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Emma Scott
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Prostate Cancer UK research fellow
Newcastle University
Glyco-Immunology in the tumour immune microenvironment
Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples 🙌🏻

The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry (FTACV) at University of Y...
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sharing our recent pre-print where we drill down further into the transcriptional regulation of Siglec ligands. Here we show that tissue specific regulatory networks dictate changes in sialoglycan patterns. Work led by Rebecca Garnham and postdoc Adam Duxfield.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Androgen Receptor and MYC synergise to modulate the synthesis of Siglec-7 ligands in prostate cancer
Glyco-immune checkpoints have recently been shown to be critical mediators of immunotherapy resistance across multiple cancer types. In clinical trials, immunotherapeutic treatments for prostate cance...
www.biorxiv.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sad to have missed it myself but our (relatively) new postdoc Dr Adam Duxfield had a fab day presenting his recent project at the @prostateukprofs.bsky.social Making Progress event in London yesterday!
April 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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If you're looking for support with your personal development and building the skills needed for career progression, take a look at our #prostatecancer Researcher Mentoring Scheme.

You can register as a mentor, a mentee, or both!
prostatecanceruk.org/research/for...
February 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."

In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/49BKZgp
December 16, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Sign ups are coming in thick and fast!

If you're an early career researcher working on a #prostatecancer project this meeting is a must for you!

Network, hear from our amazing Keynote Speaker and take part in training designed to help you in your career.

prostatecanceruk.org/research/for...
November 29, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Reposted by Emma Scott
We are one of just 7 UK cancer centres that are contributing to the CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme. We have 10 exciting projects on offer to eligible candidates of Black heritage backgrounds. Read more about the scheme and what we have on offer www.ncl.ac.uk/cancer/train...
CRUK Black Leaders PhD Scholarship | Centre for Cancer | Newcastle University
www.ncl.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 3:39 PM