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Daring to solve some of the most complex challenges in cancer research | Founded by Cancer Research UK & The NCI
@cancergrand.bsky.socialNew paper bit.ly/4e5n2kT in @natrevcancer.nature.com
exploring two targeted Cancer Grand Challenges designed to address critical unmet needs in gastroesophageal cancer.
💡Applications are now open, with up to $34M in funding available for global, interdisciplinary teams to take on these challenges.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialA school trip sparked Reuven Agami's curiosity about science 🔬
Today, he's leading team ILLUMINE as they take on the dark proteome challenge.
Read the interview at bit.ly/4ytG5Nx
@cancergrand.bsky.socialCongratulations to Mariam Jamal-Hanjani on her appointment as Chief Clinician at @cancerresearchuk.org! 👏
We’re proud to have Mariam as a co-investigator for teams CANCAN and eDyNAmiC. She’ll continue her work with the Cancer Grand Challenges community alongside her new role.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialNew conference announced!
📅 29 September - 1 October 2027
📍Royal Society, London
Full programme, registration details and speaker line-up will be announced soon.
🔗 Find out more and join the waitlist: bit.ly/4y28v0y
@cancergrand.bsky.socialWe're proud to be partnering with the Torrey Coast Foundation and @cancerresearchuk.org on our two targeted Cancer Grand Challenges, focused on gastroesophageal cancers.
Awards of up to $34m available. Apply by 24 November: bit.ly/4dQSpiZ
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@cancergrand.bsky.social"Everybody thought I was crazy."
When Leanne Li, Team Lead of InteroCANCEption, decided to pursue an unconventional research idea at @crick.ac.uk, she took a chance on something she truly believed in.
Read Leanne’s full interview at bit.ly/4A2c88U
@cancergrand.bsky.socialLast week, we announced two new Cancer Grand Challenges on gastroesophageal cancers.
With awards of up to $34m available, now is the time to think big.
Learn more and apply by 24 November: bit.ly/46DSseg
@cancergrand.bsky.socialOne bold idea can change everything.
Paul Bastard is leading team ATLAS to explore whether autoantibodies also influence cancer risk.
Read Paul’s full interview at bit.ly/4A4Og4B
📹 Includes footage from @institutimagine.bsky.social
@cancergrand.bsky.social📢 Two new Cancer Grand Challenges 📢
Applications close 24 November.
Discover the new challenges: bit.ly/4xfm78b
Winning teams will be funded by the Torrey Coast Foundation and Cancer Research UK (CRUK), through Cancer Grand Challenges.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialThe stories behind the science 🥼
Ludmil Alexandrov, Team Lead of CAUSE, shares his journey, and reflects on the legacy he hopes team CAUSE will leave.
Read Ludmil’s full interview at bit.ly/3UEKXAZ
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@cancergrand.bsky.socialCongratulations to our poster prize winners at our Cancer Grand Challenges Conference: Spatial biology! 🎉
Soham Mandal, @icr.ac.uk, won the @natrevcancer.nature.com prize.
Emine Kazanc, @icr.ac.uk, won the @aacrjournals.bsky.social #CancerDiscovery prize.
A huge thank you to both journals.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialThe organising committee closed off the day, marking three days of discussion complete! Thank you to all speakers, organisers and attendees who made the conference possible. It's been a great week. Did you join us? We'd love to hear your insights and takeaways 💬
@cancergrand.bsky.socialSeveral recurring themes emerged: ➡️ What needs to travel with a dataset? ➡️ The responsibility to publish accompanying code, including processing scripts. ➡️ How can we learn from different fields? ➡️ The role and potential of agentic AI.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialToday's panel led a lively discussion with a range of views on how, as a scientific community, we move towards reproducibility and inter-operability in the next era of spatial biology.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialToday started with a great talk from Josephine Bunch, analytical chemist, who led team Rosetta in imaging the metabolic heterogeneity of cancer, leaving a legacy of methods which open up analysis across the patient journey.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialWe're ready for the final day of our Cancer Grand Challenges Conference: Spatial biology!
Today brings a final opportunity to build connections, refine ideas and reflect on what’s emerged so far.
Follow along for highlights from the closing sessions.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialDay one complete! A huge thank you to all our speakers and attendees for bringing such expertise, insight and engaging discussion to today's sessions. See you tomorrow for another exciting day.
@cancergrand.bsky.socialElizabeth Hillman presented the incredible imaging techniques that her lab has developed to image diverse specimens. As a trained physicist and microscope developer, Elizabeth brought a fresh perspective to the session and challenged attendees to think differently. @stjude.bsky.social
@cancergrand.bsky.socialHow can we push the boundaries of what spatial technologies can do? Taking inspiration from Clarke's laws, this question was at the centre of Fei Chen's interesting talk on designing technologies to decode cancer evolution. @broadinstitute.org
