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Simon Buczacki @sibucz.bsky.social · 3d

New CRUK Post-doc position in our group. #mutationalorder #multiomics #cancer.
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Simon Buczacki @sibucz.bsky.social · Sep 3

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We're humbled to have been awarded a CRUK Programme Foundation Award to further progress our work on mutational order in cancer. New post-doctoral positions in our group to be advertised shortly. @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @oxfordcancer.bsky.social

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cancer-research-uk-science-and-innovation_crukfunded-discoveryresearch-cancerresearch-activity-7368945889794633728-3yLM?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=AC...

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join our healthy volunteer blood donation campaign!

We're inviting healthy volunteers to provide a small blood sample to the INTEGRATOR Research Tissue Bank.

By taking part, you'll directly contribute to advancing cancer research in Oxford!

Find out more ⬇️

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/join-ou...

Join our Healthy Volunteer Blood Donation Campaign!

Oxford Cancer is inviting volunteers from the University to provide a small blood sample to the INTEGRATOR Research Tissue Bank.

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk

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Lauren Murphy @l-cmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 I’m thrilled and proud to share that our latest work has just been published in @science.org! 🎉 🧽

📖 Read our paper here: doi.org/10.1126/sci...

🎬 Watch a summary: youtu.be/MttCA3GGWEM

🧵 Or keep reading for the key points! 🔑 1/19

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Beth Psaila @bethpsaila.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thrilled that our paper is in print @science.org!!
*Platelets sequester cell free DNA, including free fetal and tumour-derived DNA*
Tweetorial from @l-cmurphy.bsky.social below. Check out the news feature science.org/content/arti... and terrific editorial from Dennis Lo #platelets_in_the_limelight

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · Jul 23

Advance Your Research with the SCAN Pathway!

The SCAN pathway offers a unique opportunity to access one of the UK’s most comprehensive research infrastructures for non-specific cancer symptoms.

Find out more on our website. 👇

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/advance...

Advance Your Research with the SCAN Pathway

The SCAN pathway offers a unique opportunity to access one of the UK’s most comprehensive research infrastructures for non-specific cancer symptoms.

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk

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Françoise Howe @francoiseshowe.bsky.social · Jul 19

Great to see our work on preventive cancer vaccines, including LungVax, featured in this issue!

@oxfordcancer.bsky.social @sarahblagden.bsky.social @timmunologist.bsky.social

The Economist @economist.com · Jul 19

Progress in the fight against the disease has been slow, steady—and remarkable. Long may that continue

The world is winning the war on cancer

Progress has been remarkable. Death rates are down substantially, and are likely to fall further

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Michelle Percharde @mpercharde.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Chromatin And Development lab are hiring a postdoc!

Come join us; we are a happy and hard working team @mrc-lms.bsky.social in London UK. Projects span the intersection of chromatin and transposon biology in dev't and disease. Email/DM for more info. Pls RT!

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MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

The MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) is a biomedical research institute where scientists and clinicians collaborate to advance the understanding of biology and its application to medicine. LMS...

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congrats to our 2025 OxCODE travel awardees, who are attending this week's Cancer Prevention Research Conference! @cancerresearchuk.org

Read more about them and the award, which aims to raise the profile of early detection and precision prevention research ⬇️

www.oxcode.ox.ac.uk/news/oxcode-...

OxCODE travel awards 2025

Congratulations to Zinaida Dedeic, Joshua Fieggen, Ella Mi, Shizhe Xu, Yuhan Zheng and Noushin Zibandeh who have been awarded OxCODE funds to attend this year’s major cancer prevention and early detec...

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Jay(Shizhe) Xu @jayxu1999.bsky.social · Jun 25

I’m here at the 2025 Cancer Prevention conference in London! 🎉
I’m grateful to the OxCODE for the Travel Award that made this opportunity possible. Huge thanks for supporting early-career researchers like me! Come check out my poster #93!
@oxfordcancer.bsky.social
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NIHR Oxford BRC @oxfordbrc.bsky.social · Jun 12

Looking for support between a doctorate and applying for post-doctoral funding? Our post-doctoral awards are now open for applications! oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/training-hub... Closing date: 2 July. @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Post-Doctoral Awards | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

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Centre for Personalised Medicine @cpmoxford.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are pleased to invite you to our forthcoming event, 'Thinking Outside the Box: Navigating Ethnicity in Genomic Medicine', taking place @stannescollege.bsky.social on Monday 30th June at 4pm. Further details and registration can be found here: cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/thinki...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Jun 1

A new travel planning website for journeys in and around Oxford has launched. Oxford Travel Options www.oxfordtraveloptions.co.uk is created by Low Carbon Oxford North and the Zero Carbon Oxfordshire Partnership (ZCOP). It shows transport options and tools for transport beyond the private car.

