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We are @official-uom.bsky.social's division with an internationally leading multidisciplinary research & teaching portfolio focused on cancer biology: discovery → translational → clinical. #TransformativeOncology 📍 Manchester 🔗 bit.ly/UoM_DCS

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GJBrainResearch @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🚨 We're hiring! Join Prof Petra Hamerlik’s Brain Tumour Biology Lab as a Research Assistant - supporting cutting-edge multi-omics work on brain tumours. #CancerResearch #ManchesterJobs @uom-dcs.bsky.social 👉https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?isPreview=Yes&jobid=33559&advert=external
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Research Assistant in Neurooncology:Paterson Building
The successful applicants will have a qualification at NQF level 6 (such as a bachelor’s degree) in a relevant biological science subject. They should have substantial experience working with live cells and/or assays such as cell viability assay, and experience with mouse modelling.
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 27/10/2025
The M4S Competition has expanded its reach to Birmingham and Manchester, underscoring the programme's success in sparking scientific curiosity among primary students across the UK #LMBNews www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/m4s-expansio... @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uom-dcs.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
M4S collage with past winners and in action pictures
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Lots of PhD opportunities in DCS for 2026 entry🧬 We have both clinical and non-clinical studentships in research groups across the Division, with many cross-centre projects on offer too 🥼 ✍️ The projects offered and how to apply can be found here: www.findaphd.com/phds/divisio...
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The University of Manchester, Division of Cancer Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 31 PhDs Listed
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships at The University of Manchester, Division of Cancer Sciences.
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Do you have experience of Radiotherapy? Researchers at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust are looking for patients and caregivers to join their team to explore new ways of delivering radiotherapy treatment. For more information about the project, please contact Sally Taylor📧👇
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Manchester Breast Centre @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Thank you to Professor Valerie Speirs for visiting us from @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and giving a terrific talk on "Biological Insights into Breast Cancer in Men", hosted by Dr Sacha Howell at the @mcrcnews.bsky.social with @uom-dcs.bsky.social & @cruk-mi.bsky.social #breastcancer #research
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Leukaemia UK @leukaemiauk.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
An incredibly inspiring and thought-provoking Q&A session with some of our John Goldman Fellows and Leukaemia UK Community Champions. ✨ @simonrichardson.bsky.social @scicambridge.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @uom-dcs.bsky.social
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Manchester Breast Centre @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Starting September with an excellent seminar by Professor Roger Gomis from @irbbarcelona.org on “ER+ Breast cancer metastasis cell fate mapping”. Thank you for visiting us in Manchester and sorry about the rain! @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uom-dcs.bsky.social @cruk-mi.bsky.social
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This week we held our second Active Travel Brekkie to promote sustainable modes of commuting 👣🚲👟🚌🚋🚂 Inspired by similar events on main campus, it was great to see members of the DCS community enjoying their complimentary breakfast in the Espresso Lab cafe at the OCRB together!
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"To have a meaningful impact, we need to collaborate" 👇Radiotherapy researcher Lucy Davies was recently interviewed in Synergy, the magazine for the Society of Radiographers. 🥼Great to hear about the people behind the research! society-of-radiographers.shorthandstories.com/synergy-0625...
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Facial asymmetry in childhood cancer survivors: ‘We need to improve our approach’
Facial deformation is a little-understood late consequence of radiotherapy for children with cancers in the head and neck, but one with potentially devastating impact. Radiotherapy researcher Lucy Dav...
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📢 Exciting announcement! Welcome to Manchester
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We hope everyone enjoys the next few days at the MCRC-DCS PGR Research Showcase! 🤩
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Do you want to be at the forefront of cancer detection & research? 🔬Develop practical skills in cutting-edge research facilities 🌎Work alongside & learn from world-leading researchers & clinical scientists Apply for the Molecular Pathology in Cancer programme 👇 www.manchester.ac.uk/study/master...
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Interested in developing the skills & knowledge to transform the clinical outcomes for patients with cancer? 🤝Build a global professional network 🌎Study from anywhere in the world 🔬Develop research skills Apply for the Transformative Oncology programme👇 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/study/online...
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Prof Stephen Taylor, and second year PhD student, Laura Bloxham, are attending the EMBO Chromosome Segregation & Aneuploidy conference in Italy! 🌍 Laura gave a fantastic talk on her research exploring the cGAS-STING landscape in HGS #OvarianCancer. Huge congratulations Laura! 🥂 #ChromoPloidy25
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Manchester Cancer Research Centre @mcrcnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Yesterday at #AACR2025, Director of the MCRC, Prof. Robert Bristow, chaired the Presidential Select Symposium focused on reducing the cancer burden worldwide.
