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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Super cool to welcome class of 2026 PhD students to @qmbci.bsky.social! #CuttingEdgeScience 🔬🧬 #CancerBiology 🦀🎗 Intro lecture from Paulo Ribeiro: "Its not just about the science" "Celebrate your successes & enjoy yourselves" Such a great place to study & learn & change future of #CancerCare

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Enjoyed dropping in to @cancerresearchuk.org #GrandChallenge #SpatialBiologyMeeting @royalsociety.org to hear excellent talk from Joakim Lundeberg @scilifelab.se Also fascinating panel discussion on "accelerating deployment for real-world impact" considering cost, imaging biology, companion dx ++

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Whole day on #TME @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social #ReSolvingTumourMicroenvironment symposium!! @maxbeesley.bsky.social kicks off w #SpatialMapping of #ProstateCancer & interrogation of TME to define metastatic switch #SPACE_Group Special guest Doug Hanahan coming later! @YoussefArafat.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Great 1st #ClinicalPhDSymposium intro to docs re possibility of doing PhD @QMBCI.bsky.social #CentreCancerEvolution •PI elevator pitches •How apply for CRTF funding •Day life of PhD stud •Science/Clin interface •Oppos post PhD @DrAllyCat.bsky.social @mcclellandlab.bsky.social @mlockley.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Excited to be at #AACR26 in sunny #SanDiego •22,000 delegates •7400 abstracts •Particular focus on organ-specific developments & #survivorship 🔬🧪🎗🧬 First plenary talk from #legend Charles Sawyer @mskcancercenter.bsky.social - good to see #ProstateCancer front & centre! @theaacr.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Delighted to be @cancerwales.bsky.social #WCRC2026 to discuss cancer science @ValeResort Great programme in a great setting! Prof Raj Jena @crukcamcentre.bsky.social kicks off with #Keynote on state-of-the-art AI in radiotherapy @cardiffucu.bsky.social @cumedicine.bsky.social @cavuhb.bsky.social

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STEMCELL Science News @stemcellsciencenews.com · 23/01/2026

Understanding the clinical utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and future innovations is crucial to incorporating CTCs into the clinical management of #ProstateCancer. Learn more from Drs. Sophia Abusamra, @lambalastair.bsky.social, and co-authors! 💡 📚 go.nature.com/4pLXZGq

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Great #WhiteboardTalk from @YoussefArafat.bsky.social Exciting use of #ImagingAI #CNN to detect morphol features of metastatic clones in #ProstateCancer Key elements: •Visium spots annotated for histo & clone •Careful patch selection •Incl TME as 'reflection' #SPACE_Study #CEV @qmbci.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Awesome talk from Phil Jones @sangerinstitute.bsky.social on mutant clones in non-malignant tissue Trillions of somatic mutations through lifetime incl skin, gut, bladder, breast, prostate, even neurons & vessels...yet vast majority don't transform #OxCode25 #OxCodeSymp25 @oxfordcancer.bsky.social

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Calling cancer data scientists! 📊 💽 🧮 We have a number of open positions in our core facility @icr.ac.uk These are bioinformatician staff scientist like roles to work on exciting single cell, spatial & other genomics data from across our Institute. A PhD is required. jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/13...

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Data Scientist in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research

View details and apply for this Data Scientist vacancy in Sutton. Salary : Salary range £39,805 to £53,500 (Dependent on experience ) Reporting to: Professor Trevor Gra...

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Real treat to hear Ros Eeles explain rationale for genetic risk in #ProstateCancer screening. A few key observations •~50% of genetic risk still unknown (N.B. was 95% 10 yrs ago) •difference between common (RR x2) and rare (RR 5-10x) variants •Most RR refers to any PCa NOT lethal disease #PPCG

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Great to be at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #SpatialBiology Day in Robens Suite atop #GuysTower Exciting to see critical mass of spatial tech, bioinformatics, biobanking, metallomics expertise and more @habkcl.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social

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Simon Buczacki @sibucz.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

New CRUK Post-doc position in our group. #mutationalorder #multiomics #cancer. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We are looking for our next PhD student to join us 🤩 www.mcclellandlab.com to understand cancer radiation therapy's impact on DNA damage repair and chromosomal instability. Prestigious funding from CRUK RadNet. Please contact me informally - deadline 5th Nov! crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...

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Investigating the interplay between DNA damage repair mechanisms, genomic instability and radiotherapy resistance - CRUK RadNet

Investigating the interplay between DNA damage repair mechanisms, genomic instability and radiotherapy resistance Primary supervisor: Sarah McClelland, Queen Mary University of London Secondary superv...

