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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 18h

🩸Find out more about how a team of scientists, led by Dr
Sylvain Ladame at @impengineering.bsky.social and Prof Nick Turner at @icr.ac.uk are developing better blood tests to predict treatment outcomes in #cancer patients. 👇

#ConvergenceScience #Oncology #CancerResearch
@cancerresearchuk.org

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to our 2025 Development Fund awardees! 🎉

From new detection tools to targeted nanotech therapies, these seed funded projects explore bold ideas to improve cancer diagnosis & treatment.
👉 bit.ly/4gV38tf

@icr.ac.uk @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialsandc.bsky.social

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to our 2025 Development Fund awardees! 🎉

From new detection tools to targeted nanotech therapies, these seed funded projects explore bold ideas to improve cancer diagnosis & treatment.
👉 bit.ly/4gV38tf

@icr.ac.uk @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialsandc.bsky.social

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 8d

A study led by our Scientific Director Prof Axel Behrens, found that blocking protein SPP1 can boost survival & stop the spread of #PancreaticCancer in mice. A breakthrough that could pave the way for new targeted treatments.
👉 bit.ly/4gTvG6q
@icr.ac.uk @imperialsandc.bsky.social @nature.com

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 12d

🎤Prof @trevorgraham.bsky.social (@cec-icr.bsky.social)
Tracking cancer evolution at clinical scale with fluctuating methylation

🎤Dr Rachael Barry (Imperial)
Targeting Hydrolytic Enzymes in Colorectal Cancer

Chair: Prof Anguraj Sadanandam, ICR Systems & Precision Cancer Medicine Group Leader

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 12d

Is it possible to predict the trajectory of cancer and prevent progression? 🤔 Find out how #ConvergenceScience can answer this at our upcoming #ConvergingOnCancer seminar for colleagues across the @icr.ac.uk and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

📅 Thurs 2nd Oct 2025
⌚ 3-4pm BST
✍️ bit.ly/4pIObhS

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 20d

🔬 Discoveries in #CancerResearch are stronger when shaped with the people who have experienced #Cancer. Find out why #PPIE matters, how it benefits researchers, and where to get support 👉 bit.ly/41TGN9b

#BetterResearchTogether #ResearchSupport

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 23d

We support the development of new technologies that enable long-term monitoring and prediction of cancer treatment response. Using #ConvergenceScience, a recent study from The ICR and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social demonstrates how a new type of test can achieve this in lymphoid cancers. 👇

The Institute of Cancer Research @icr.ac.uk · 28d

🚨 NEW cancer test could predict treatment up to a decade before it’s needed.

Developed by researchers at the ICR and @idibaps.bsky.social, it reads DNA methylation to trace tumour evolution.

This could revolutionise personalised cancer care across many cancer types.

www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 We're #hiring a Health Economist to lead early-stage health economic modelling and health technology assessment (HTA) for cutting-edge oncology innovations. 💻 💊

Find out more and share with your networks 👇
jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/13...

#ConvergenceScience #Economics #Cancer

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Aug 21

Talks include:
🧫 Asst Prof Andrea Pavesi (Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU) - Exploring and Exploiting the Tumour Microenvironment through Human Microphysiological Systems

🎯 Dr Sam Au (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social) - Avidity to Avigen, Engineering a Microfluidic Immunotherapy Startup

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔬 #ConvergingOnCancer: International Online Seminar

Join us to hear how #bioengineering is being used in immuno-oncology research.

🗓 Thursday 4th Sept 2025
🕙 10–11am BST | 11–12 CEST | 5–6pm SGT
🔗 bit.ly/3UtfT3O

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jul 30

📣 Promising new drug combination for #OvarianCancer which led to accelerated FDA approval.

Results from the Phase 1 FRAME trial, led by the Drug Development Unit across @icr.ac.uk and @royalmarsden.orga, were recently published in @natmed.nature.com

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4lW6k9A

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jul 4

🚨 New cross-institutional study from researchers at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, @icr.ac.uk & @cruk-mi.bsky.social use microfluidic “vessel-on-chip” technology to reveal how circulating tumour cells release “shearosomes” and promote metastasis.

