School of Cancer Sciences
@uofgcancersciences.bsky.social
Working to translate scientific discoveries into new drugs or diagnostic and prognostic tools that benefit cancer patients https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cancersciences/
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We are incredibly proud to announce that the School of Cancer Sciences has been awarded the prestigious Athena Swan Gold Award ⭐
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Liver lobule zone molecular characteristics dictate susceptibility to WNT-driven liver cancer
📷 Alexander Raven et al @cruk-si.bsky.social in @nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
📷 Alexander Raven et al @cruk-si.bsky.social in @nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Liver lobule zone molecular characteristics dictate susceptibility to WNT-driven liver cancer
📷 Alexander Raven et al @cruk-si.bsky.social in @nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
📷 Alexander Raven et al @cruk-si.bsky.social in @nature.com
➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
A new trial will look at whether selecting patients who may require more intensive treatment can improve outcomes for advanced prostate cancer www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
New trial aims to improve treatment for advanced prostate cancer
A new trial will look at whether selecting patients who may require more intensive treatment can improve outcomes for advanced prostate cancer.
www.gla.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A new trial will look at whether selecting patients who may require more intensive treatment can improve outcomes for advanced prostate cancer www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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📢 Delighted to share that Prof David Lewis will be delivering his SCS Inaugural Professorial Lecture on Wednesday 3rd of December at 4pm in the Robertson Lecture Theatre.
🎓 Join us for an inspiring talk from one of our leading researchers.
#MVLS
🎓 Join us for an inspiring talk from one of our leading researchers.
#MVLS
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📢 Delighted to share that Prof David Lewis will be delivering his SCS Inaugural Professorial Lecture on Wednesday 3rd of December at 4pm in the Robertson Lecture Theatre.
🎓 Join us for an inspiring talk from one of our leading researchers.
#MVLS
🎓 Join us for an inspiring talk from one of our leading researchers.
#MVLS
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The new paper from SPECIFICANCER, published in
@natureportfolio.nature.com reveals that it’s not just the mutation that matters — it’s where in the liver that mutation appears.
Congratulations to the team (co-funded by
@themarkfdn.bsky.social). 👉 Read more: lnkd.in/eTVh9YY6
@natureportfolio.nature.com reveals that it’s not just the mutation that matters — it’s where in the liver that mutation appears.
Congratulations to the team (co-funded by
@themarkfdn.bsky.social). 👉 Read more: lnkd.in/eTVh9YY6
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The new paper from SPECIFICANCER, published in
@natureportfolio.nature.com reveals that it’s not just the mutation that matters — it’s where in the liver that mutation appears.
Congratulations to the team (co-funded by
@themarkfdn.bsky.social). 👉 Read more: lnkd.in/eTVh9YY6
@natureportfolio.nature.com reveals that it’s not just the mutation that matters — it’s where in the liver that mutation appears.
Congratulations to the team (co-funded by
@themarkfdn.bsky.social). 👉 Read more: lnkd.in/eTVh9YY6
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🎁 MVLS is supporting the Sunny Govan Toy Appeal 🎁
We’re helping bring Christmas joy to local children, with new toy donations welcomed until 17 Dec. Last year over 400 gifts were donated, so let’s do it again.
📍 Drop-off points:
• Wolfson Medical School Building
• Mary Stewart Building (Garscube)
We’re helping bring Christmas joy to local children, with new toy donations welcomed until 17 Dec. Last year over 400 gifts were donated, so let’s do it again.
📍 Drop-off points:
• Wolfson Medical School Building
• Mary Stewart Building (Garscube)
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🎁 MVLS is supporting the Sunny Govan Toy Appeal 🎁
We’re helping bring Christmas joy to local children, with new toy donations welcomed until 17 Dec. Last year over 400 gifts were donated, so let’s do it again.
📍 Drop-off points:
• Wolfson Medical School Building
• Mary Stewart Building (Garscube)
We’re helping bring Christmas joy to local children, with new toy donations welcomed until 17 Dec. Last year over 400 gifts were donated, so let’s do it again.
📍 Drop-off points:
• Wolfson Medical School Building
• Mary Stewart Building (Garscube)
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Big news! 🚨 People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first ever experimental vaccine designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial. Read more: cruk.ink/4r4KXG2
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Big news! 🚨 People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first ever experimental vaccine designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial. Read more: cruk.ink/4r4KXG2
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
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Our Best Models Working Group can offer advice on the use of a range of model systems.
The next in our series of posts highlighting our diverse expertise features Prof Karen Liu, who works on congenital anomalies arising during embryonic development.
nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/working-grou...
The next in our series of posts highlighting our diverse expertise features Prof Karen Liu, who works on congenital anomalies arising during embryonic development.
nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/working-grou...