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Really enjoyed 1st Faculty Retreat for @qmbci.bsky.social Centre for Cancer Evolution #CEV PIs Great chance to share visions for our groups alongside needs/aspirations/collabs @ciccarellilab.bsky.social @mcclellandlab.bsky.social @mirjana-efremova.bsky.social Alex W, Michelle L, Ben W, Stuart McD

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Our first Centre for Cancer Evolution PI retreat! A wonderful day at Goodenough House discussing science, strategy and forging new collaborations @qmbci.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

•Are you a data scientist / bioinformatician? •Interested in #DeepLearning applied to #SpatialBiology? •Do you want to transform #ProstateCancer clinical decision-making? Based @QMBCI.bsky.social Apply here!! 👇 (closing date 20th May) qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate... #SPACE_Study #Organscale

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Really loved @10xgenomics.bsky.social session @theaacr.bsky.social #AACR25 #SpotlightPresentation by Jingxian Liu on Tumour Evolution & Clonal detection using Visium spatial tech. Can't wait to set up some collaborative conversations with the Ding Lab @washumedicine.bsky.social! @qmbci.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Brilliant session focused entirely on spatial multiomics @theaacr.bsky.social #AUA25 Well said @tanevski.bsky.social "Cancer is a spatial disease-spatialomics is the future of cancer science"! Wonderful composite spatial data from Linghua Wang @mdanderson.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Really enjoyed this deep dive into intratumoural immune archetypes from Matt Krummel #AACR25 @TheAACR.bsky.social Loved this video on T Cell vs Dendritic Cell interacting #IntratumouralHeterogeity #ClonalEvolution #ReactiveImmunity

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GU Cast | Declan Murphy & Renu Eapen @gu-cast.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Few teasers here from our breaking news GU Cast yesterday on TRANSLATE trial #eau25 @lambalastair.bsky.social and team

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BJUI & BJUI Compass @bjuijournal.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Congratulations to BJUI Global Prize winners Arthur Yim and Matthew Alberto for their #OpenAccess paper 'Near-infrared spectroscopy as a novel method of ex vivo bladder cancer tissue characterisation', presented today at #USANZ25 doi.org/10.1111/bju....

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Nice talk on #SpatialProteomics from @coscialab.bsky.social at #FoG2025 @fogenomics.bsky.social Essential to unlock phenotype & prelude to biomarker discovery

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

•Are you a data scientist/bioinformatician/computational biologist? •Are you interested in #SpatialGenomics? •Do you want to apply your skills to big questions in #ProstateCancer? Apply here!! 👇 (closing date 12th Feb) qmul-jobs.tal.net/candidate/so... #SPACE_Study #Organscale @qmbci.bsky.social

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Jim Catto @jimcatto.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

2. Nice data. One again show outcomes from #prostatecancer. But avg. age 75 in HIFU cohort and 50% had Gleason 6. Overtreatment common - albeit with less morbid Rx. Confirm need for RCTs @londonprostate1.bsky.social @ip-london.bsky.social @euplatinum.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @lambalastair.bsky.social

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

V cool to be starting first proper day @QMBCI.bsky.social Charterhouse Sq! Thanks to Francesca C & Nitzan Rosenfeld for taking me on as Group Leader in Centre for Cancer Evolution🧬. And to Guys Urology for making it work🙏 Looking forward to rebuilding #SPACE_Study team here - recruiting soon!

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Imperial Prostate @ip-london.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

🚀 Early-Bird Registration for the Imperial Prostate & Focal Therapy Society Masterclass 2025 is open! #ipftsmasterclass25  📍Friday 11 April - Saturday 12 April 2025 📍South Kensington, London UK 🎟️ www.imperialprostatemasterclass.org

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Just out in @bmj.com, our "Uncertainties in Practice" article on #LATP vs #TRUS We highlight evidence so far, discordance between recommendations (@UroWeb.bsky.social vs @NIHR.bsky.social vs #AUA) & need for nuance (!) Not long now until #TranslateTrial... bmj.com/content/387/bm…👈

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Ricardo Almeida-Magaña @ricardouromd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Another angle! Great discussion!

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Really useful 2 days #UR-UK in Bristol. Meeting of 32 research-active UK urologists ToR: networking to identify areas for game-changing research in Uro-oncology Grateful for support from TUF, J&J, Astellas & Medac Will be fascinating to see organic development of this group over next few years.

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Really looking forward to two days brainstorming on urological research at inaugural #UR-UK meeting in Bristol with @jonathananing.bsky.social, @mralexlaird.bsky.social, @tomjmitchell.bsky.social, @maxinegbtran.bsky.social et al. @BAUSurology.bsky.social Thanks @TUF.bsky.social for support!

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Hayley Luxton (She/They) @drluxton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I had an emotional day at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences celebrating the life and achievements of Prof Val Macaulay. Val was a #prostatecancer researcher like no other, passionate, caring, dedicated and …stubborn 🤓 Honoured to pay our respects on behalf of Prostate Cancer UK.

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Moving to attend memorial symposium for our recently departed friend & colleague Prof Val Macaulay Amazing career in #IGF-1 signalling & #ProstateCancer Perhaps even more significantly in supervising 30+ PhDs & widely known for her quiet empathy & compassion, alongside scientific sharpness & drive

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Belated post to thank @BAUSurology.bsky.social Oncology Section for excellent meeting in Nottingham #BAUSOncology2024. Cutting edge talks & stimulating conversation! Think we're on the cusp of something new & exciting with upcoming #UR-UK (Uro-oncology Research UK) inaugural meeting...

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Matthew Bultitude @mattbultitude.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Advert for our next #KidneyStone Senior Fellow @ Guys Urology - start date October 2025. Excellent opportunity with operating 5 days per week; stepping stone to independent practice; learn PCNL access etc. Info: www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/current-vaca...

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Made the most of being (technically) unemployed this morning ❄️🌨☃️!! Now to crack on with some journal reviews that have been stacking up for @bjuijournal.bsky.social... #SnowInOxford #BetweenJobs

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Alastair Lamb @lambalastair.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just arrived. Fun to see lots of interesting folks here. Let's see how it goes with #BlueSky

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