👉 bit.ly/3Ib6paq

#Cancer #ConvergenceScience

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 27

Talks include:
🔎Prof. Franz Schilling (@schillinglab.bsky.social‬, @tum.de‬) – Advanced MRI methods to visualize cellular metabolism & function.

🧬Dr Max Douglas (@icr.ac.uk‬) – Telomere-bound shelterin complex as a molecular switch to inhibit NHEJ.

Chaired by Prof. Kristijan Ramadan (NTU).

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 27

🔬 Converging On Cancer: International Online Seminar

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn how convergence science, from molecular imaging to DNA repair, is advancing our understanding of cancer biology.

🗓 Thurs 3 July
🕙 10–11am BST (11–12 CEST, 5–6pm SGT)
🔗 Register to join bit.ly/44tB8bf

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧫Our #organoid facility supports @icr.ac.uk & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social researchers with training & expert help. Even non-lab scientists, like surgical trainee Caoimhe Walsh, are using it to explore new tools for #cancer diagnosis
🔗 bit.ly/4leguSe
@hannagroupicl.bsky.social
#CancerResearch

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎉 Thank you to everyone involved, we couldn't have done it without our collaborators at @icr.ac.uk‬, the input from our researchers and our fantastic volunteers who helped make each activity engaging and accessible

Read the full highlights 👉 bit.ly/3I3PtCs

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 20

Through hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations, we demonstrated how technologies - from soft robotics to #AI and mobile apps - are being developed to make cancer treatment more supportive, kinder and help empower patients along their treatment journey. 🤖 📱 🤝

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 20

🌟 Catch up on the highlights from the #GreatExhibitionRoadFestival 2025 where we welcomed over 600 visitors to our “Patient Power: Innovating Cancer Technologies" stand in the Future Medicines Zone. 💊

#ExRdFest #CancerResearch #PublicEngagement #AIInHealthcare

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 19

📢 We're recruiting an Analytical Scientist in Computational Genomics to develop computational approaches for investigating genomic and transcriptomic determinants in treatment resistant breast cancers 💻 🧬

Find out more and share with your networks 👉 bit.ly/4jYdsAu

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 17

Using the Centre's Microfab Facility a team led by Dr Sam Au at Imperial have launched a company, Avigen, to help accelerate the development of immunotherapies by assessing the binding strength of potential #immunotherapy cells and identifying which ones are more likely to succeed.
👉 bit.ly/4n4tbAA

CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 7

We're at the Great Exhibition Road Festival this weekend! Come find us in the Future Medicine zone and try out our activities focussed on how technology can make overall #cancer care better for patients 👇
@icr.ac.uk

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 2

Join us for our next #ConvergingOnCancer seminar where we'll explore these topics with:

➡️Prof @doryenbubeck.bsky.social‬ (@imperialsci.bsky.social‬)
➡️Dr @claudioalfieri.bsky.social‬ (@icr.ac.uk‬ )

📅 Thursday 5th June, 3-4pm
🖱️ For more information and how to register: bit.ly/3Z80SqS

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · Jun 2

At the intersection of molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics, structural biology reveals the 3D structures of biological molecules. But what insights can it offer into complex mechanisms such as the immune response and cell cycle regulation?
#ConvergingOnCancer #Cancer #ConvergenceScience

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · May 29

GERF is free and open to all, just register below. Visit our stand to try a soft robotic device that aims to reduce treatment anxiety by simulating the feeling of a comforting hand to hold 🙏, share your views on a health app 📱 and play a jigsaw game about AI and diagnosing cancer. 🧩 bit.ly/43ANBbs

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · May 29

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a celebration of science and arts with a range of activities for all ages. Find us in the Future Medicine zone on 7th and 8th June where we’ll be focussing on technologies that are patient centric and help to improve the overall cancer journey. 🧬 🎨 🤖 @icr.ac.uk‬

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