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Thomas R. Cox

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Professor & Head of the Matrix & Metastasis Lab at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research & UNSW Sydney Gadigal Country 🇦🇺 🏳️‍🌈 🔬Pancreatic / Lung / Breast / Bowel Cancer & all things extracellular matrix 🧫 → https://linktr.ee/thomasrcox ← .. more

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Thomas R. Cox @trcox.matrixandmetastasis.com · Nov 12

Ep4, S3 of the Garvan’s podcast: “Medical Minds” is out now!

I got the chance to talk about some of our labs ongoing work on fibrosis & cancer!

Why is it important? How does it feed into progression? And how does it affect treatment?

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Available to stream on Apple & Spotify!

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Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute @cruk-mi.bsky.social · 3d

Interested in establishing your own research group?
Our support package for new Group Leaders includes:

🥼2 #Postdocs, a technician & 2 PhD students + lab costs
🔬Full access to core facilities
🧪Access to the MCRC #Biobank
✔️Mentorship, #grant advice & more

www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...

Graphic has a blue-tone photograph of the Paterson Building on the right-hand side, with a dark blue background and white text on the left

Text says:

We Are Recruiting New Group Leaders
Join us in Manchester / Develop bold, innovative, & high-impact research programmes
Salary £58,000 – £65,000 (dependent upon experience/clinical work)
Job ID MI/25/54
Apply by 2nd November 2025

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Shona Ritchie @shonaritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Had a fantastic time at @myueg.bsky.social week in Berlin, sharing science and meeting new colleagues/pals!

Huge thanks to @metastasisresearch.bsky.social for making it possible for me to attend and share our research

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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 16d

As our Goodbye Flat Biology conference in Essen coincides with #WorldCancerResearchDay, what better way to mark the occasion than with a group photo? #WCRD @wcrd24sept.bsky.social

Group photo of a conference hall filled with participants posing in front of a World Cancer Research Day slide

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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · 21d

Attending a meeting? Early career MRS members can apply for a bursary! metastasis-research.org/for-research...
🚨Next bursary deadline is:October 1! 🚨

🎉 Congratulations again to our latest MRS Travel Bursary winners!

🌍 Shona Ritchie (Australia)
🇺🇸 Abby Jackson (USA)
🇮🇱 Avishai Maliah (Israel)

MRS Meeting Bursaries | Metastasis Research

The Metastasis Research Society is pleased to announce the availability of up to 10 Early Career Researcher (ECR) travel scholarships annually. These scholarships aim to support young investigators in presenting their metastasis research at national and international conferences.

metastasis-research.org

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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · Sep 11

Don't miss our next webinar by Zoi Diamantopoulou on "Timing the perfect strike: Using circadian rhythms to target metastasis" - September 22, 2025 - more details and register here: metastasis-research.org/2025/09/11/z...

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Aguirre-Ghiso Lab @jaguirreghisolab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pioneering trial targeting dormant residual cancer cells by L. Chodosh, A. DeMichele et al., @penncancer.bsky.social Proof-of-concept that targeting dormant RTCs in breast cancer survivors depletes MRD. NCT03032406. Congratulations for this work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Targeting dormant tumor cells to prevent recurrent breast cancer: a randomized phase 2 trial - Nature Medicine

A combination of mouse model data and data from a randomized phase 2 trial in patients with breast cancer in remission demonstrates feasibility, safety and a reduction in residual tumor cells followin...

www.nature.com

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Matthia Karreman @matthiakarreman.bsky.social · Sep 4

How do #metastases survive (and thrive!) in the #brain microenvironment?

In our review, now online @cp-neuron.bsky.social, we discuss the recent findings on #cancerneuroscience of #brainmetastases:
Learn all about how #cancer cells adapt to, and communicate with, this unique environment 🧠

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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨Excited for the 2nd MRS Early Career Research Virtual Meeting on Nov 18-19, 2025!

Trainees & Junior Faculty (within 3 years of starting your lab), share your work!
Abstract Deadline: Sept 12, 2025. Submit here: bit.ly/47KLyp2

❗Free registration for MRS Members! #MRS #Research #EarlyCareer

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Thomas R. Cox @trcox.matrixandmetastasis.com · Aug 8

Congrats Emily!! 🎉

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 8

The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here:

research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.

Good luck!

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Thomas R. Cox @trcox.matrixandmetastasis.com · Aug 8

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · Aug 8

Really just had something like this feeling this afternoon. It’s the high that keeps you coming back for more

Cartoon of a scientist peering through a microscope saying "Whoaah!!!". Title says "The best part of Science is knowing, for a moment, something that nobody else in the world knows."

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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · Aug 6

Calling all ECRs in cancer and metastasis research. Don't forget to register for the upcoming ECR Virtual Symposium in November (FREE for MRS members). More details here metastasis-research.org/2025/08/06/2...

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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · Nov 20

🦋Introductory post 🦋

The Metastasis Research Society (MRS) is a professional society for metastasis researchers. The MRS is dedicated to promoting research into all aspects of metastasis, and the exchange of information amongst key stakeholders including scientists, clinicians & patients.

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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join us for our next webinar as Dr. Maria Casanova-Acebes discusses her work on "TREM1-ing-metastasis lung immunity" - April 8th - 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET | 00:00 AEDT

Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tVSpK...

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