The panel of the presidential select symposium at AACR 2025 focused on Leveraging Science to Reduce the Cancer Burden WorldwideProf. Rob Bristow chairing the presidential select symposium at AACR 2025 focused on Leveraging Science to Reduce the Cancer Burden WorldwideProf. Rob Bristow chairing the presidential select symposium at AACR 2025 focused on Leveraging Science to Reduce the Cancer Burden Worldwide
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This Thursday👇we have the next instalment of our internal DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series 🥼 Dr Niki Flaum, Academic Clinical Lecturer 🧫 @saracabral24.bsky.social, PhD student in Rob Clarke's research group 📍 OCRB Lecture Theatre 📅 Thursday 24th April ⏰ 4-5pm Looking forward to it!
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Next Thursday👇we have the next installment of our internal DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series 🥼 Dr Niki Flaum, Academic Clinical Lecturer 🧫 @saracabral24.bsky.social, PhD student in Rob Clarke's research group 📍 OCRB Lecture Theatre 📅 Thursday 24th April ⏰ 4-5pm Looking forward to it!
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Later TODAY👇we have the next installment of our internal DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series 🥼 Kirsten Tinsley (Prof Angeliki Malliri's lab) 🧫 Dr Struan Gray (Prof Noel Clarke & Dr Ashwin Sachdeva's lab) 📍 Michael Smith Lecture Theatre 📅 Thursday 10th April ⏰ 1-2pm Looking forward to it!
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We will be keen to host you in Manchester, home to #TheChristie + access/support from the whole #TeamManchester ecosystem all in the same campus: @christieinstitute.bsky.social @cruk-mi.bsky.social @cruknbc.bsky.social @uom-dcs.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Come along later later this week👇 when we have the next installment of our internal DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series 🥼 Kirsten Tinsley (Prof Angeliki Malliri's lab) 🧫 Dr Struan Gray (Prof Noel Clarke & Dr Ashwin Sachdeva's lab) 📍 Michael Smith Lecture Theatre 📅 Thursday 10th April ⏰ 1-2pm
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Later TODAY, we have the next DCS Next-Gen seminar with Dr Peter Martin from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London 🧬 🧪 Mitotic Genome Stability: The Key to Precision Cancer Therapy? 🔬 📍 Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Lecture Theatre 📅 Monday 17th March ⏰ 3.15-4.15pm
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Later TODAY👇we have the next installment of our internal DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series. 🥼 Aaron Rankin from Dr Alan McWilliam's research group 🧫 Dr Sara Menegatti from Dr Simona Valletta's research group 📍 Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Lecture theatre 📅 Thursday 13th March ⏰ 1-2pm
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Next Monday, we have the next iteration of our DCS Next-Gen seminar series with Dr Peter Martin from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London 🧬 🧪 Mitotic Genome Stability: The Key to Precision Cancer Therapy? 🔬 📍 Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Lecture Theatre 📅 Monday 17th March ⏰ 3-4pm
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
TOMORROW, we have the next installment of our internal DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series. 🥼 Aaron from Dr Alan McWilliam's group 🧫 Dr Menegatti from Dr Simona Valletta's research group 📍 Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Lecture theatre 📅 Thursday 13th March ⏰ 1-2pm
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day 2025👩‍🔬 This year we celebrate and recognise why supporting women in leadership matters. ✍In this blog, Grace shares insights from her career journey and reflects on tailored leadership programmes. 🔗Check out the blog👉 blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2025/03/...
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Grazyna Lipowska-Bhalla: Why I Need a Women’s Leadership Programme?
In January, I joined Aurora, the Advance Higher Education leadership programme for women. But why I would need a women’s leadership programme? Wouldn’t it be seen as an unfair advantage over others wh...
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
With International Women’s Day just around the corner, it’s important to recognise why supporting women in leadership matters. ✍In this blog, Grace shares insights from her career journey and reflects on tailored leadership programmes. 🔗Check out the blog: blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2025/03/...
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Grazyna Lipowska-Bhalla: Why I Need a Women’s Leadership Programme?
In January, I joined Aurora, the Advance Higher Education leadership programme for women. But why I would need a women’s leadership programme? Wouldn’t it be seen as an unfair advantage over others wh...
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Manchester Cancer Research Centre @mcrcnews.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We’ve partnered with Black in Cancer & Windsor Fellowship to launch the CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme – a fully-funded 4-year PhD opportunity for Black heritage students🎓 📅 Deadline: 4 April 🔗 Explore projects & apply now: www.crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/opportunity_...
