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Sandra GL
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Stem Cell Biology & Early Cancer Research, UCL
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Our work describing the biological mechanisms driving the formation of a cancerized field in the airways is now out @science.org!
Huge team effort from @lungs4living.bsky.social and amazing collaborators to delineate the origin of precancerous lung disease 🫁
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Looking forward to working with new colleagues on a collaborative project in lung disease modelling and transcriptomics - please share! And email Jenny @jennydickens41.bsky.social, or me, with any questions. 😀

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Research Associate: Human Lung Disease Mechanisms (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate: Human Lung Disease Mechanisms (Fixed Term) in the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Nature research paper: Basal cell of origin resolves neuroendocrine–tuft lineage plasticity in cancer

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Basal cell of origin resolves neuroendocrine–tuft lineage plasticity in cancer - Nature
Basal cells, rather than neuroendocrine cells, have been identified as the probable origin of small cell lung cancer and other neuroendocrine–tuft cancers, explaining neuroendocrine–tuft heterogeneity and offering new perspectives for targeting lineage plasticity.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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My main PhD project is now up on bioRxiv! If you’re interested in somatic evolution or machine learning for simulation-based inference, read on…

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Recovery of human upper airway epithelium after smoking cessation is driven by a slow-cycling stem cell population and immune surveillance
The upper airway epithelium in humans is maintained in homeostasis by a resident population of basal stem cells. In the presence of tobacco smoke these gain mutations that significantly increase their...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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🚨 PhD Position available in our lab 🚨 exploring the power of blood immune multi-omics to detect lung cancer years prior to clinical diagnosis in a unique cohort of >10,000 CT screened individuals.
✅ Wet & dry lab
✅ September 2025 enrolment
✅ UK tuition fees only

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Pre-Cancer Immunology
The Pre-Cancer Immunology Lab (James Reading Lab) is mapping pre-invasive T cell dynamics during carcinogenesis to detect and intercept cancer development.
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The ‘cell of origin’ of the second most common lung cancer and how it becomes dominant in the lung have been discovered, in a new study led by Prof Sam Janes & Dr Sandra Gómez-López @uclmedsci.bsky.social, with @cambridgeuni.bsky.social & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
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Origins of common lung cancer that affects smokers discovered
The ‘cell of origin’ of the second most common lung cancer and the way that it becomes dominant in the lung have been discovered, in a new study in mice and humans from researchers at UCL, the Wellcom...
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May 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Our work describing the biological mechanisms driving the formation of a cancerized field in the airways is now out @science.org!
Huge team effort from @lungs4living.bsky.social and amazing collaborators to delineate the origin of precancerous lung disease 🫁
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM