Rhys Morgan
@rhysmorganlab.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex.
Co-Director Sussex Blood Cancer Research, LMRUK Research Committee, Anthony Nolan stem cell donor and WntUK Co-Founder.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/morganlab
Co-Director Sussex Blood Cancer Research, LMRUK Research Committee, Anthony Nolan stem cell donor and WntUK Co-Founder.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/morganlab
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Rhys Morgan
@rhysmorganlab.bsky.social
· Dec 19
www.biorxiv.org
Fresh from presentation at @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025, pleased to present our latest pre-print showcasing the hard work of Drs Hyun Park & Okan Sevim. Exploration of b-catenin’s post-transcriptional role has revealed a novel AML cell and stem cell regulator; TOE1.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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New UK Wnt paper out in @natgenet.nature.com from the Owen Sansom group at @cruk-si.bsky.social showing the RNA-binding protein NPM1 supports WNT-driven intestinal and liver tumorigenesis.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
New UK Wnt paper out in @natgenet.nature.com from the Owen Sansom group at @cruk-si.bsky.social showing the RNA-binding protein NPM1 supports WNT-driven intestinal and liver tumorigenesis.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy new year from Sussex Blood Cancer Research!
If you’re an ambitious haematology scientist/clinician seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host.
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
If you’re an ambitious haematology scientist/clinician seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host.
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
www.sussex.ac.uk
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Happy new year from Sussex Blood Cancer Research!
If you’re an ambitious haematology scientist/clinician seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host.
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
If you’re an ambitious haematology scientist/clinician seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host.
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
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📖 Network pre-print notification!📄
New pre-print posted from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social in @sussex.ac.uk led by Drs Hyun Park from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and Okan Sevim from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social revealing a new regulator of leukaemia and stem cell growth; a deadenylase known as TOE1.
New pre-print posted from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social in @sussex.ac.uk led by Drs Hyun Park from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and Okan Sevim from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social revealing a new regulator of leukaemia and stem cell growth; a deadenylase known as TOE1.
Fresh from presentation at @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025, pleased to present our latest pre-print showcasing the hard work of Drs Hyun Park & Okan Sevim. Exploration of b-catenin’s post-transcriptional role has revealed a novel AML cell and stem cell regulator; TOE1.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📖 Network pre-print notification!📄
New pre-print posted from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social in @sussex.ac.uk led by Drs Hyun Park from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and Okan Sevim from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social revealing a new regulator of leukaemia and stem cell growth; a deadenylase known as TOE1.
New pre-print posted from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social in @sussex.ac.uk led by Drs Hyun Park from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and Okan Sevim from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social revealing a new regulator of leukaemia and stem cell growth; a deadenylase known as TOE1.
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Happy new year from Sussex Biochem/Biomed!
If you’re an ambitious scientist/clinician in seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host?
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
If you’re an ambitious scientist/clinician in seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host?
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
www.sussex.ac.uk
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Happy new year from Sussex Biochem/Biomed!
If you’re an ambitious scientist/clinician in seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host?
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
If you’re an ambitious scientist/clinician in seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host?
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
Fresh from presentation at @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025, pleased to present our latest pre-print showcasing the hard work of Drs Hyun Park & Okan Sevim. Exploration of b-catenin’s post-transcriptional role has revealed a novel AML cell and stem cell regulator; TOE1.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fresh from presentation at @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025, pleased to present our latest pre-print showcasing the hard work of Drs Hyun Park & Okan Sevim. Exploration of b-catenin’s post-transcriptional role has revealed a novel AML cell and stem cell regulator; TOE1.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Stellar job by our Drs Sevim and Goff from @sussex.ac.uk @sussexbcr.bsky.social @sussexcancer.org @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social for presenting their @cclguk.bsky.social LMRUK BSH Sussex Cancer Fund funded ASH achievement award research on the final night of @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025 in Orlando👊
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Stellar job by our Drs Sevim and Goff from @sussex.ac.uk @sussexbcr.bsky.social @sussexcancer.org @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social for presenting their @cclguk.bsky.social LMRUK BSH Sussex Cancer Fund funded ASH achievement award research on the final night of @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025 in Orlando👊
This week we’re excited to be at @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025 in Orlando learning about the latest scientific advances in blood cancer, and presenting our latest KKLF, @cclguk.bsky.social, LMRUK & BSH funded research targeting cell signalling in myeloid malignancies.
@sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org
@sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This week we’re excited to be at @ash.hematology.org #ASH2025 in Orlando learning about the latest scientific advances in blood cancer, and presenting our latest KKLF, @cclguk.bsky.social, LMRUK & BSH funded research targeting cell signalling in myeloid malignancies.
@sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org
@sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org
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Lots of exciting PhDs here in Biochem/Biomed through the @ukri.org BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) DTP.
Projects available with Drs Ben Towler, @francespearl.bsky.social, Mark Paget, Edward Wright, or Leandro Castellano.
Application deadline: 23rd January 2026 👇
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Projects available with Drs Ben Towler, @francespearl.bsky.social, Mark Paget, Edward Wright, or Leandro Castellano.
Application deadline: 23rd January 2026 👇
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Available studentships| University of Surrey
18 fully funded studentships for October 2026 start: interdisciplinary infection bioscience training to address disease threats to human and animal health.
www.surrey.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Lots of exciting PhDs here in Biochem/Biomed through the @ukri.org BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) DTP.
Projects available with Drs Ben Towler, @francespearl.bsky.social, Mark Paget, Edward Wright, or Leandro Castellano.
Application deadline: 23rd January 2026 👇
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Projects available with Drs Ben Towler, @francespearl.bsky.social, Mark Paget, Edward Wright, or Leandro Castellano.
Application deadline: 23rd January 2026 👇
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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Congratulations to Professors Dave Goulson, Felix Creutzig, Florian Kern, Ian
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
List of world’s most highly cited researchers features Sussex academics
This year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list included four Sussex academics plus one from the Institute of Development Studies
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Congratulations to Professors Dave Goulson, Felix Creutzig, Florian Kern, Ian
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
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Delighted to see our study finally out in "print". Thanks to all the (many) contributors, collaborators and reviewers!
Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae
Abstract. Crossover formation during meiosis generates genetic diversity. In many species most crossovers display interference, meaning they are spaced mor
academic.oup.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Delighted to see our study finally out in "print". Thanks to all the (many) contributors, collaborators and reviewers!
Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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We are very sad to say goodbye to Dr Ethan Morgan from our department. Ethan has made fantastic contributions to our virology/cancer teaching and research portfolio here in Biochem and enhanced research culture. Wishing him all the best at his new home at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics
I will always be grateful for being able to establish my lab and work with such great colleagues during my time at the University of Sussex @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We are very sad to say goodbye to Dr Ethan Morgan from our department. Ethan has made fantastic contributions to our virology/cancer teaching and research portfolio here in Biochem and enhanced research culture. Wishing him all the best at his new home at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics
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Join us in York 🇬🇧 for the 1st Advances in Experimental & Therapeutic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion (HExaT) Meeting!
📅Workshops + 1-day scientific programme
🎙️ Keynotes: Yamazaki, Laurenti, Nakauchi, Essers, Schroeder
🧬 Registration: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/h...
#HExaT2025
📅Workshops + 1-day scientific programme
🎙️ Keynotes: Yamazaki, Laurenti, Nakauchi, Essers, Schroeder
🧬 Registration: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/h...
#HExaT2025
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Join us in York 🇬🇧 for the 1st Advances in Experimental & Therapeutic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion (HExaT) Meeting!
📅Workshops + 1-day scientific programme
🎙️ Keynotes: Yamazaki, Laurenti, Nakauchi, Essers, Schroeder
🧬 Registration: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/h...
#HExaT2025
📅Workshops + 1-day scientific programme
🎙️ Keynotes: Yamazaki, Laurenti, Nakauchi, Essers, Schroeder
🧬 Registration: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/h...
