Newcastle University Centre for Cancer
@nucancer.bsky.social
NUCancer opened in 2019 to bring together >100 cancer and cancer-related researchers from across the three faculties of Newcastle University. We are focused on world leading cancer discovery research and its translation to new oncology therapeutics.
Today’s seminar: the “diabolical duo” in liver cancer; neutrophils + platelets!🩸
Targeting their crosstalk could re-wire the tumour microenvironment + make HCC more responsive to immunotherapy.
🗣️Prof. Derek Mann / Erik Ramon Gil (PhD student)
#LiverCancer #Immunotherapy #Cancer #Research
Targeting their crosstalk could re-wire the tumour microenvironment + make HCC more responsive to immunotherapy.
🗣️Prof. Derek Mann / Erik Ramon Gil (PhD student)
#LiverCancer #Immunotherapy #Cancer #Research
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today’s seminar: the “diabolical duo” in liver cancer; neutrophils + platelets!🩸
Targeting their crosstalk could re-wire the tumour microenvironment + make HCC more responsive to immunotherapy.
🗣️Prof. Derek Mann / Erik Ramon Gil (PhD student)
#LiverCancer #Immunotherapy #Cancer #Research
Targeting their crosstalk could re-wire the tumour microenvironment + make HCC more responsive to immunotherapy.
🗣️Prof. Derek Mann / Erik Ramon Gil (PhD student)
#LiverCancer #Immunotherapy #Cancer #Research
Fantastic news 🎉
Dr Frederik van Delft & Dr Alistair Poll have been awarded a £353k Children with Cancer UK Research Project Grant (2026–29) to tackle drug-resistant T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in children. (1/2)
#ChildhoodCancer #TALL #CancerResearch
Dr Frederik van Delft & Dr Alistair Poll have been awarded a £353k Children with Cancer UK Research Project Grant (2026–29) to tackle drug-resistant T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in children. (1/2)
#ChildhoodCancer #TALL #CancerResearch
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fantastic news 🎉
Dr Frederik van Delft & Dr Alistair Poll have been awarded a £353k Children with Cancer UK Research Project Grant (2026–29) to tackle drug-resistant T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in children. (1/2)
#ChildhoodCancer #TALL #CancerResearch
Dr Frederik van Delft & Dr Alistair Poll have been awarded a £353k Children with Cancer UK Research Project Grant (2026–29) to tackle drug-resistant T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in children. (1/2)
#ChildhoodCancer #TALL #CancerResearch
The Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre at the Herschel Building has earned the Silver LEAF Award for sustainable lab practices! 🥈
Reducing waste, saving energy & going greener every day. 💚
#Sustainability #GreenLabs #LEAFAward #ScienceForGood #NetZero #EcoInnovation
Reducing waste, saving energy & going greener every day. 💚
#Sustainability #GreenLabs #LEAFAward #ScienceForGood #NetZero #EcoInnovation
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre at the Herschel Building has earned the Silver LEAF Award for sustainable lab practices! 🥈
Reducing waste, saving energy & going greener every day. 💚
#Sustainability #GreenLabs #LEAFAward #ScienceForGood #NetZero #EcoInnovation
Reducing waste, saving energy & going greener every day. 💚
#Sustainability #GreenLabs #LEAFAward #ScienceForGood #NetZero #EcoInnovation
🎓 Great turnout for the first #NUCancer seminar!
Thank you to everyone who joined Prof Christina Halsey for an inspiring talk on improving CNS leukaemia treatmentand reducing neurotoxicity in children.
🧠 Smarter, safer therapies ahead.
#CancerResearch #Leukaemia #Oncology
Thank you to everyone who joined Prof Christina Halsey for an inspiring talk on improving CNS leukaemia treatmentand reducing neurotoxicity in children.
🧠 Smarter, safer therapies ahead.
#CancerResearch #Leukaemia #Oncology
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🎓 Great turnout for the first #NUCancer seminar!
Thank you to everyone who joined Prof Christina Halsey for an inspiring talk on improving CNS leukaemia treatmentand reducing neurotoxicity in children.
🧠 Smarter, safer therapies ahead.
#CancerResearch #Leukaemia #Oncology
Thank you to everyone who joined Prof Christina Halsey for an inspiring talk on improving CNS leukaemia treatmentand reducing neurotoxicity in children.
🧠 Smarter, safer therapies ahead.
#CancerResearch #Leukaemia #Oncology
🏆 Huge congratulations to Professor Sir John Burn and his team!
They’ve won the CRUK Research Horizons “Translational Project of the Year” Award, recognising their efforts toward turning cancer research into real-world patient impact. 💙
#CancerResearch #InnovationInOncology
They’ve won the CRUK Research Horizons “Translational Project of the Year” Award, recognising their efforts toward turning cancer research into real-world patient impact. 💙
#CancerResearch #InnovationInOncology
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🏆 Huge congratulations to Professor Sir John Burn and his team!
