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CRUK Radiation Research City of London Centre
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As part of the CRUK City of London, the Radiation Research Centre's mission is to improve cancer survival through optimised and personalised radiotherapy.

Website: https://crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/
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🎉 Happy Birthday to Marie Curie! 🎉

Born on 7 November 1867, Marie Curie was a trailblazing physicist & chemist whose pioneering work laid the foundation for modern radiation research. 🧵 (1/4)

(Portrait of Marie Curie [1867 - 1934]. Image from Wellcome)
Portrait of Marie Curie [1867 - 1934]. Image from Wellcome
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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hallben.bsky.social
Very excited to share an advert for a new lecturer position in Computational Cancer at UCL! Permanent position at assistant professor level- join a growing community at UCL in a cutting edge discipline.

Please share widely!

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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🚨 Just over a week left! Don’t miss your chance to apply for one of our incredible PhD projects. Your future in research starts here — apply now and take the leap! #PhDOpportunity #ResearchLife @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @crick.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Visit our virtual exhibition for "What does Radiotherapy mean to you?", a powerful creative arts project that brought together people with experience of radiotherapy, their loved ones, & researchers. Check it out here 👉 bit.ly/4hlT24H
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Congratulations to Dr Catarina Veiga on winning the Spiers' Prize for Outreach www.ipem.ac.uk/news/ipem-aw...
IPEM 2025 Prizes and Awards Winners
Celebrating excellence in Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering with our 2025 Awards and Prize winners.
www.ipem.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Interested in carrying out research in cancer Radiotherapy and Radiobiology? Applications are open now for our PhD programme for 2026 intake!

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk

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PhD Studentships Projects - CRUK RadNet
Applications now open for PhD Studentships for September 2026 The CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre PhD Programme This is a unique multidisciplinary and collaborative training opportuni...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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New PhD project available at KCL - kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/mult...
Multimodal AI-based Multi-Toxicity Predictive Models in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy - MRC DTP
(a) Scientific basis of the project Radiotherapy (RT) is a key curative treatment modality of Head and Neck Cancers (HNC) that, despite technological advances and due to unavoidable irradiation of nea...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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mcclellandlab.bsky.social
Please visit our newly refreshed and updated website mcclellandlab.com We seem to be hard to find on Google for some reason, any tips from website savvy people?? 🙏
September 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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uclhresearch.bsky.social
🏆 Huge congratulations to the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (CCTU) at @uclh.bsky.social on winning the Contribution to World Class Research Award at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Celebrating Excellence Awards 2025.
UCLH Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (CCTU) team on stage collecting their trophy
September 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
Grab your tickets now for our upcoming webinar, 'Let's Talk About... Being A Cancer Researcher Affected By Cancer'. 12-1pm on Thurs 2 Oct, with inspiring speakers from across the CRUK research centres network. Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-...
September 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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To mark #WorldRTDay, we’re sharing artworks from our "What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You?" project created by patients, loved ones & professionals reflecting on their radiotherapy journeys. Trigger warning: These pieces include themes of cancer & radiotherapy treatment.
#OneVoiceForRadiotherapy
This is a panel with the title: What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You? The text below the title states: To mark World Radiotherapy Awareness Day, we’re sharing powerful artworks created by patients, loved ones, and healthcare researchers and professionals as part of the What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You? Project by CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre. Trigger Warning: These pieces explore deeply personal experiences of cancer and radiotherapy. They include themes of illness, treatment, and emotional vulnerability. Please take care while viewing. With heartfelt thanks to the contributors who generously shared their stories and creativity. Your voices are central to this project and to WRAD’s mission of amplifying lived experience in radiotherapy. Learn more via the linked articles below. Proceeding posts show images of the artworks which have a black background and have drawings, collage and written pieces reflecting on the creators experiences with radiotherapy.
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
cruk-rrc-col.bsky.social
To mark #WorldRTDay, we’re sharing artworks from our "What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You?" project created by patients, loved ones & professionals reflecting on their radiotherapy journeys. Trigger warning: These pieces include themes of cancer & radiotherapy treatment.
#OneVoiceForRadiotherapy
This is a panel with the title: What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You? The text below the title states: To mark World Radiotherapy Awareness Day, we’re sharing powerful artworks created by patients, loved ones, and healthcare researchers and professionals as part of the What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You? Project by CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre. Trigger Warning: These pieces explore deeply personal experiences of cancer and radiotherapy. They include themes of illness, treatment, and emotional vulnerability. Please take care while viewing. With heartfelt thanks to the contributors who generously shared their stories and creativity. Your voices are central to this project and to WRAD’s mission of amplifying lived experience in radiotherapy. Learn more via the linked articles below. Proceeding posts show images of the artworks which have a black background and have drawings, collage and written pieces reflecting on the creators experiences with radiotherapy.
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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👉🏽 Join us for our info session tomorrow, 21 August, at 6pm. See our website for how to join.
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Over the past few weeks, 7 people with lived experience of cancer have provided invaluable input on a research summary for an upcoming grant application led by one of our RadNetCoL researchers, Dr Sam Terry (@syaterry.bsky.social) ‪@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social‬.
August 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Our next 'Let's Talk About...' webinar w CRUK Scotland Centre @mcrcnews.bsky.social @crukcamcentre.bsky.social looks at the challenges of experiencing cancer or supporting a loved one, while working in cancer research. Thurs 2 Oct, 12-1pm. Free, all research staff and students welcome bit.ly/3IC8oEL
Let’s Talk About… Being a cancer researcher affected by cancer
Seminar exploring the challenges of experiencing cancer in a personal capacity and of loved ones while working in cancer research
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July 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📢 Out now - our Together in Research Summer newsletter - includes:
🔸Blogs exploring the emotional impact of patient and public involvement ( PPI)
🔸How #PPI members are helping to shape research into midwifery care
🔸News, resources, events + more

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ALT TEXT: Text on a pale blue background reads 'Together in Research' The patient, service user, carer and public involvement newsletter from ARC South London (Summer 2025)
July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Understanding the emotional impact of PPI is key to meaningful collaborations between PPI contributors, & researchers and support staff.
Read this blog including suggested strategies by @lisawhittaker02.bsky.social & Anne Croudass published by @arc-southlondon.bsky.social: bit.ly/3GpvrlH
#PPIE #PPI
The emotional side of PPI: Understanding its impact and how to navigate it
Lisa Whittaker, former PPI coordinator at King’s College London’s School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences and now research involvement lead at Blood Cancer UK, and Anne Croudass, lead re...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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As a radioactive therapy researcher, I am fundraising for Radiotherapy UK by walking lots! Radiotherapy UK is a charity dedicated to ensuring everyone in the UK has access to high-quality radiotherapy treatment. They make a real difference in people's lives. Please donate here: tinyurl.com/yck44z2y
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June 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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NEW JOB opportunity, we are hiring a Research Fellow in Computational Neuro-Oncology for our PROVIDENTIA 1000 project. Learn more and apply here; tinyurl.com/mtwm2psw
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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June 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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👋 Are you looking for a postdoc position? Do you think microtubules are fascinating? Then we might have the job for you! 2-year funded postdoc to join our lab!
👉 deadline 20/06
👇 check it out

www.godinholab.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Read our Q&A with Simon Boulton (@boultonlab.bsky.social), a group leader here at the Crick who co-founded the company Artios in 2016.

Artios is a biotech company that develops cancer treatments that target DNA damage response pathways.
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From the lab to the clinic: developing the next generation of precision cancer therapies
Crick group leader Simon Boulton co-founded Artios in 2016, a spin-out from Cancer Research UK’s Commercial Partnerships, where he is now VP of Science Strategy. Artios develops cancer treatments that...
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May 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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We have a exciting PhD studentship at UCL Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Learn more by clicking here www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-phys...
Cell Death Mechanisms (23043)
Four-Year Funded Studentship. Application Deadline: 30th May 2025
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Exciting opportunity to join us and be involved with the CRUK CoL Radiation Research Centre
syaterry.bsky.social Samantha Terry (she/her) @syaterry.bsky.social · Apr 23
Join us at Kings and within the CRUK-funded City of London Radiation Research Centre and help build on our previous work of award nominated/winning public engagement activities and team including those published: tinyurl.com/3me8zcrd.

Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/113326-...
Senior Outreach Officer
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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PhD Studentships funded by Guy's Cancer Charity available at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Check out the projects www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
Guy's Cancer Charity Radiation Research Studentships
Guy’s Cancer Charity will support 2 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships. Based at KCL and align with the CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre of Excellence and its student trainee programme.
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Two weeks to go before our applications for the below project closes. Don't miss your chance to join us.
April 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM