Could breast milk hold clues that help detect breast cancer earlier?

Manchester researchers are recruiting breastfeeding women to the pioneering BRACELET-BM study, which is exploring whether breast milk could offer a new way to detect the disease during or after pregnancy: https://ow.ly/Y8CG50ZW0eF

Applications are now open for our 2027 entry @cancerresearchuk.org (CRUK)-funded PhD opportunities! 🧪 👩‍🔬

Interested in applying for a Clinical or Non-Clinical PhD? Explore our available projects: www.crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...

📆 Deadline: Monday 23rd November 2026

The @mcrcnews.bsky.social clinical & non-clinical PhDs are out - come and join us - there are some great projects for all interests. Lots of clinical projects for you budding researchers! @rcradiologists.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...

New research presented at #ASTRO2026 suggests radio-resistance in muscle-invasive bladder cancer can evolve during treatment.

Professor Ananya Choudhury (@achoud72.bsky.social) highlighted potential biomarkers that could support more personalised radiotherapy. www.urotoday.com/conference-h...

Recent work from the Genome Stability Lab was published in Nature Communications over the summer 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Using systematic screening, photo-crosslinking, high-resolution NMR, and cellular biochemistry, we uncover a UFM1 signalling module in genome stability 🧬

Join us for the next MCRC 20th Anniversary Seminar Series event with Prof Richard Sullivan, exploring cancer care in times of conflict, global health security and resilient health systems.

📅 10 Nov 2026, 15:00–16:30
📍 Schuster Building, Manchester
🎟️ Register: https://ow.ly/POFV50ZFEwQ

Join @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social this month for the next 'Let’s Talk About..' online webinar on 'Being Technical Staff – The Highs, Lows and Surprises' on Friday 25 September 2026.

Find out more and register ➡️ zurl.co/Qvn0M
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A simple tear-fluid test could one day help detect brain tumours earlier. 💧

Prof Petra Hamerlik from The University of Manchester is leading an NHS-approved study, inspired by the loss of her father to a brain tumour when she was 15.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Join us for a seminar from Prof Linda Mileshkin: “Advancing Cancer Care through Early Drug Development at Peter Mac”.

📅 11 Sep, 14:00–15:00
📍OCRB Lecture Theatre

Hear insights from Professor Mileshkin’s work in medical oncology, clinical trials & gynaecological cancers.

https://ow.ly/7MRe50ZKAvW

What does a day in the life of a PhD student at the MCRC look like? 👩‍🔬

Meet Sewa, a third-year PhD student in our Targeted Therapy Group, whose research explores how radiotherapy affects immune cells and their ability to fight cancer cells.

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uI2S8naxp8

Join us for an MCRC Welcome Lecture with Professor Ludwig Dubois, Chair in Experimental and Translational Radiobiology at The University of Manchester.

📅 Thursdat 10 September
🕓 16:00–17:00
📍Oglesby Cancer Research Building
Register: https://ow.ly/PX5g50ZCrkj