They’ve won the CRUK Research Horizons “Translational Project of the Year” Award, recognising their efforts toward turning cancer research into real-world patient impact. 💙
#CancerResearch #InnovationInOncology
They’ve won the CRUK Research Horizons “Translational Project of the Year” Award, recognising their efforts toward turning cancer research into real-world patient impact. 💙
#CancerResearch #InnovationInOncology
💙 1 in 8 UK men will develop prostate cancer — but the risk is twice as high for men of African ancestry.
Yet, research in this group is still limited. That needs to change.
#MensHealth #ProstateCancer
Yet, research in this group is still limited. That needs to change.
#MensHealth #ProstateCancer
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
💙 1 in 8 UK men will develop prostate cancer — but the risk is twice as high for men of African ancestry.
Yet, research in this group is still limited. That needs to change.
#MensHealth #ProstateCancer
Yet, research in this group is still limited. That needs to change.
#MensHealth #ProstateCancer
You can read the paper using the QR code below:
September 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
You can read the paper using the QR code below:
🚨New work from the #NUCancer Paediatric Brain Tumour Group shows not all MYC/MYCN-amplified medulloblastomas are the same.
🔹 Some patients face near-incurable disease & need new therapies
🔹 Others can survive long-term with current treatment
#ChildhoodCancer #Medulloblastoma
🔹 Some patients face near-incurable disease & need new therapies
🔹 Others can survive long-term with current treatment
#ChildhoodCancer #Medulloblastoma
September 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨New work from the #NUCancer Paediatric Brain Tumour Group shows not all MYC/MYCN-amplified medulloblastomas are the same.
🔹 Some patients face near-incurable disease & need new therapies
🔹 Others can survive long-term with current treatment
#ChildhoodCancer #Medulloblastoma
🔹 Some patients face near-incurable disease & need new therapies
🔹 Others can survive long-term with current treatment
#ChildhoodCancer #Medulloblastoma
Celebrating Excellence: NU Cancer Conference 2025 Prize winner spotlight 🏆
Congrats to Dr. Eleanor Hackney on winning a poster award! Eleanor shined a light on her research around the utility of multiple FIT testing in symptomatic colorectal cancer patients. 🧪
#CancerResearch
Congrats to Dr. Eleanor Hackney on winning a poster award! Eleanor shined a light on her research around the utility of multiple FIT testing in symptomatic colorectal cancer patients. 🧪
#CancerResearch
August 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Celebrating Excellence: NU Cancer Conference 2025 Prize winner spotlight 🏆
Congrats to Dr. Eleanor Hackney on winning a poster award! Eleanor shined a light on her research around the utility of multiple FIT testing in symptomatic colorectal cancer patients. 🧪
#CancerResearch
Congrats to Dr. Eleanor Hackney on winning a poster award! Eleanor shined a light on her research around the utility of multiple FIT testing in symptomatic colorectal cancer patients. 🧪
#CancerResearch
🎉 Huge congratulations to Prof. Linda Sharp, Dr. Laura Woods & Dr. Christina Dobson on receiving a £40,000 grant from @HDR_UK North for their 9-month project: “Epidemiology of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer in England” 👏
#ColorectalCancer #EarlyDiagnosis #PublicHealth
#ColorectalCancer #EarlyDiagnosis #PublicHealth
August 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Prof. Linda Sharp, Dr. Laura Woods & Dr. Christina Dobson on receiving a £40,000 grant from @HDR_UK North for their 9-month project: “Epidemiology of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer in England” 👏
#ColorectalCancer #EarlyDiagnosis #PublicHealth
#ColorectalCancer #EarlyDiagnosis #PublicHealth
🚨 New publication
Prof. Mike Waring & team have advanced micelle-promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis through surfactant optimisation.
Published in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org.
🔬 Read more: pubs.rsc.org/.../ArticleL...
#CancerResearch #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery
Prof. Mike Waring & team have advanced micelle-promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis through surfactant optimisation.
Published in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org.
🔬 Read more: pubs.rsc.org/.../ArticleL...
#CancerResearch #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery
August 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 New publication
Prof. Mike Waring & team have advanced micelle-promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis through surfactant optimisation.
Published in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org.
🔬 Read more: pubs.rsc.org/.../ArticleL...
#CancerResearch #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery
Prof. Mike Waring & team have advanced micelle-promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis through surfactant optimisation.
Published in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org.
🔬 Read more: pubs.rsc.org/.../ArticleL...
#CancerResearch #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery
Her clever Newcastle-themed example charmed the audience, helping to show why #LongReads > #ShortReads for this type of research.
Well done Eleanor! 🔬
Well done Eleanor! 🔬
July 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Her clever Newcastle-themed example charmed the audience, helping to show why #LongReads > #ShortReads for this type of research.
