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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 6d

Applications are now open for the @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Programme.

If you are interested in our project ‘Reprogramming Plasticity in Colorectal Cancer’ feel free to get in touch!

www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-blic-ph...

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 8d

Yes!!!

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 15d

Excited to be in Essen for @helloeacr.bsky.social Goodbye Flat Biology 🧫

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Sep 3

A warm welcome to the newest member of the team: Lab-bubu

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Aug 7

We are recruiting! Our lab is looking for a new mass cytometry technician to help study colorectal cancer organoid perturbation experiments at scale.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

Full job description and application details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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James Reading @jamesreading.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 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

www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-scie...

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

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jul 15

This is so cool! 🤩

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jul 13

Congratulations Hsiu and team! 👏

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jul 12

Great to see this out! Incredible achievement 👏

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jun 26

Incredibly impressed by the student/postdoc run @bacell3d.bsky.social conference. Great talks, a vibrant community, and so well organised 👏

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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · Jun 24

Very excited to have Prof. Chris Tape (University College London, UK) “Single-cell Phenoscaping of Tumour Microenvironment Organoids @christophertape.bsky.social What makes the phenotype of a cell?

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jun 23

Congrats to Rhianna O’Sullivan for winning a poster prize at the UCL Cancer Institute conference! 👏

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jun 23

Excited to be in Basel for BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · Jun 19

🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.

This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.

🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR

Two students smiling outdoors in front of a university building with colorful banners. Text reads 9th in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations Aris! 👏

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jun 12

Excited to visit @nkinl.bsky.social today!

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Francesco Iorio @francescoiorio.bsky.social · Jun 11

🧬 Excited to announce the 2nd Euro Cancer DepMap Symposium bringing together leading minds in functional genomics, cancer vulnerabilities, AI, CRISPR and anti-cancer target discovery.📍Join us in Milan for cutting-edge science, open discussion & collaboration. #EuroDepMap #CancerResearch #CRISPR

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · Jun 10

2 weeks left to apply for our new fully funded postdoc position studying plasticity regulators in metastatic CRC!

Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · May 23

We are recruiting! We're searching for a postdoctoral research fellow to study patient-specific regulators of plasticity in primary and metastatic CRC. Please reach out if you have any questions! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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eriksahailab.bsky.social @eriksahailab.bsky.social · May 14

Happy to share details of this meeting and the exciting line-up of speakers. Hope to see you there. Please re-post www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/5th...

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · May 23

We are recruiting! We're searching for a postdoctoral research fellow to study patient-specific regulators of plasticity in primary and metastatic CRC. Please reach out if you have any questions! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · May 17

Epic work Omer + team 👏

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · May 11

Excited to arrive in Whistler for the @keystonesymposia.bsky.social on Organoids and Single Cells 🇨🇦 🐻

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Henry Scowcroft @oh-henry.bsky.social · May 9

"We’re going to find a way to kill these cells,” says
@christophertape.bsky.social “We won’t stop until we do.”

Loved working on this piece with Chris & his team - and with Sharon, who donated her bowel tumour to Chris's @cancerresearchuk.org -funded lab.

news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/09/s...

The mysterious stem cells that could hold the key to beating bowel cancer - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News

Using organoids, researchers have found that 'revival' stem cells could hold the key to why people's cancers respond differently to treatment

news.cancerresearchuk.org

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org for featuring our work on stem cell plasticity in CRC: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/09/s...

The mysterious stem cells that could hold the key to beating bowel cancer - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News

Using organoids, researchers have found that 'revival' stem cells could hold the key to why people's cancers respond differently to treatment

news.cancerresearchuk.org

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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · May 1

Congrats to Corinne Molyneux for winning a poster prize at the UCL Cancer Domain Symposium! 👏

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