Gillian Mackie
@gillianmackie.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Turrell group at the University of Manchester • Investigating dormancy in metastatic breast cancer through the lens of an immunologist • She/her 🧑🔬
Had a great day at the 2025 Manchester Breast Centre Symposium. It was a privilege to present our ongoing work amongst some brilliant talks 🧪
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November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Had a great day at the 2025 Manchester Breast Centre Symposium. It was a privilege to present our ongoing work amongst some brilliant talks 🧪
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3rd PhD project being advertised in the @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab! Utilising liver fibrosis models to translate our findings in the lung to other critical sites of breast cancer metastasis and dormancy 🧪
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October 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
3rd PhD project being advertised in the @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab! Utilising liver fibrosis models to translate our findings in the lung to other critical sites of breast cancer metastasis and dormancy 🧪
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#ImmunoSky
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Two really exciting PhD projects currently being advertised in our group. One project on how tumour cells shape the TME in breast cancer and how this impacts immunotherapy 🧪
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(MRC DTP) Investigating how semaphorins reshape the immune microenvironment in ER+ breast cancer to impact immunotherapy response and drive metastasis at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (MRC DTP) Investigating how semaphorins reshape the immune microenvironment in ER+ breast cancer to impact immunotherapy response and drive metastasis at The University of Manchester, li...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Two really exciting PhD projects currently being advertised in our group. One project on how tumour cells shape the TME in breast cancer and how this impacts immunotherapy 🧪
@frances-turrell.bsky.social
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@mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social
@frances-turrell.bsky.social
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New postdoc position in @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab. Great opportunity to join a new group, doing exciting work 🧪
Get in touch if you want to chat about life in the lab (it's fab)!
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Get in touch if you want to chat about life in the lab (it's fab)!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ImmunoSky
Research Associate in Breast Cancer Metastasis:CRUK Oglesby Cancer Research Building, 555 Wilmslow Road, M20 4GJ
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March 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
New postdoc position in @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab. Great opportunity to join a new group, doing exciting work 🧪
Get in touch if you want to chat about life in the lab (it's fab)!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ImmunoSky
Get in touch if you want to chat about life in the lab (it's fab)!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ImmunoSky
Super privileged to be working on such an interesting and important project!
Working out how tumour cell dormancy is regulated is critical to managing reawakening and mitigating this risk for patients. Watch this space for some exciting experiments 🧪
#ImmunoSky #CancerResearch
Working out how tumour cell dormancy is regulated is critical to managing reawakening and mitigating this risk for patients. Watch this space for some exciting experiments 🧪
#ImmunoSky #CancerResearch
👏 Congratulations to Dr Frances Turrell who will receive £500,000 to investigate the role macrophages play in reawakening dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
Thanks to the supporters of the @breastcancernow.bsky.social Patricia Swannell appeal
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Thanks to the supporters of the @breastcancernow.bsky.social Patricia Swannell appeal
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£500,000 funding boost for Manchester research into breast cancer recurrence - Manchester Cancer Research Centre
Dr Frances Turrell will use the funding to investigate the role of a type of immune cell called macrophages in reawakening dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
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February 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Super privileged to be working on such an interesting and important project!
Working out how tumour cell dormancy is regulated is critical to managing reawakening and mitigating this risk for patients. Watch this space for some exciting experiments 🧪
#ImmunoSky #CancerResearch
Working out how tumour cell dormancy is regulated is critical to managing reawakening and mitigating this risk for patients. Watch this space for some exciting experiments 🧪
#ImmunoSky #CancerResearch