Well done Eleanor! 🔬
Well done Eleanor! 🔬
🏆 NU Cancer Conference 2025: Prize Winner Spotlight
PhD student Eleanor Woodward won a Flash Talk Award for her work on characterising structural variants in tumour samples using long-read sequencing via
@oxfordnanopore.bsky.social platforms. 🧬
#CancerResearch #PhDLife #WomenInSTEM
PhD student Eleanor Woodward won a Flash Talk Award for her work on characterising structural variants in tumour samples using long-read sequencing via
@oxfordnanopore.bsky.social platforms. 🧬
#CancerResearch #PhDLife #WomenInSTEM
July 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🏆 NU Cancer Conference 2025: Prize Winner Spotlight
PhD student Eleanor Woodward won a Flash Talk Award for her work on characterising structural variants in tumour samples using long-read sequencing via
@oxfordnanopore.bsky.social platforms. 🧬
#CancerResearch #PhDLife #WomenInSTEM
PhD student Eleanor Woodward won a Flash Talk Award for her work on characterising structural variants in tumour samples using long-read sequencing via
@oxfordnanopore.bsky.social platforms. 🧬
#CancerResearch #PhDLife #WomenInSTEM
🏆 #NUCancer Conference 2025: Prize Winner Spotlight
Congratulations to Louisa Taylor, PhD, winner of a Flash Talk Award for her cutting-edge work on high-risk MYC-amplified #medulloblastoma. 🔬💡
#childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #pediatriccancer #cancerresearch
Congratulations to Louisa Taylor, PhD, winner of a Flash Talk Award for her cutting-edge work on high-risk MYC-amplified #medulloblastoma. 🔬💡
#childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #pediatriccancer #cancerresearch
July 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🏆 #NUCancer Conference 2025: Prize Winner Spotlight
Congratulations to Louisa Taylor, PhD, winner of a Flash Talk Award for her cutting-edge work on high-risk MYC-amplified #medulloblastoma. 🔬💡
#childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #pediatriccancer #cancerresearch
Congratulations to Louisa Taylor, PhD, winner of a Flash Talk Award for her cutting-edge work on high-risk MYC-amplified #medulloblastoma. 🔬💡
#childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #pediatriccancer #cancerresearch
🎉Congratulations to Dr. Shelby Barnett on receiving the joint EPHAR-EACPT Young Investigator Award in translational Pharmacology.
Great work Shelby! 👏
#NUcancer
Great work Shelby! 👏
#NUcancer
July 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🎉Congratulations to Dr. Shelby Barnett on receiving the joint EPHAR-EACPT Young Investigator Award in translational Pharmacology.
Great work Shelby! 👏
#NUcancer
Great work Shelby! 👏
#NUcancer
We're delighted to share that @newcastleuni.bsky.social has officially approved renewal of the #NUCancerCentre for 2025-30.
We look forward to continuing this important journey together over the next five years.
We look forward to continuing this important journey together over the next five years.
July 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We're delighted to share that @newcastleuni.bsky.social has officially approved renewal of the #NUCancerCentre for 2025-30.
We look forward to continuing this important journey together over the next five years.
We look forward to continuing this important journey together over the next five years.
The NU Conference was a big success with a superb plenary from Ram DasGupta (CRUK Scotland). Prizes for talks - J Dishington (1st) and H Stewart; flash talks - E Woodward (1st), L Taylor (2nd); posters - E Hackney (1st), K Papa (2nd). Congrats and to all presenters for giving us a memorable day!
June 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The NU Conference was a big success with a superb plenary from Ram DasGupta (CRUK Scotland). Prizes for talks - J Dishington (1st) and H Stewart; flash talks - E Woodward (1st), L Taylor (2nd); posters - E Hackney (1st), K Papa (2nd). Congrats and to all presenters for giving us a memorable day!
It was a pleasure hosting @walkolab.bsky.social from the Bart's Centre for Squamous Cancer in our NUCoRE Cancer seminar series this week where he told us about his exciting research on transcriptional addiction.
February 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It was a pleasure hosting @walkolab.bsky.social from the Bart's Centre for Squamous Cancer in our NUCoRE Cancer seminar series this week where he told us about his exciting research on transcriptional addiction.
Our talented PhD student Keara wins a regional prize for her work on developing a 96-well scale model of liver cancer tumour microenvironment. Congratulations Keara!
February 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Our talented PhD student Keara wins a regional prize for her work on developing a 96-well scale model of liver cancer tumour microenvironment. Congratulations Keara!
Today is World Cancer Day. At the NU Centre for Cancer we are dedicated to working towards more effective and gentler treatments for cancer patients.
February 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Today is World Cancer Day. At the NU Centre for Cancer we are dedicated to working towards more effective and gentler treatments for cancer patients.
The 65th British Association for Cancer Research Meeting in Edinburgh June 2025.
December 5, 2024 at 1:31 PM
The 65th British Association for Cancer Research Meeting in Edinburgh June 2025.
Did you know that scientists in our @cruk-si.bsky.social Drug Discovery Unit were the brains behind Rucaparib (PARP inhibitor) and Erdafitinib (FGFR inhibitor, both now clinically approved cancer medicines. Read more about our ground breaking drug discovery science here www.ncl.ac.uk/cancer/our-r...
November 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Did you know that scientists in our @cruk-si.bsky.social Drug Discovery Unit were the brains behind Rucaparib (PARP inhibitor) and Erdafitinib (FGFR inhibitor, both now clinically approved cancer medicines. Read more about our ground breaking drug discovery science here www.ncl.ac.uk/cancer/our-r...