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An excellent keynote talk by Ruman Rahman from Nottingham University. Then poster prizes and the reception, and with that we're done. Great stuff.

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And the final talk from Norwich of the symposium is "The role of the gut microbiome, metabolic changes and the immune system in the progression of MGUS to multiple myeloma" – Charlotte Hellmich #NCRNSymposium2026

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Next up is Dimitra Lamprinaki discussing "Strain- and sex-specific antibody responses to Fusobacterium nucleatum ssp. animalis in colorectal cancer: evidence from the Norwich Bowel Cancer Screening cohort"

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The last session starts with a talk titled "Spatiotemporal Metabolic Drivers of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Initiation and Progression"

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Last but not least in this session we have Jasmyn Gooding giving "An Introduction to the Citizens Academy"

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"Delivering Innovation and Expanding Access: The Role of the Cancer Research Team at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust" by Melissa Cambell-Kelly & Rosanna Mille now on.

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Ian Pope next, with "Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department: Long-Term Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial"

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Next up is Sam Worster presenting a talk titled "Dosimetric impact of a rectal spacer in high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy: A retrospective paired analysis"

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The third season of the NCRN symposium had begun with "Using routinely collected electronic primary healthcare data to identify associations between prescriptions and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma" – Zoe Venables #NCRNSymposium2026

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#NCRNSymposium2026 lunch and poster session. Probably the best part of the day. great energy.

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The Norwich Cancer Research Network 2026 is here. We kick off with Jayna Mistry presenting a talk titled "Microenvironment remodelling by clonal haematopoiesis promotes transformation to haematological malignancy" #NCRNSymposium2026

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The final talk of the first session of the NCRN symposium is by Advait Aithal titled "From Photoactivation to Photodegradation: LASSO, a Long-Wavelength Platform for Light Activated Selective Switch-Off of Proteins" #NCRNSymposium2026

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The next talk is "Targeting cancer by inhibiting the protein interactions in RNA polymerase" by Suzanne van Wier #NCRNSymposium2026

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Next up we have Emma Bull discussing how MYC activates a dark genome lncRNA to drive metastasis in paediatric bone sarcoma. #NCRNSymposium2026

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Congratulations to Dr Anna Russell who successfully got through her viva today with a thesis titled "Investigating the molecular mechanisms of action of anaerobic bacteria on prostate cancer development and progression". Super quick time. Thanks to examiners Gwyn Williams and Ben Evans.

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Next we have Jade Manning, who won the runners-up prize for best talk at the Microbial Genomics ECR Symposium @Norwich. The talk was titled "Investigating the Mechanism of Action of Anaerobic Bacteria in the Pathogenesis of Aggressive Prostate Cancer". Congratulations.

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Excellent day of prizes yesterday. First up, we have @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social who was awarded "Winner - Research and Impact" at the Norwich Medical School Staff Awards 2026.

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Currently having fun at the Prostate Cancer UK from ideas to innovation conference.

Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

And that's it for the year. Thanks for your support.

Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Day 28 update. A few days left to go. movember.com/m/dbrewer

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The annual Norwich Medical School Cancer Genetics Team Movember bake sale is on! Come along to the Bob Champion Research and Education building and feed yourself with some tasty treats. @ueamedical.bsky.social

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

21 day update. Getting there. Donate here: movember.com/m/dbrewer?mc...

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

11 day update. Donate to my fundraiser via movember.com/m/dbrewer?mc...

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

ONE DAY TO GO. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 🧬🖥️ . 3 years starting in Feb 2026. Please apply. bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8

Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Come and join the Cancer Genetics team in the lovely Norwich. We have a three year position for a senior bioinformatician starting in Feb 2026. Click the link for further details. bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8 🧬 🖥️ @prostateukprofs.bsky.social @ueamedical.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #postdoc

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 3 years starting in Feb 2026. 🧬🖥️ bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Many thanks to Alice Macdonald MP who kindly hosted a Parliamentary Reception, on behalf of the University of East Anglia, last night. The reception was titled "Faster Smarter Earlier – UEA’s Mission to Transform Prostate Cancer Diagnosis" and was a great success. @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Anastasios Bampalis had his PhD viva yesterday on a thesis titled "Investigating Bacteria In Poor Prognosis Prostate Cancer". He passed subject to minor corrections. Massive congratulations, Dr. Bampalis.

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year. May you all have a most excellent year.

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

"Epidemiology of Cholesteatoma in the UK Biobank" is published. Great work from PhD student Emma Wilson and something that is outside my normal Prostate Cancer research area. With Prof Jennings, Mr Prinsley, Dr Khondoker, and Prof. Philpott doi.org/10.1111/coa.14257

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This seems odd. A cancer microbiome machine learning paper that uses data from the retracted Poore et al. 2020 Nature paper has been published just last week in mSystems. Some of the claims seem very strong. Also, it seems to have been accepted four days after submission. 🧬 & 🖥️ #microbiome

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Final day of Movember and Hank has hours to live. movember.com/m/dbrewer?mc=6

Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Annual Cancer Genetics baking sale today in aid of Movember. My contribution was the exotic flapjacks. You can donate here: buff.ly/3Z1bFlP

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Stuart Rushworth kindly stepping in to give the keynote lecture at the NCRN Symposium #NCRNSymposium2024

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And the final session of the NCRN Symposium 2024 has started with Abe Gihawi discussing microbes and cancer. #NCRNSymposium2024

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After a great poster session, we've started session 3, focusing on prevention. #NCRNSymposium2024 @cancerinnorwich

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Now into the lightning talks, my favourite part of conferences. #NCRNSymposium2024

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Kicking off the Norwich Cancer Research Network with Mark Searcey. Great to have been involved with organising. #NCRNSymposium2024

Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

I had a great time at the ICGC prostate UK bioinformatics meeting last week based in the lovely St Andrews. Thanks to Andy Lynch for hosting (@dralynch) and the Isaac Newton Institute for funding.

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

This has been a long journey and I think it's the correct outcome. Thanks to everyone that has been involved, especially @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social who has been investigating this since his PhD days, and Steven Salzberg for really raising the analysis and awareness to another level. 🧬🖥️

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

New review paper out today in Journal of Medical Biology "Cancer invasion and anaerobic bacteria: new insights into mechanisms". Great work by Rachel Hurst, with @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social, John Wain, and Colin Cooper. doi.org/10.1099/jmm....

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

New paper out! "Genomic evolution shapes prostate cancer disease type". Really pleased to see this excellent bit of research final out. Part of the CRUK-ICGC prostate project & PPCG (panprostate.org). Led by David Wedge and Dan Woodcock. doi.org/10.1016/j.xg... @ueamedical.bsky.social

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Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

New paper out today, in which I played a small part "Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating Tumour DNA enriches for Patients with a Greater Risk of Recurrence of Clinically Localised Prostate Cancer". The free link for next 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1idQt14kpl... Then doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...

Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

November has come to an end and Hank has gone into hibernation for another year. Thanks to everyone who has donated to Movember or who has supported my research generally. There is still time if you fancy it: movember.com/m/dbrewer?mc=1