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Later on TODAY, we have the next installment of our DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series with @benjaminfozzy.bsky.social and Dr Laura Woodhouse! 📍 Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Lecture theatre 📅 Thursday 27th February ⏰ 4-5pm 🧪Look forward to hearing about this exciting research!🧬
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
TOMORROW, we have the next installment of our DCS Postdoc and PhD seminar series with @benjaminfozzy.bsky.social and Dr Laura Woodhouse! 📍 Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Lecture theatre 📅 Thursday 27th February ⏰ 4-5pm Look forward to hearing about this exciting research!
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
⭐ DCS Next-Gen Seminar ⭐ Next week, we welcome Dr Marilena Hadjidemetriou from @official-uom.bsky.social! She'll discuss her research on NanoOmics, a Nanotechnology Blood Biomarker Discovery paradigm, which isolates diseased analytes from blood for omics analyses 🩸 📍 OCRB 📅 Mon 24th Feb ⏰ 3-4pm
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health @fbmh-uom.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Breast cancer in Black African women with Professor David Wedge: How analysing genomics can improve our understanding of the aggressiveness of breast cancer. Listen to this episode of 'one in two', a Manchester cancer research podcast, in all the usual places: www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bea...
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This Thursday, we have the next installment of our DCS PhD & Post-Doc series with research fellows, Dr Hannah Harrison and Dr Camilla Coulson-Gilmer! Hear about the latest research in Breast & Ovarian Cancer 👇 📍 Michael Smith Building, Lecture Theatre 📅 Thursday 13th February ⏰ 1-2pm
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health @fbmh-uom.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Manchester researchers are among the first to apply their world-leading genetic and genomic expertise to study the differences in #prostatecancer among ethnic groups to deliver more tailored, targeted treatment.
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🧪Later TODAY, we have the next installment of our DCS Next-Gen Seminar Series with Dr William Grey, MRC Career Development Award Fellow from The University of York. 🔬The Grey lab studies the role of proteostasis in healthy and malignant stem cells, predominantly in the haematopoietic system🧬
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🧪Next Monday, we have the next installment of our DCS Next-Gen Seminar Series with Dr William Grey, MRC Career Development Award Fellow from The University of York. 🔬The Grey lab studies the role of proteostasis in healthy and malignant stem cells, predominantly in the haematopoietic system🧬
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
⭐ The first day of the #WomenInLeadership programme is well underway! 🥼 Progression from post-doctoral researcher to independent researcher among women is disproportionately low, making this programme so important for our division! We hope the first day is constructive and empowering! 🤩
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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 04/02/2025
NEW: Researchers from The University have explored the barriers that block patients from attending their cervical cancer screening appointments and perspectives around self-sampling methods as an alternative. 👇 Read the full story www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
New research aims to tackle barriers to cervical cancer screening as UK rates fall
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#WorldCancerDay 👩‍⚕️ Our next feature is @oncocook.bsky.social, the Division’s Clinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist in Experimental Cancer Medicines #TheChristie. Read more about her team’s tremendous effort to demystifying #CUP 👇 www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/stories/canc...
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From diagnosis to discovery: transforming care for cancer of unknown primary
Dr Natalie Cook talks about unlocking the secrets to some of the world's most challenging cancers, including Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP).
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
#WorldCancerDay 🎥 Hear first-hand from @marianneaznar.bsky.social, our Division’s Professor of Radiation Oncology Physics on a component of her current research 👇
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Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
📣The Beatson International Cancer Conference #BICC2025 is returning on Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th May 2025 at the impressive Glasgow Science Centre! Celebrating 30 years of events, join us for 3 days of inspiring talks, posters and networking focusing on Data Science www.beatsonconference.org
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Manchester Cancer Research Centre @mcrcnews.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Today is #WorldCancerDay 2025! 🌍 This year, we're proud to unveil 'United by Unique', a month-long exhibit of paintings by patients at @TheChristieNHS. Join us in celebrating the creativity & unique stories behind each piece. 📍Oglesby Cancer Research Building – free to visit
This World Cancer Day, we're delighted to unveil "United by Unique", a month-long exhibit of paintings created by cancer patients at The Christie's art group. Behind every diagnosis is a personal story. Our aim is that this exhibit helps patients tell their cancer journey, giving researchers and patients the opportunity to share experiences and understandings. 

Professor Robert Bristow Director of the Manchester Cancer Research CentreThe 'United by Unique' exhibition on display in the OCRB
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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · 04/02/2025
In the UK, nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. It's World Cancer Day today – a global day to raise awareness and take action against cancer 🌍 Whatever your cancer experience, share this post and help us get the word out. #WorldCancerDay #WCD2025
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UoM Division of Cancer Sciences @uom-dcs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Today is #WorldCancerDay! 👋 We are officially here on Bluesky 🦋. We are the Division of Cancer Sciences, within @official-uom.bsky.social – representing clinicians, scientists, technicians and students; all working together to demystify cancer. 🔔 Follow us to hear news and updates. #TeamManchester
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