Oxford Travel Options | Smarter Ways to Travel Around Oxford

Discover alternative travel solutions for Oxford and the surrounding area, from bus routes and bike paths to lift shares and route planning.

www.oxfordtraveloptions.co.uk

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Joshua Bull @joshuabull.bsky.social · May 29

Another postdoc position working ongside the wider #MuSpAn community is currently open - this time working with Prof Jens Rittscher and others at the intersection of colorectal cancer, machine learning, spatial statistics, and mathematical modelling.

Apply before 30th June!

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NIHR Oxford BRC @oxfordbrc.bsky.social · May 27

It's our Health Research Showcase in two days! Come along to the Westgate in Oxford to find out about the latest in healthcare research oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/brc-event/he... @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @oxahpartners.bsky.social @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social

promotional flyer for Health Research Showcase - Thursday 29 May, Leiden Square, Westgate Centre, Oxford

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · May 27

Join us next week to hear Sarah Blagden and team discuss the possibilities and potential barriers associated with recruiting to vaccine trials and eventually rolling out new preventive cancer vaccines!

Full details below ⬇️

Centre for Personalised Medicine @cpmoxford.bsky.social · May 22

We still have a few spaces for our event with OxCODE, 'New vaccines that aim to prevent cancer: Starting the conversation', taking place on Monday 2nd June at St Anne's College, Oxford. Details & schedule can be found here: cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/cancer...
Email [email protected] to book your place.

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Centre for Personalised Medicine @cpmoxford.bsky.social · May 22

We still have a few spaces for our event with OxCODE, 'New vaccines that aim to prevent cancer: Starting the conversation', taking place on Monday 2nd June at St Anne's College, Oxford. Details & schedule can be found here: cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/cancer...
Email [email protected] to book your place.

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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · May 1

🚨 New transatlantic research funding! 🚨

We've partnered with the American Cancer Society to co-fund our Biology to Prevention Award, doubling the funding pot for collaborative UK and US prevention research teams.

Join us for a webinar on 21 May to find out how to apply: bit.ly/445v4pO

Webinar: Biology to Prevention Award co-funded with American Cancer Society

Join our webinar on 21 May to learn about this new partnership and how to apply for co-funding through the Biology to Prevention Award

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Cancer Research UK City of London Centre @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social · Apr 29

Join our Prevention Primer to grow your knowledge ahead of @cancerresearchuk.org and the American Cancer Society's #PrevConf25. Hear from Prof Peter Sasieni, @sarahblagden.bsky.social and @wtklab.bsky.social plus lab scientists, clinicians, behavioural scientists and epidemiologists. bit.ly/3EKgzNN

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Benjamin Schuster-Böckler @dagams.bsky.social · Apr 21

Postdoc position now open for applications! Want to come to Oxford and work on epigenetics of myeloid leukaemia? Interested in liquid biopsy for cancer early detection? Apply here: cutt.cx/bskaml1

Please RT!

#job #academia

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in Genomics of Myeloid Disorders at University of Oxford

An academic position as a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in Genomics of Myeloid Disorders is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportun...

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · Apr 21

Calling all Medical Undergraduates! 📢

Don't forget: applications for our DPhil in Cancer Science Scheme will close this Friday 25th April. 🥼

We also have 3 2025 GSK-Oxford DPhil studentships available. 📚

Apply via our study pages ⬇️. @medsci.ox.ac.uk

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/study#how-to...

DPhil in Cancer Science

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Cancer Research UK City of London Centre @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join our Prevention Primer on 24 June and grow your knowledge ahead of @cancerresearchuk.org's #PrevConf25. Hear from Prof Peter Sasieni, @sarahblagden.bsky.social, @wtklab.bsky.social and others, inc lab scientists, clinicians, behavioural scientists and epidemiologists.

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Beth Psaila @bethpsaila.bsky.social · Mar 27

We are recruiting!! Ads now live for a Data Coordinator and 2 Research Assistants/biobankers to join a new @ludwigcancer.bsky.social - @imm.ox.ac.uk joint initiative to prevent progression from early- to advanced blood cancer. Joint posts with Adam Mead+others in Oxford Ludwig. Links below

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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · Mar 25

Congratulations to Dr David Church (@ndm.ox.ac.uk), who has been awarded a Senior Cancer Research Fellowship from @cancerresearchuk.org! 👏

Read what David had to say on the OxCODE website ⬇️

www.oxcode.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-davi...

Dr David Church awarded Senior Cancer Research Fellowship from Cancer Research UK

David’s research will focus on immune dysregulation in colorectal and endometrial pre-cancers and cancers.

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Françoise Howe @francoiseshowe.bsky.social · Mar 18

Starting with early detection, @bethpsaila.bsky.social described her amazing work on platelets as carriers of DNA that could be co-opted for cancer detection
Nice shout out for her #OxCODE-funded project also!

Beth Paula presenting “circulating blood platelets as cancer sentinels”

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