#HExaT2025
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Thrilled to share that we have been awarded a Wellcome DA to explore cytoneme-based cell communication in development! A fantastic collaboration with Kyle @kylewedgwood.bsky.social at @lsiexeter.bsky.social, and Hilary Ashe & Cerys Manning at Manchester - exciting times ahead! tinyurl.com/2ytm6y2w
Exeter researchers awarded £3.5M to uncover how cells communicate during development
Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the forma...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thrilled to share that we have been awarded a Wellcome DA to explore cytoneme-based cell communication in development! A fantastic collaboration with Kyle @kylewedgwood.bsky.social at @lsiexeter.bsky.social, and Hilary Ashe & Cerys Manning at Manchester - exciting times ahead! tinyurl.com/2ytm6y2w
Very sorry to see you go @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social and we all wish you the very best with getting your new lab set up in Cyprus!
After settling in during my first week, I’m happy to share that I have started a new position as an Associate Senior Scientist/Group Head at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics!
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Very sorry to see you go @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social and we all wish you the very best with getting your new lab set up in Cyprus!
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I will always be grateful for being able to establish my lab and work with such great colleagues during my time at the University of Sussex @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I will always be grateful for being able to establish my lab and work with such great colleagues during my time at the University of Sussex @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social
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After settling in during my first week, I’m happy to share that I have started a new position as an Associate Senior Scientist/Group Head at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics!
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
After settling in during my first week, I’m happy to share that I have started a new position as an Associate Senior Scientist/Group Head at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics!
Well done to Drs Hyun Park and Aaron Goff from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexbcr.bsky.social who’ve both had abstracts accepted for presentation at the @ash.hematology.org 2025 meeting in December, and been awarded ASH achievement awards!
See you in Orlando! 🇺🇸
See you in Orlando! 🇺🇸
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Well done to Drs Hyun Park and Aaron Goff from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexbcr.bsky.social who’ve both had abstracts accepted for presentation at the @ash.hematology.org 2025 meeting in December, and been awarded ASH achievement awards!
See you in Orlando! 🇺🇸
See you in Orlando! 🇺🇸
I’ve nominated our Research Fellow Dr Megan Wagstaff for a @hellobio.bsky.social Lab Heroes Award 2025 for all the hard work, diligence and application that goes into running our laboratory!
See my nomination 👇👇👇
hellobio.com/lab-heroes-a...
#LabHeroes2025
See my nomination 👇👇👇
hellobio.com/lab-heroes-a...
#LabHeroes2025
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’ve nominated our Research Fellow Dr Megan Wagstaff for a @hellobio.bsky.social Lab Heroes Award 2025 for all the hard work, diligence and application that goes into running our laboratory!
See my nomination 👇👇👇
hellobio.com/lab-heroes-a...
#LabHeroes2025
See my nomination 👇👇👇
hellobio.com/lab-heroes-a...
#LabHeroes2025
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Announcing the launch of the Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025! 🏆
Now in its 9th year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players who are inspirational in the lab! 👩🔬👨🔬
Nominate your Lab Hero today and they could win some big prizes: ow.ly/5ROH50XnWFN
#LabHeroes2025 #scienceawards
Now in its 9th year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players who are inspirational in the lab! 👩🔬👨🔬
Nominate your Lab Hero today and they could win some big prizes: ow.ly/5ROH50XnWFN
#LabHeroes2025 #scienceawards
Nominations Are Now Open For The Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025!
Announcing the launch of the Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025! Now in its ninth year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players whose perseverance and passion are inspirational - no...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Announcing the launch of the Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025! 🏆
Now in its 9th year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players who are inspirational in the lab! 👩🔬👨🔬
Nominate your Lab Hero today and they could win some big prizes: ow.ly/5ROH50XnWFN
#LabHeroes2025 #scienceawards
Now in its 9th year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players who are inspirational in the lab! 👩🔬👨🔬
Nominate your Lab Hero today and they could win some big prizes: ow.ly/5ROH50XnWFN
#LabHeroes2025 #scienceawards
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We are delighted to welcome Dr Lidia Vasilieva as a new Assistant Professor in Translational Science in our department.
Lidia joins from @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and strengthens our gene expression research and teaching portfolio at @sussex.ac.uk
www.vasilievalab.com
Lidia joins from @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and strengthens our gene expression research and teaching portfolio at @sussex.ac.uk
www.vasilievalab.com
Lidia Vasilieva lab | Lidia Vasilieva Department of Biochemistry | Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
RNA biology, RNA polymerase II, Exosome, Lidia Vasilieva, VasilievaLab
www.vasilievalab.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We are delighted to welcome Dr Lidia Vasilieva as a new Assistant Professor in Translational Science in our department.
Lidia joins from @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and strengthens our gene expression research and teaching portfolio at @sussex.ac.uk
www.vasilievalab.com
Lidia joins from @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and strengthens our gene expression research and teaching portfolio at @sussex.ac.uk
www.vasilievalab.com
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Congratulations to our Dept Head Dr Leandro Castellano and Prof Florian Kern at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social for forging a new partnership with Kindling Bio for exploring new ways to reprogram tumours and improve treatment outcomes across multiple cancer types. 🙌
www.kindlingbio.com/news-sussex-...
www.kindlingbio.com/news-sussex-...
Kindling Bio Begins University of Sussex Collaboration
Kindling Bio have teamed up with the University of Sussex to deliver their exciting proof-of-concept data.
www.kindlingbio.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Congratulations to our Dept Head Dr Leandro Castellano and Prof Florian Kern at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social for forging a new partnership with Kindling Bio for exploring new ways to reprogram tumours and improve treatment outcomes across multiple cancer types. 🙌
www.kindlingbio.com/news-sussex-...
www.kindlingbio.com/news-sussex-...
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Fantastic news that our Bioinformatics Lab head Dr Frances Pearl & Prof @laurencepearl.bsky.social from @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social have recently received @ukri.org Proof of Concept funding for their new Pearl AI tool for developing targeted treatments for cancers of unknown primary.
www.pearlai.co.uk
www.pearlai.co.uk
About | Pearl A I
www.pearlai.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Fantastic news that our Bioinformatics Lab head Dr Frances Pearl & Prof @laurencepearl.bsky.social from @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social have recently received @ukri.org Proof of Concept funding for their new Pearl AI tool for developing targeted treatments for cancers of unknown primary.
www.pearlai.co.uk
www.pearlai.co.uk
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Many cancers begin as precancerous conditions. But what happens when these early cells coexist with a full-blown tumour?
Join us for an MRC funded PhD studentship exploring how primary cancers influence the evolution of precancerous cells.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join us for an MRC funded PhD studentship exploring how primary cancers influence the evolution of precancerous cells.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(MRC DTP) Corrupting the roots: How leukaemia reshapes its ancestors at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (MRC DTP) Corrupting the roots: How leukaemia reshapes its ancestors at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Many cancers begin as precancerous conditions. But what happens when these early cells coexist with a full-blown tumour?
Join us for an MRC funded PhD studentship exploring how primary cancers influence the evolution of precancerous cells.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join us for an MRC funded PhD studentship exploring how primary cancers influence the evolution of precancerous cells.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Excited to have been promoted to Professor in Cancer Systems Biology at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, University of Sussex, @uniofbrighton.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excited to have been promoted to Professor in Cancer Systems Biology at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, University of Sussex, @uniofbrighton.bsky.social
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🍾New promotion in the network! 🎉
A massive congratulations to Simon Mitchell @mitchell.science from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social recently promoted to Professor!
Simon has transformed the Cancer Research portfolio at Sussex with his work at the Sussex BCR and the creation of @sussexcancer.org
🙌👊👏
A massive congratulations to Simon Mitchell @mitchell.science from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social recently promoted to Professor!
Simon has transformed the Cancer Research portfolio at Sussex with his work at the Sussex BCR and the creation of @sussexcancer.org
🙌👊👏
Excited to have been promoted to Professor in Cancer Systems Biology at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, University of Sussex, @uniofbrighton.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🍾New promotion in the network! 🎉
A massive congratulations to Simon Mitchell @mitchell.science from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social recently promoted to Professor!
Simon has transformed the Cancer Research portfolio at Sussex with his work at the Sussex BCR and the creation of @sussexcancer.org
🙌👊👏
A massive congratulations to Simon Mitchell @mitchell.science from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social recently promoted to Professor!
Simon has transformed the Cancer Research portfolio at Sussex with his work at the Sussex BCR and the creation of @sussexcancer.org
🙌👊👏