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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 2d

😂 its more rock’n’roll though 😂

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 2d

First time I give a talk literally in a football stadium 😎⚽️

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful Bilbao

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 8d

Our first Centre for Cancer Evolution PI retreat! A wonderful day at Goodenough House discussing science, strategy and forging new collaborations @qmbci.bsky.social

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 8d

Great science and good fun at the faculty retreat of the Centre for Cancer Evolution @qmbci.bsky.social. Here @stuartmcdonald.bsky.social explaining his big question!

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Appennine mountains in Abruzzo, central Italy. Highly recommended

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Peaceful early morning

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Midsummer night 🌟🌙

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Jun 14

This is an important milestone: mutagenic drugs can increase TMB and induce a dMMR-like genetic profile, but do not improve response to immunotherapy in pMMR CRC patients. Some evidence of TIME remodelling, but likely not in the direction needed fro response... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Induction of a mismatch repair deficient genotype by tailored chemical mutagenesis in experimental models of cancer

Mismatch repair deficient (MMRd) tumors harbor thousands of somatic mutations enriched for insertion–deletion (indels) conferring high sensitivity to …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · May 28

Great meeting and great questions! Thanks for inviting me!

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social · May 28

Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social is up next to tell us about spatial drivers of response to immunotherapy in colon cancer

Thank you to TransnetYX for sponsoring Francesca’s talk!

@qmbci.bsky.social | @crick.ac.uk | @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social | #BICC2025

Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · May 27

Our very own @mirjana-efremova.bsky.social (very small compared to the very huge screen) speaking about her beautiful data on cell plasticity in cancer mets at the #Beatson International Cancer Conference. @qmbci.bsky.social @cruk-mi.bsky.social

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · May 22

La Caixa panel dinners are always a treat! View of Barcelona from the museum of Catalan art

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · May 15

I spent two days meeting students and faculty & delivering the keynote speech at the London Health Research Day @westernu.bsky.social. I truly enjoyed the enthusiasm and genuine engagements of the young generation of cancer researchers! Thanks @ggloor.bsky.social & colleagues for inviting me!

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · May 14

Street crossing in London, ON 🦆🦆🦆

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · May 11

Gorgeous day in NYC

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thanks for inviting. It was fun!

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Mar 7

Familiar faces in Belfast! Enjoyable time at the meeting of the Irish Association for Cancer Research! @qmbci.bsky.social

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Next Thu 13th March Ilaria Malanchi @ila07.bsky.social and I will host the next "Medicine at the Crick" event focusing on how tissues evolve over time and why this may initiate disease. Free in person/virtual registration @crick.ac.uk: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-a...

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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · Feb 28

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Feb 19

We have two open positions for #computationalbiologists to work on:
1. Early cancer initiation following our work in #NatureCancer (Ref 5028)
2. Response to cancer immunotherapy following our work in #CancerCell (Ref 5073)
To apply use the provided reference numbers: www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Beautiful cover 😍 from an idea of our own @pedrandrei.bsky.social! Credits to Joe Brock from @crick.ac.uk

Cancer Cell @cp-cancercell.bsky.social · Feb 10

The February issue of Cancer Cell is fresh off the press! You can read it now: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · Feb 4

Very timely publication on World Cancer Day and spot on title considering the times we live in. I am very proud of all wonderful colleagues that dedicate their talent to understand, treat and eventually cure cancer @qmbci.bsky.social 💪💪💪

Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) @qmbci.bsky.social · Feb 4

📖 Today on World Cancer Day, we're delighted to publish a special book celebrating two decades of cancer discoveries since the establishment of the BCI @qmul.ac.uk 🎉

#worldcancerday #WCD2025 #medsky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news...