Jon Lim, MRCP PhD
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Jon Lim, MRCP PhD
@drjonlim.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer & Consultant Medical Oncologist in Advanced #Immunotherapy + #CellTherapy at The University of Manchester & The Christie • MANIFEST Deputy Lead • ESMO #TranslationalResearch Faculty Lead

🔗 Bio: bit.ly/Christie_JonLim
(tennis enthusiast 🎾)
Delighted to be part of the #ESMOAmbassadors team at #ESMO25! 🌍

Let’s connect and discuss the latest news here in Berlin >>> and beyond!

#ONEOncologyCommunity
@myesmo.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🌟 Tour de force proffered paper by Dr Charlotte Spencer, Histopathology SpR + recent PhD Fellow in @turajliclab.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk

Huge congrats on the ESMO Merit Award 🎉 So well deserved — proud of you, my friend! 💫

#ESMO25 #TranslationalResearch #TRACERxRenal
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
💥 Is it prime time for adoptive cell therapy in solid tumours?

📚 Special Educational Session on the state-of-the-art and future of cell therapies - evolving fast from promise to practice.

👀 Watch this space…

#ESMO25 #ESMOAmbassadors #CellTherapy #Immunotherapy
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Strong representation from our Experimental Cancer Medicines Team (ECMT) at The Christie, led by Dr Matthew Krebs at #ESMO25.

Mini-oral presentation re: global phase 1 data on divarasib (GDC-6036) - a next-gen KRAS G12C inhibitor with promising activity.

#TeamManchester 🐝
@mcrcnews.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Proud of my colleague Prof Fiona Thistlethwaite - Chair and Abstract Discussant at the Developmental Therapeutics track here at #ESMO25.

#AICTteam
#TeamManchester 🐝
@mcrcnews.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting days ahead in Berlin 🇩🇪 for #ESMO25!

Some of our core team from @christieinstitute.bsky.social are here at the #ESMO25 Congress - come say hi 👋!

Special shout-out to our #YoungOncologists colleagues - Always keen to connect, and discuss opportunities in Manchester. @mcrcnews.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🎓 Honoured to chair the PhD viva of Maitane Márquez López at @biogipuzkoa.bsky.social | @ehu.eus with Prof Iker Badiola 🇪🇸 and Prof Irina Estrela-Lopis 🇩🇪.

Congrats to Maitane, and her supervisors Prof Charles Lawrie and Prof Andreas Seifert, on a successful defence! All the best for the future.
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🎓 Fully-funded 4-yr MRC PhD @officialuom.bsky.social!

Join a world-class team exploring how the microenvironment drives CRS in CAR-T therapy.

🌍 Open globally | 💥 Translational science
🗓️ Apply by 8 Nov 2025
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#PhDOpportunity #TeamManchester 🐝
@uom-dcs.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Great discussion today at @cgtcatapult.bsky.social & CERSI-AT on how #AI and #machinelearning is reshaping the development + testing of #AdvancedTherapies.

Exciting times ahead for the field - collaboration between all stakeholders (NHS, academia, industry, regulators) is the key to success!
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🎓 New academic year, new opportunities!

🚀 Launching a refreshed Fellows’ Programme at @christieinstitute.bsky.social - focused on career development, leadership & opportunities to help trainees grow as future leaders, researchers & educators.

All fellows & residents @mcrcnews.bsky.social welcome!
October 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Back from an inspiring trip to Toronto 🇨🇦 for the 1st C8 Symposium, hosted by @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social team.

Proud to represent #TeamManchester 🐝 & showcase our #immunotherapy + #celltherapy programmes, including #MANIFESTuk & soon-to-launch #RISE.

Global collaboration drives progress! 🌍✨
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🔹 Priorities – prospective clinical recruitment across NHS sites & expanding our partner network.

🔹 Looking ahead – focusing on sustainability, long-term impact & training.

