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Alex Frankell

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Research group leader at the Early Cancer Institute in Cambridge studying somatic evolution using longitudinal non-invasive samples such as circulating tumour DNA

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Alex Frankell @afrankell.bsky.social · Apr 7

Very grateful to #Springboard25 for this support to push forward our development of methods for spatial profiling of somatic evolution. These ring fenced opportunities for early PIs are hugely helpful to push forward our research at this stage of the lab's development.

Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · Apr 7

📢 We're making our largest ever investment in early-career researchers

Through #Springboard25, we’re investing £7.6m in 62 researchers to drive innovations that improve health and wellbeing 🔬

Congrats to all 2025 awardees! 🎉

👉 bit.ly/springboard2...

@thebhf.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Dec 3

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

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Alex Frankell @afrankell.bsky.social · Nov 29

A great pleasure to work with @zaccasimo.bsky.social and his team on this elegant data and tool.

Simone Zaccaria @zaccasimo.bsky.social · Nov 29

🚨So proud to present the first study from our @ccg-ucl.bsky.social group together with @charlesswanton.bsky.social @NnennayaKanu and led by @ojlucas.bsky.social with key collaboration @sophie-ward.bsky.social and fundamental support @rijazaidi.bsky.social @abibunkum.bsky.social & others

Out now👇
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Characterizing the evolutionary dynamics of cancer proliferation in single-cell clones with SPRINTER - Nature Genetics

Single-cell Proliferation Rate Inference in Non-homogeneous Tumors through Evolutionary Routes (SPRINTER) allows users to infer proliferation rates of individual clones within a tumor from single-cell...

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Nov 12

I've started a list of people working on #cancer #evolution. Many more to be added, so do let me know if that is you. Also if you would like to be removed. go.bsky.app/QuAF4Mo

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Vikram Paralkar @paralkarlab.bsky.social · Nov 25

Researcher #1: I'm going to leave science! I just can't figure out what's causing degradation of my protein...

Researcher #2: U B quittin'?

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Florent Mouliere @florentmouliere.bsky.social · Nov 18

A couple of days left to apply! We have a PhD position available in the lab to improve our understanding of cfDNA and cfRNA shedding from cancer cells, and the potential impact on heterogeneity. #cfDNA #liquidbiopsy #cfRNA

Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute @cruk-mi.bsky.social · Nov 6

If you're looking for a #PhD in #CancerResearch, we've got fantastic 4-year, fully-funded #PhDpositions available, with registration & graduation affiliated to the University of Manchester, UK

For details of the projects go to:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/Education/Ph...

Closing date: 22nd Nov 2024

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Florent Mouliere @florentmouliere.bsky.social · Nov 18

We also have 2 bioinformatician / computational biologist / computational scientist positions available in the lab (pre and post-doctoral level). Focus on epigenetic, transcriptomic, and ML. #cfDNA #liquidbiopsy One week left to apply! www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/recruitment/...

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Carlo Maley @cmaley.bsky.social · Nov 15

We just published a review of lessons farmers have learned for how to control pesticide resistance from evolving, and how to apply those to oncology to prevent cancers from evolving therapeutic resistance: bit.ly/48OfFdX

Resistance Management for Cancer: Lessons from Farmers

Abstract. One of the main reasons we have not been able to cure cancers is that treatments select for drug-resistant cells. Pest managers face similar challenges with pesticides selecting for pesticid...

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