Eileen Parkes
@eileenparkes.bsky.social
Assoc Prof Oxford MD PhD. Oncology, early phase trials, tumour microenvironment #womenInSTEM #immunology
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Oxford Professor Sarah Blagden, @oncology.ox.ac.uk appears in the first episode of Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures on @Channel4 tonight!
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures
Three trailblazing scientists take on cancer, changing peoples’ lives, right now
www.channel4.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Oxford Professor Sarah Blagden, @oncology.ox.ac.uk appears in the first episode of Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures on @Channel4 tonight!
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
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Tonight’s first episode features Professor Sarah Blagden at the University of Oxford, who’s attempting to stop cancer before it even starts. Can she bring together recent breakthroughs to create a world first vaccine?
Stream or watch tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 📺💻
@ox.ac.uk #CRUKscience 2/2
Stream or watch tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 📺💻
@ox.ac.uk #CRUKscience 2/2
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tonight’s first episode features Professor Sarah Blagden at the University of Oxford, who’s attempting to stop cancer before it even starts. Can she bring together recent breakthroughs to create a world first vaccine?
Stream or watch tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 📺💻
@ox.ac.uk #CRUKscience 2/2
Stream or watch tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 📺💻
@ox.ac.uk #CRUKscience 2/2
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Congratulations to Lauren Davies, the lab's first PhD student, who defended her thesis with flying colours yesterday! Special thanks to Lauren's examiners @eileenparkes.bsky.social and @mcclellandlab.bsky.social! Lauren will stay for a few months to finalise a manuscript - so watch this space!
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congratulations to Lauren Davies, the lab's first PhD student, who defended her thesis with flying colours yesterday! Special thanks to Lauren's examiners @eileenparkes.bsky.social and @mcclellandlab.bsky.social! Lauren will stay for a few months to finalise a manuscript - so watch this space!
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Runner Jack Hewitt takes on his final “Eight for a Mate!” marathon in Australia today, aiming to hit £20,000 for the ME Association and ME/CFS Australia. Can you help him reach the goal?
More: https://meassociation.org.uk/as2w
#pwME #MECFS
More: https://meassociation.org.uk/as2w
#pwME #MECFS
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Runner Jack Hewitt takes on his final “Eight for a Mate!” marathon in Australia today, aiming to hit £20,000 for the ME Association and ME/CFS Australia. Can you help him reach the goal?
More: https://meassociation.org.uk/as2w
#pwME #MECFS
More: https://meassociation.org.uk/as2w
#pwME #MECFS
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INTREPID is one of five interdisciplinary teams launched
as part of a new UK initiative to transform disease research through the development of advanced human tissue models.
The team will evaluate & optimise the use of patient-derived explants as tumour models.
Learn more:
as part of a new UK initiative to transform disease research through the development of advanced human tissue models.
The team will evaluate & optimise the use of patient-derived explants as tumour models.
Learn more:
Oxford joins £15.9m national initiative to transform cancer research
Oxford scientists are part of a new £15.9 million UK initiative to transform disease research through the development of advanced human tissue models. The INTREPID project will evaluate and optimise
www.ox.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
INTREPID is one of five interdisciplinary teams launched
as part of a new UK initiative to transform disease research through the development of advanced human tissue models.
The team will evaluate & optimise the use of patient-derived explants as tumour models.
Learn more:
as part of a new UK initiative to transform disease research through the development of advanced human tissue models.
The team will evaluate & optimise the use of patient-derived explants as tumour models.
Learn more:
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by Aglaia Skolariki & @eileenparkes.bsky.social
Single-cell proteomics sheds light on neutrophil diversity in glioblastoma - Nature Reviews Immunology
A preprint by Sadiku et al. characterizes neutrophil diversity in glioblastoma using a new workflow for single-cell proteomic profiling.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
by Aglaia Skolariki & @eileenparkes.bsky.social
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🧵 Our latest preprint is available.
It describes an extraordinary case of a boy with two very rare genetic conditions: Fanconi anaemia (FANCB, with a deep intronic pathogenic variant) and embryonic triploid–diploid mosaicism.