Privileged to represent such a committed team & grateful to hear feedback/ideas as we continue to shape MANIFEST together 🚀.
September 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
From vision to momentum: MANIFEST at 12 months 💡➡️📈

Honoured to share our progress at the UK Cancer Research Strategy Forum held in London today, chaired by Prof Peter Johnson, as part of the Office for Life Sciences Cancer Mission.

On behalf of
@turajliclab.bsky.social
@manifest-cirrp.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🚀 Applications now open for the 2026 Tessa Jowell Neuro-oncology Fellowship!

A prestigious 12-month funded post at The Christie to develop world-class clinical, research & leadership skills in brain tumour care, working with experts.

Deadline: 5th Sep 2025

📥 For further information/to apply 👇
August 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎓 Another fantastic ESMO Course in Medical Oncology for Medical Students.

🌍 This year, we welcomed 93 students from 42 countries! The future is bright. Great to see so many budding oncologists; so engaged, inquisitive & eager to learn - looking forward to seeing you all grow & join the field 🤩🙌.
July 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The ESMO Communication Committee (in-person in Lugano + online) all hyped up - as we spent the past few weeks + all day today discussing & planning for #ESMO25 Congress.

Watch the space for Berlin 2025 🙌!

@myesmo.bsky.social
#BreakingNews
#PracticeChanging #ONEOncologyCommunity #educationforLIFE
July 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🆕 opportunity!

🧑‍⚕️Our Advanced Immunotherapy & Cell Therapy team at The Christie is growing! We have a new post for a Band 6 Clinical Research Nurse to join us.

#TeamManchester 🐝

Deadline 23 July 2025.
July 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
📚 Our inaugural Annual Fellows Showcase Event 2025. What an incredible event! 🤩

Fantastic to hear the breadth & depth of our fellowship programme at The Christie - thanks to all the fellows who presented flash talks & for attending.

This makes us all really proud to be #TeamManchester 🐝 .
July 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Delighted to be in Warsaw 🇵🇱 for the 1st edition of the Polish Young Oncologists Forum.

🧑‍⚕️ An exciting forum to engage with enthusiastic clinicians & scientists working in cancer care & research. Very happy to share our experience launching @manifest-cirrp.bsky.social. Thanks for the invitation! 🙏
June 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🧑‍⚕️🎓 Fellowship opportunity!

APPLY NOW for the inaugural TheChristie-PeterMac Senior Clinical Research Fellowship in Experimental Cancer Medicine - this is a unique new partnership where fellows spend 1 year in Manchester 🇬🇧 + 1 year in Melbourne 🇦🇺.

📥 Deadline 15 June
apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7...
May 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yesterday was International Clinical Trials Day 🔬.

🧑‍⚕️ Delivering clinical trials is a multidisciplinary team effort - our clinical research nurses are dedicated to making sure all our patients receive the best care they can when on clinical trials.

#TeamManchester 🐝
@mcrcnews.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
⏰ Less than 6 weeks to go!

You are invited to our inaugural 'Annual Clinical Fellows Showcase'! @christieinstitute.bsky.social

All fellows, supervisors, students & researchers across the Manchester 🐝 ecosystem are welcome to attend.

🗳️ Please sign up:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-cli...
May 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🩸How is cDCpoiesis regulated?

DNGR-1, or CLEC9A, most known as a cDC1 receptor for cross-presentation of dead-cell associated antigens - may play a role here.

🔬Great to see labour of love led by Ana finally out now in @jem.org.

Available open access:
hubs.la/Q03mg6Sc0

@reisesousalab.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Want to know more about #MANIFESTuk?

To stimulate collaborations, we have openly shared our vision, workflow overview and long term plans in this latest perspective piece in Cancer Discovery.

Check it out.
@manifest-cirrp.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🚀 We finally had our first in-person #MANIFESTuk consortium meeting @crick.ac.uk today.

So delighted to welcome >100 colleagues from up & down the country 🇬🇧, including our industry partners, to discuss science & the vision + ambitions of MANIFEST.

Let’s keep going! 🙌
@manifest-cirrp.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM