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Drug discovery Bioscience Group Leader. Cancer Research Horizons @CR_Horizons based @TheCrick . Cancer Biologist translating new targets to the clinic.

London, UK
Joined September 2018
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📣 An incredible 65,000 signatures in just over 48 hours - our fastest-growing petition ever! @NICEComms, @NHSEngland, @DaiichiSankyoUK, and @ASTRAZENECAUK must listen and take action. Please keep signing and sharing widely. action.breastcancernow.org/e…
BREAKING - #EnhertuEmergency: Thousands of women with incurable HER2-low secondary breast cancer have just been denied access to the drug Enhertu. It’s a drug that would’ve given them the hope of more time to live. But it has been rejected for use on the NHS in England.
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Review from @CR_Horizons scientists published by @NAR_Cancer_EIC on "Effectively utilizing publicly available databases for cancer target evaluation". Provides a comprehensive overview of freely accessible and easy to use cancer databases academic.oup.com/narcancer/a…
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📣 We did it! Our #OlaparibNow campaign has been successful! Thanks to the incredible support of our campaigners, this potentially life-saving drug will be available on the NHS in England to eligible primary breast cancer patients. breastcancernow.org/about-us…
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Job offer @MomoBentires lab: Research associate position in Personalized breast cancer treatment using functional drug testing on patient organoids jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stelle…
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We're pleased to announce our strategic alliance with the @oncodeinstitute, a research institute in the Netherlands dedicated to understanding #cancer and translating research into tangible benefits for patients: cancerresearchhorizons.com/n… (1/4)
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How focal adhesion kinase drives breast cancer and how to inhibit it is reported in recent research from @MCRBreastCentre @MCRCnews @UoM_DCS researchers Simon Timbrell, Hosam Aglan, Aoife Kilgallon, Nigel Bundred and @RobClarkeLab with close collaboration of @FarnieLab
🔎 Focal adhesion kinase inhibition reduced CSC activity and self-renewal across all molecular subtypes in primary human #BreastCancer samples reports Dr. Nigel Bundred's group at @OfficialUoM. 📝 go.nature.com/2SyNb4I
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Delighted to advertise a 4 yr fully-funded PhD studentship from #medicalresearchscotland working with @AFR_UK @AFRUKScience Come join the fun @aberdeenuni_smd #PhDposition #BreastCancer #metastasis findaphd.com/phds/project/pr…
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Today we don't say 'Good morning' to each other. Today we say 'Happy #wearitpink day'. (Tweet us your photos using the hashtag - we'd love to see how you're getting involved!)
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Are you a postdoc? To help celebrate #NPAW2020 I am offering FREE 15 minute career clarity calls. To book, simply comment YES below and I'll send you a calendar link. @AcademicChatter #WomenInSTEM #postdocappreciationweek #postdoc #AcademicTwitter #Science #RealTimeChem
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📢 We are looking for outstanding early career researchers seeking mentoring and sponsorship to apply for career development fellowships @Dunn_School! 📢 We particularly welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds underrepresented at Oxford! Please RT! path.ox.ac.uk/content/cdf
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We will be having a special tribute e-Symposium dedicated to the late and great Zena Werb - please come join us and celebrate the immense contribution she had given to our community! Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… #WomenInSTEM #ECMatrix
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Only 3 days left to apply for this research tech position - we are looking for someone with NGS experience
We have a new technician post just advertised to join the Flanagan lab. Deadline for applications is 23rd Aug. If you have experience with NGS library preps and interested, send me a message. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descript…
Call for papers: Special issue of the @Mammary_journal on single cell analysis in #mammarygland and #breastcancer! Please contact our Guest Editors @wntlab, Edith C. Kordon, or @KoledovaZuzana to express your interest to contribute. Submission deadline: 15th October 2020.
The financial impact of #COVID19 has put charity #ResearchAtRisk. I’m joining @AMRC in calling on Government to provide £310m in financial support to medical research charities to help us fund research that will deliver a better future for patients. amrc.org.uk/blog/government-…
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Replying to @BreastCancer_UK
@BreastCancer_UK *Pls RT* If your #cancer treatment (chemo or surgery) has been paused (due to #coronavirus taking precedence in hospital) I would like your voice in a project I am starting. Please could you contact me. Thank you! [email protected]
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Mammary Gland Biology GRC in June cancelled. Sensible but sad for all the organisers I am sure.
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Please RT! I’ve got a #postdoc position available to work on DNA damage signalling in my lab @UniofOxford, with funding from @CR_UK until May 2022. Get in touch for an informal chat if you’re interested! Closing date March 11th @MRC_WIMM @OxfordOncology jobs.ac.uk/job/BYQ693/postdo…
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Congratulations to Hannah Harrison from our lab for her new paper on breast cancer metastasis - out today in Oncogene! 👏🏻🎉🍾 – at Sale, England
Read our new paper, just out in Oncogene. rdcu.be/b01NO Thanks for all the hard work everyone. @PDOttewell @kblyth1 @HenryP100
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There are 2 positions available now in the Christianson Lab for talented post-docs to work on ubiquitin ligases and protein degradation in cancer as part of exciting new @CR_UK funded project. Find out more in the Research section at jobs.ox.ac.uk/
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Our NUAcT Fellowship scheme is now open, offering fully resourced five-year research fellowships in any discipline leading to an open-ended appointment. To find out more about the scheme @UniofNewcastle and apply, see: ncl.ac.uk/nuact. Deadline: 6th March 2020
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