Read more here 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
It describes an extraordinary case of a boy with two very rare genetic conditions: Fanconi anaemia (FANCB, with a deep intronic pathogenic variant) and embryonic triploid–diploid mosaicism.
Read more here 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Multi-lineage natural gene therapy mediated by embryonic triploid mosaicism in the context of Fanconi anaemia
Fanconi anemia is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome caused by inactivation of genes in the Fanconi anemia/BRCA DNA repair pathway. We report a patient with X-linked Fanconi anemia, and aty...
www.medrxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
🧵 Our latest preprint is available.
It describes an extraordinary case of a boy with two very rare genetic conditions: Fanconi anaemia (FANCB, with a deep intronic pathogenic variant) and embryonic triploid–diploid mosaicism.
Read more here 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
It describes an extraordinary case of a boy with two very rare genetic conditions: Fanconi anaemia (FANCB, with a deep intronic pathogenic variant) and embryonic triploid–diploid mosaicism.
Read more here 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Here's why diversity in science really matters: on our blog, ScienceWrite alum Dr Jasmeen Kanwal explores the career of Professor Thema Monroe-White and her work using big data to uncover systemic bias: #BlackHistoryMonth https://royalsociety.org/blog/2025/10/why-diversity-in-science-really-matters/
Why diversity in science really matters | Royal Society
The work of Professor Thema Monroe-White provides the strongest evidence yet that a scientist’s background influences the research they pursue and the technology they build.
royalsociety.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here's why diversity in science really matters: on our blog, ScienceWrite alum Dr Jasmeen Kanwal explores the career of Professor Thema Monroe-White and her work using big data to uncover systemic bias: #BlackHistoryMonth https://royalsociety.org/blog/2025/10/why-diversity-in-science-really-matters/
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Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Genomics fellows - ever wondered what to do with histopathology (e.g. H&E slides)? 🔬➕🧬🟰🤩 I am super excited to have contributed with @evachrenkova.bsky.social to this amazing effort of @andre-rendeiro.com & @yimin-zheng.bsky.social for multimodal data integration: LazySlide!🧵👇
🔬 Whole slide histopathology images are a goldmine for tissue biology and diagnostics - but too often locked away in inaccessible formats or tools. In our new preprint, we introduce LazySlide: an open-source, modular, and interoperable framework.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Genomics fellows - ever wondered what to do with histopathology (e.g. H&E slides)? 🔬➕🧬🟰🤩 I am super excited to have contributed with @evachrenkova.bsky.social to this amazing effort of @andre-rendeiro.com & @yimin-zheng.bsky.social for multimodal data integration: LazySlide!🧵👇
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Loved this piece on running - it is for fun! And v insightful re 90s diet culture and impact on exercise:
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes | Running | The Guardian share.google/nCwBco33x9ry...
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes | Running | The Guardian share.google/nCwBco33x9ry...
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes
She was five when I first took her to a junior parkrun and I was amazed at her attitude and ability. After a lifetime of seeing exercise as punishment, I could suddenly appreciate it
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October 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Loved this piece on running - it is for fun! And v insightful re 90s diet culture and impact on exercise:
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes | Running | The Guardian share.google/nCwBco33x9ry...
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes | Running | The Guardian share.google/nCwBco33x9ry...
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Members of the Department of Oncology were at ESMO 2025 in Berlin last week to present their research, chair sessions, and network with collaborators.
Read about some of the highlights from our department’s contributions to the congress:
www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/news/esmo-2025
Read about some of the highlights from our department’s contributions to the congress:
www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/news/esmo-2025
Oxford Oncology at ESMO 2025
Members of the Department of Oncology attended ESMO earlier this month to present their research, chair sessions, and network with collaborators from across Europe and beyond. Read the highlights from...
www.oncology.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Members of the Department of Oncology were at ESMO 2025 in Berlin last week to present their research, chair sessions, and network with collaborators.
