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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Congratulations to our PhD students Ahmed Alsayadi, Phoebe Snow and Emma Barlow on receiving FMS Postgraduate Outstanding Contribution Awards, recognising their outstanding contributions to the NUCancer PGR community. A brilliant achievement and very well deserved 👏

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Members of the REACH team recently took part in Pint of Science Newcastle, sharing how patient voices can help shape cancer research. The session explored PPIE, qualitative research and creative ways to improve cancer communication. #PintOfScience #CancerResearch #PPIE

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🏆 Ryan Lab success at London Calling 2026! Huge congratulations to Eleanor and Steven, whose telomere-to-telomere chromosome assembly work using nanopore sequencing was recognised with a Spotlight talk win and a Highly Commended Poster award. #NanoporeSequencing #Genomics #ChildhoodCancerResearch

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Ever wondered how your support helps shape the future of childhood cancer research? 🧡 Join our Research Open Evening at Newcastle University for talks, interactive activities, lab tours and a Young Scientist Zone. 📅 Wed 24 June, 4–8pm 📍 Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre 🔗 Link in comments

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Hill, Dr Melanie Beckett, Dr Louisa Taylor, Dr Saimir Luli & Prof Steve Clifford on a £310k @littleprincesses.bsky.social Project Grant to advance medulloblastoma research combining MYC-targeting therapies with radiotherapy. #Medulloblastoma #ChildhoodCancer

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr Luke Gaughan, who has received a £212,089 award from @worldwidecancer.bsky.social to investigate whether targeting DNA repair can improve radiotherapy response in prostate cancer. #ProstateCancer #CancerResearch #Radiotherapy

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Advancing childhood lymphoma research 🧬🏆 Congratulations to Helen Griffin, whose study on exome sequencing in children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma won the Best Experimental & Translational Science Abstract award at #CCLG2026 in Manchester. Well done, Helen! 👏

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Huge congratulations to Richard Gallon, awarded Best Oral Presentation at the InSiGHT Conference in Singapore earlier this March. A brilliant and well-deserved achievement. Well done Richard! 👏🏆 #Congratulations #ResearchExcellence #CancerResearch

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Fantastic to see our institute on the programme at the Precision Medicine, Genomics and Informatics Theme Symposium. Huge credit to our speakers driving meaningful progress in cancer research 👏🔬

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Two awards, one incredible achievement! Huge congratulations to NU Cancer’s Camille Drai on winning Outstanding Technician of the Year and Early Career Achievement at the Newcastle University Technician Awards 👏 #NUCancer #NewcastleUniversity #TechnicianAwards

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🔬 Thank you to Professor Jonathan Higgins for an excellent #NUCancer Seminar on “Dicentric Chromosomes, Genome Instability, and Cancer.” Great discussions and insights into chromosome rearrangements and cancer biology. #CancerResearch #NewcastleUniversity #OncologyResearch

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎉 Great results for the Newcastle Cancer Centre Pharmacology Group at the BPS annual meeting. 🏆 Emma Barlow won Best Clinical Pharmacology Poster and Best Overall Poster 🎤 Daniel Whitaker won Best Oral Presentation (Pharmacogenomics & Toxicology) Huge congrats to both! 👏🔬

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🎉 Congrats to Dr Abdullah Malik on securing £21,549 from BASO_ACS & Rosetrees Trust to research radiotherapy in liver cancer, focusing on the immune microenvironment. The only trainee invited to present at BASO Congress, outstanding work! 👏 #CancerResearch #LiverCancer

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Today’s seminar: the “diabolical duo” in liver cancer; neutrophils + platelets!🩸 Targeting their crosstalk could re-wire the tumour microenvironment + make HCC more responsive to immunotherapy. 🗣️Prof. Derek Mann / Erik Ramon Gil (PhD student) #LiverCancer #Immunotherapy #Cancer #Research

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Fantastic news 🎉 Dr Frederik van Delft & Dr Alistair Poll have been awarded a £353k Children with Cancer UK Research Project Grant (2026–29) to tackle drug-resistant T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in children. (1/2) #ChildhoodCancer #TALL #CancerResearch

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre at the Herschel Building has earned the Silver LEAF Award for sustainable lab practices! 🥈 Reducing waste, saving energy & going greener every day. 💚 #Sustainability #GreenLabs #LEAFAward #ScienceForGood #NetZero #EcoInnovation

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🎓 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. 🧠 Smarter, safer therapies ahead. #CancerResearch #Leukaemia #Oncology

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🏆 Huge congratulations to Professor Sir John Burn and his team! They’ve won the CRUK Research Horizons “Translational Project of the Year” Award, recognising their efforts toward turning cancer research into real-world patient impact. 💙 #CancerResearch #InnovationInOncology

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

💙 1 in 8 UK men will develop prostate cancer — 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

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🚨New work from the #NUCancer Paediatric Brain Tumour Group shows not all MYC/MYCN-amplified medulloblastomas are the same. 🔹 Some patients face near-incurable disease & need new therapies 🔹 Others can survive long-term with current treatment #ChildhoodCancer #Medulloblastoma

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Celebrating Excellence: NU Cancer Conference 2025 Prize winner spotlight 🏆 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. 🧪 #CancerResearch

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🎉 Huge congratulations to Prof. Linda Sharp, Dr. Laura Woods & Dr. Christina Dobson on receiving a £40,000 grant from @HDR_UK North for their 9-month project: “Epidemiology of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer in England” 👏 #ColorectalCancer #EarlyDiagnosis #PublicHealth

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🚨 New publication Prof. Mike Waring & team have advanced micelle-promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis through surfactant optimisation. Published in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org. 🔬 Read more: pubs.rsc.org/.../ArticleL... #CancerResearch #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Her clever Newcastle-themed example charmed the audience, helping to show why #LongReads > #ShortReads for this type of research. Well done Eleanor! 🔬

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🏆 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. 🧬 #CancerResearch #PhDLife #WomenInSTEM

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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.

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🏆 #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. 🔬💡 #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #pediatriccancer #cancerresearch

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Shelby Barnett on receiving the joint EPHAR-EACPT Young Investigator Award in translational Pharmacology. Great work Shelby! 👏 #NUcancer

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We're delighted to share that @newcastleuni.bsky.social has officially approved renewal of the #NUCancerCentre for 2025-30. We look forward to continuing this important journey together over the next five years.

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The NU Conference was a big success with a superb plenary from Ram DasGupta (CRUK Scotland). Prizes for talks - J Dishington (1st) and H Stewart; flash talks - E Woodward (1st), L Taylor (2nd); posters - E Hackney (1st), K Papa (2nd). Congrats and to all presenters for giving us a memorable day!

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It was a pleasure hosting @walkolab.bsky.social from the Bart's Centre for Squamous Cancer in our NUCoRE Cancer seminar series this week where he told us about his exciting research on transcriptional addiction.

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Our talented PhD student Keara wins a regional prize for her work on developing a 96-well scale model of liver cancer tumour microenvironment. Congratulations Keara!

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Today is World Cancer Day. At the NU Centre for Cancer we are dedicated to working towards more effective and gentler treatments for cancer patients.

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The 65th British Association for Cancer Research Meeting in Edinburgh June 2025.

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Newcastle University Centre for Cancer @nucancer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Did you know that scientists in our @cruk-si.bsky.social Drug Discovery Unit were the brains behind Rucaparib (PARP inhibitor) and Erdafitinib (FGFR inhibitor, both now clinically approved cancer medicines. Read more about our ground breaking drug discovery science here www.ncl.ac.uk/cancer/our-r...

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