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our Best Models Working Group can offer advice on the use of a range of model systems.
The next in our series of posts highlighting our diverse expertise features Prof Karen Liu, who works on congenital anomalies arising during embryonic development.
nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/working-grou...
The next in our series of posts highlighting our diverse expertise features Prof Karen Liu, who works on congenital anomalies arising during embryonic development.
nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/working-grou...
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⌛Just one week left to submit your applications for the Black Leaders in Cancer PhD programme in Scotland!
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
⌛Just one week left to submit your applications for the Black Leaders in Cancer PhD programme in Scotland!
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Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research #EPSRC #AcademicSky
Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research
University of Glasgow scientists have used the first bioengineered bone marrow model to advance cancer research and reveal new therapy insights.BBSRC EPSRC
www.ukri.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research #EPSRC #AcademicSky
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Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with the @edreznik.bsky.social lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social, where we describe functionally dominant mitochondrial DNA mutations in patient tumors. So, what is functional dominance in mitochondrial genetics, I hear you ask?
rdcu.be/eN1jm
rdcu.be/eN1jm
Functionally dominant hotspot mutations of mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes in cancer
Nature Genetics - Analysis of 14,106 tumor genomes highlights recurrent mutations in mitochondrial ribosomal RNA encoded within the mitochondrial genome. Mutations occur at hotspot positions and...
rdcu.be
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with the @edreznik.bsky.social lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social, where we describe functionally dominant mitochondrial DNA mutations in patient tumors. So, what is functional dominance in mitochondrial genetics, I hear you ask?
rdcu.be/eN1jm
rdcu.be/eN1jm
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📢 Applications for the Black Leaders in Cancer PhD programme in Scotland are now open!
The programme offers a unique opportunity for students from Black heritage backgrounds to pursue a fully funded 4-year PhD.
👉Apply by 24 November 2025: www.crukscotlandcentre.ac.uk/training/phd-studentships
The programme offers a unique opportunity for students from Black heritage backgrounds to pursue a fully funded 4-year PhD.
👉Apply by 24 November 2025: www.crukscotlandcentre.ac.uk/training/phd-studentships
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📢 Applications for the Black Leaders in Cancer PhD programme in Scotland are now open!
The programme offers a unique opportunity for students from Black heritage backgrounds to pursue a fully funded 4-year PhD.
👉Apply by 24 November 2025: www.crukscotlandcentre.ac.uk/training/phd-studentships
The programme offers a unique opportunity for students from Black heritage backgrounds to pursue a fully funded 4-year PhD.
👉Apply by 24 November 2025: www.crukscotlandcentre.ac.uk/training/phd-studentships
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🩷Thanks to everyone from @cruk-si.bsky.social and @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social who took part in our #WearItPink day today raising money for @breastcancernow.bsky.social 🩷
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🩷Thanks to everyone from @cruk-si.bsky.social and @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social who took part in our #WearItPink day today raising money for @breastcancernow.bsky.social 🩷
We will be taking part in #WearItPink with @cruk-si.bsky.social with proceeds going to @breastcancernow.bsky.social you can donate here www.justgiving.com/page/wearitp...
CRUK_ fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now
Help Jayanthi Anand raise money to support Breast Cancer Now
www.justgiving.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We will be taking part in #WearItPink with @cruk-si.bsky.social with proceeds going to @breastcancernow.bsky.social you can donate here www.justgiving.com/page/wearitp...
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Undergraduates, we are recruiting! Come and join us at the @cruk-si.bsky.social in Glasgow for your industrial placement year. Start date September 2026. Great lab, great people, great city. Take a look!
cancerresearchuk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
cancerresearchuk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Biosciences Student Placement (Lab based)
Cancer Research Horizons Biosciences Student Placement (Lab based) £23,000 plus benefits Directorate: Research & Innovation Contract: Fixed Term Contract 52 weeks Hours: Full time 35 hours per wee...
cancerresearchuk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Undergraduates, we are recruiting! Come and join us at the @cruk-si.bsky.social in Glasgow for your industrial placement year. Start date September 2026. Great lab, great people, great city. Take a look!
cancerresearchuk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
cancerresearchuk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Scientists @uofglasgow.bsky.social have harnessed a powerful supercomputer, normally used to study the universe, to develop a new machine learning model which can help translate the language of proteins
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social @uofgcompsci.bsky.social
➡️ gla.ac/3WpA43G
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social @uofgcompsci.bsky.social
➡️ gla.ac/3WpA43G
Scientists use AI to learn the intricate language of biomolecules
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have harnessed a powerful supercomputer, normally used by astronomers and physicists to study the universe, to develop a new machine learning model which can he...