Read about some of the highlights from our department’s contributions to the congress:
www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/news/esmo-2025
Read about some of the highlights from our department’s contributions to the congress:
www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/news/esmo-2025
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Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge is now live. The charge will be at points on six roads in Oxford. Cars with permits & all other vehicles can pass through charge locations for free. Without a permit, £5 per day is payable.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge is now live. The charge will be at points on six roads in Oxford. Cars with permits & all other vehicles can pass through charge locations for free. Without a permit, £5 per day is payable.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
Yes! I love it
This might end up in the void, but is ESMO IO worth attending?
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yes! I love it
yes Northern Ireland is in the UK, and has a land border with Europe now - NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin | Northern Ireland | The Guardian share.google/K0fjqqLVARpZ...
NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin
Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital
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October 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
yes Northern Ireland is in the UK, and has a land border with Europe now - NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin | Northern Ireland | The Guardian share.google/K0fjqqLVARpZ...
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The real horror this Halloween?? 2,000 tonnes of plastic costumes haunting our planet, according to research by Hubbub 😱
This spooky season, swap new costumes for pre-loved from charity shops, or get crafty with what you already have at home.
This spooky season, swap new costumes for pre-loved from charity shops, or get crafty with what you already have at home.
October 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The real horror this Halloween?? 2,000 tonnes of plastic costumes haunting our planet, according to research by Hubbub 😱
This spooky season, swap new costumes for pre-loved from charity shops, or get crafty with what you already have at home.
This spooky season, swap new costumes for pre-loved from charity shops, or get crafty with what you already have at home.
Absolutely! Academic "pedigree" means lack of diversity and inclusion
I've heard it called a "pedigree" before at conferences and the whole idea of it makes me sad to be honest. We're supposed to be smart people, you would think we would know better!
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Absolutely! Academic "pedigree" means lack of diversity and inclusion
Bit of a first-generation university student/academic gripe - speaking with a senior researcher recently about potential collab, asked me 2 questions 1. where was my PhD and 2. where was my postdoc. Then they instantly lost interest.
FYI - don't do this.
FYI - don't do this.
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Bit of a first-generation university student/academic gripe - speaking with a senior researcher recently about potential collab, asked me 2 questions 1. where was my PhD and 2. where was my postdoc. Then they instantly lost interest.
FYI - don't do this.
FYI - don't do this.
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Delighted to be hosting the Oxford KIR Workshop 2026 April next year.
Please register here and contact me regarding accommodation.
www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...
Please register here and contact me regarding accommodation.
www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...
Oxford KIR Workshop 2026 | University of Oxford
An international gathering of scientists studying the killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). It will cover topics such  evolution, immunogen
www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Delighted to be hosting the Oxford KIR Workshop 2026 April next year.
Please register here and contact me regarding accommodation.
www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...
Please register here and contact me regarding accommodation.
www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...
Having a session focused on chromosomal instability at #ESMO25 was incredible - fantastically engaged audience and such a great session - really hope we can make breakthroughs in treating these aggressive cancers
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Having a session focused on chromosomal instability at #ESMO25 was incredible - fantastically engaged audience and such a great session - really hope we can make breakthroughs in treating these aggressive cancers
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Is it fair for grant reviewers — who are often our colleagues — to judge the legitimacy of career breaks due to personal circumstances?
go.nature.com/48yaJvF
go.nature.com/48yaJvF
Parenting, illnesses and medical commitments: the private details grant reviewers shouldn’t need to know
Is it fair for grant reviewers — who are often our colleagues — to judge the legitimacy of career breaks due to personal circumstances?
go.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Is it fair for grant reviewers — who are often our colleagues — to judge the legitimacy of career breaks due to personal circumstances?
go.nature.com/48yaJvF
go.nature.com/48yaJvF
Getting ready for #ESMO25 ? Make room for our exciting session on Targeting Chromosomal Instability on Saturday morning, 8.30am - speakers include Dr Sam Bakhoum, Prof Floris Foijer and Dr Cathy Dumbrava on making this a targetable biology
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Getting ready for #ESMO25 ? Make room for our exciting session on Targeting Chromosomal Instability on Saturday morning, 8.30am - speakers include Dr Sam Bakhoum, Prof Floris Foijer and Dr Cathy Dumbrava on making this a targetable biology