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💻 Tune in for the next session in our #ResearchData webinar series on 22 January 12-1 pm to learn more from Joe Day (Cancer Research Horizons) about how researchers can prepare their data from the start to maximise the possibility of reuse, including in commercial collaborations. Joe will also share more about the support we offer to help facilitate this.  Maximise the impact of data and research by joining us and asking your questions. Register now 👉  https://bit.ly/3VaTitk #CRUKDataSeries

Our refreshed EDI strategy lays out a comprehensive programme for making further progress in our five priority areas of addressing cancer inequalities, research, our people, leadership and engagement. By the end of 2023, we want to see our actions and those of our partners working towards a more diverse and inclusive cancer research landscape. By then, we’ll be funding more research that addresses cancer inequalities, and the people who contribute to our research, from the lab to the clinic, will be from more diverse backgrounds and bring a wider range of lived experience.  Next year we'll publish our more detailed EDI in research strategy.

📢 Congratulations to our Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, whose funding has been renewed for the next five years. The centre of excellence was established in 2014 and is co-directed by Professor Caroline Dive. CBE and Charles Swanton in Manchester and UCL respectively. It was set up to build capacity in UK lung cancer research, and the next five years of funding will be supported by ScottishPower, who are committing up to £4m to the centre. Read more: https://bit.ly/496Mjrd

🚨 Just one week to go! Join our #ExploringCYPCancers webinar on therapeutic discovery research Hear from Sara Wakeling (Alice's Arc) about why research into developing better treatment options for children and young people is so urgently needed. Yael Mossé (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), Charles Keller (Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute) and Laura Donovan (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) will talk about their work developing more effective and targeted treatments. 📅 25 November ⏰ 3 – 4:30pm (GMT) Sign up now 👉 https://bit.ly/4gZmzAK UCL

Curious about how innovative research moves from the lab to real-world impact? The latest series of our Cancer Research Matters podcast developed with Cancer Research Horizons, will dive deep into the world of research translation—from the first sparks of an idea to start-ups, licensing, and beyond. In the first episode we discuss why academic researchers should pursue entrepreneurship, what support is out there and how to know when your findings are ready to be translated into real-world interventions. Whether you’re an academic researcher seeking practical advice and inspiration, or just want to hear others' translation journeys, this series has something for you. Tune in to discover how those first steps can lead to big things. 🎧Listen now - https://bit.ly/3ClrdJh Simon Boulton | Faith Nutter Howard | Tony Hickson | Tommy Rennison | Phil Berry #OnMyHorizon #Entrepreneurship #Translation

📢 Announcing the speakers at our upcoming #ExploringCYPCancers webinar on therapeutic discovery research. 👇    🌟 Sara Wakeling (Craddock) – Alice's Arc  🌟 Yael Mosse – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  🌟 Charles Keller – Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute   🌟 Laura Kate Donovan – UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health     Join us online on 25 November, from 3–4:30 pm (GMT), as we hear about translational research and the importance of developing more effective, targeted treatments for children and young people affected by #Cancer.     🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4gZmzAK UCL

Meet Hannah Harrison from The University of Manchester, our latest #ResearchIsBeautiful image campaign winner🏆      Hannah’s image captures epithelial cells within an explant taken from normal human breast tissue. The blue represents the nuclei of the cells, and the brown is marking progesterone receptors.       Find out more here and don’t forget to throw in some festive entries in the coming month: https://lnkd.in/dzjNtXpD

Help shape environmentally sustainable cancer research by taking our survey.  We need your help identifying current practices, challenges and opportunities for improving environmental sustainability in research.  No matter what your prior knowledge of the topic is, we welcome a wide range of views so we can build a comprehensive picture of environmental sustainability across cancer research.  We’re committed to delivering cutting-edge research more responsibly and your views will help us to support our research community in adopting more sustainable methods and practices. Take the survey  https://lnkd.in/e46gVTf2  

Join Consilium for a joint webinar with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) on Thursday, 14th November! ❓Understanding the economic and regulatory challenges of cancer prevention to unlock future opportunities 📅 Thursday 14th November, 5pm London Time 🎫 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dxaS7h5i An estimated 22 million people worldwide will have cancer in 2030. Policy goals of reducing cancer mortality often default to a discourse of advancing therapeutic strategies, strongly supported by the pharmaceutical industry. However, the impact of cancer therapeutics on survival remains limited. A cancer diagnosis and its treatment, successful or not, impose a heavy burden on patients and their loved ones. Preventing cancers from arising would reduce mortality and the negative social and psychological impact of this disease. Current estimates suggest that at least 30-50% of cancers are preventable with opportunities to go further by better understanding the underlying mechanisms of cancer genesis and risk. In this shared Cancer Research UK and Consilium Scientific webinar, experts in broad aspects of health policy and economics will discuss the historical funding limitations of cancer prevention research compared to therapeutics. What are the current regulatory and economic barriers to advancing cancer prevention? Do we need novel models of health economics to promote cancer prevention? What are the challenges of behavioural and interventional prevention strategies? How can they be overcome? Join us at this webinar focused on highlighting the growing global importance of cancer prevention and the vast opportunities ahead. In conversation with David Crosby, Sir John Burn, Katie Spencer, Nick Woolley, Matt Fagg

We spoke with Lucy Brooks, Senior Research Fellow at UCL about her research on glioblastoma and the role the microenvironment plays in its development, as well as understanding the interplay between cell fate and current therapies to nudge cells towards more treatment-sensitive states. Beyond this, Lucy explores the ways subpopulations of cells resist therapies and investigates their vulnerability to develop more effective cancer therapies.  Discover Lucy’s academic journey, her research, and why being a part of our network of Radiation Research Centres of Excellence at Cancer Research UK City of London Centre has been so valuable.  Read the Q&A: https://bit.ly/40kdrAI