gla.ac
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Scientists @uofglasgow.bsky.social have harnessed a powerful supercomputer, normally used to study the universe, to develop a new machine learning model which can help translate the language of proteins
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social @uofgcompsci.bsky.social
➡️ gla.ac/3WpA43G
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social @uofgcompsci.bsky.social
➡️ gla.ac/3WpA43G
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PREDICT-Meso International Conference 2026
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
PREDICT-Meso International Conference 2026
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
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Are you interested in becoming a clinical academic leader in a cancer-focused discipline? @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @cruk-si.bsky.social & Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre are seeking four ambitious people for the TRACC+ Programme August 2026 intake 👉 edin.ac/4nGK5oC
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Are you interested in becoming a clinical academic leader in a cancer-focused discipline? @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @cruk-si.bsky.social & Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre are seeking four ambitious people for the TRACC+ Programme August 2026 intake 👉 edin.ac/4nGK5oC
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A colleague is organising a charity football match next week to raise money for @su2c.bsky.social. It will feature some high-impact hotshots from @cruk-si.bsky.social and @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social so please take a look and come along if you can! fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/kick-of...
Kick off against cancer
I’m raising money for Stand Up To Cancer to help fund life-saving research. Donate to participate in or simply cheer on the players in a charity football match played at the Garscube sports complex on...
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A colleague is organising a charity football match next week to raise money for @su2c.bsky.social. It will feature some high-impact hotshots from @cruk-si.bsky.social and @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social so please take a look and come along if you can! fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/kick-of...
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🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
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🧬 Glasgow researcher Dr Alexander Raven has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to advance understanding of how liver cancer develops, with the aim of improving detection and treatment
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
Glasgow Cancer Scientist Awarded Prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation
Alexander Raven, an early career researcher from the School of Cancer Sciences, has been awarded one of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) flagship Future Leaders Fellowships.
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🧬 Glasgow researcher Dr Alexander Raven has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to advance understanding of how liver cancer develops, with the aim of improving detection and treatment
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
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📢Are you a talented #ECR looking to start your independent lab in state-of-the-art cancer research facilities?
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
September 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📢Are you a talented #ECR looking to start your independent lab in state-of-the-art cancer research facilities?
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
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Greater speed, increased flexibility, and more: At the Digital Pathology and AI Congress in London, @johnlequesne.bsky.social from @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @cruk-si.bsky.social outlined how self-learning #AI offers a number of advantages for #digitalpathology compared to established AI options.
Self-learning AI: a boost for digital pathology
Self-learning artificial intelligence approaches are offering a number of advantages for digital pathology when compared to established AI options. The benefits, which range from greater speed and cap...
healthcare-in-europe.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Greater speed, increased flexibility, and more: At the Digital Pathology and AI Congress in London, @johnlequesne.bsky.social from @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @cruk-si.bsky.social outlined how self-learning #AI offers a number of advantages for #digitalpathology compared to established AI options.
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The first September issue is live.
www.embopress.org/toc/14693178...
The cover features work by Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social and co-workers showing that UPP1 supports #metastasis by altering #immune and ECM landscapes.
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/toc/14693178...
The cover features work by Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social and co-workers showing that UPP1 supports #metastasis by altering #immune and ECM landscapes.
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The first September issue is live.
www.embopress.org/toc/14693178...
The cover features work by Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social and co-workers showing that UPP1 supports #metastasis by altering #immune and ECM landscapes.
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/toc/14693178...
The cover features work by Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social and co-workers showing that UPP1 supports #metastasis by altering #immune and ECM landscapes.
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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We are delighted to be offering summer placements in 2026 with #In2research
Learn more about the programme and application process at their information session next week - Monday 15 September
👉Register for the session here: ow.ly/VNg750WP8bf
Learn more about the programme and application process at their information session next week - Monday 15 September
👉Register for the session here: ow.ly/VNg750WP8bf
2025/26 In2research Participant Information Sessions
Are you interested in doing a PhD but aren’t sure how to get there? Then get In2research!
ow.ly
September 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are delighted to be offering summer placements in 2026 with #In2research
Learn more about the programme and application process at their information session next week - Monday 15 September
👉Register for the session here: ow.ly/VNg750WP8bf
Learn more about the programme and application process at their information session next week - Monday 15 September
👉Register for the session here: ow.ly/VNg750WP8bf
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We are highlighting Owen Sansom, @dmmjournal.bsky.social Monitoring Editor and co-organiser of the 2024 DMM Journal Meeting, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists @osansom.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are highlighting Owen Sansom, @dmmjournal.bsky.social Monitoring Editor and co-organiser of the 2024 DMM Journal Meeting, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists @osansom.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social