
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DPhil (PhD) Oncology student studying at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Blagden lab member Interests: Translational cancer research and RNA-biology

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Great to see so many inspiring talks & posters at the recent OCION Symposium! 👏 Congrats to Oxford Cancer DPhil students Nicholas Lai & Eva Hanlon on their award wins, & to DPhil student Haofeng Chen, who won the Public Choice Best Poster award. Read more 👇 www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/OCION-2...
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Oxford Society for Science Communication and Engagement @ossce.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Remember this? Just over a week ago, @alexander-colton.bsky.social presented his research for a non-specialist audience at an @oxfordcancer.bsky.social meeting. Interesting stuff! Thanks to everyone who helped make this opportunity happen.
A man gives a presentation on "Craching the LARPI cancer "phosphocode"' to a group of people sat around a table in a conference room. He gestures enthusiastically while they all look on.
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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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.
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Cancer Research UK City of London Centre @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Join our Prevention Primer on 24 June and grow your knowledge ahead of @cancerresearchuk.org's #PrevConf25. Hear from Prof Peter Sasieni, @sarahblagden.bsky.social, @wtklab.bsky.social and others, inc lab scientists, clinicians, behavioural scientists and epidemiologists.
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Snezhka Oliferenko @alebenoit.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
OMG IT IS OUT EUKARYOTIC HOPANOIDS DESERVE ALL CAPS www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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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...
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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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...
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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...
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