Lucy Brooks

Excited to share I’ve recently started as a group leader at the University of Oxford @oncology.ox.ac.uk, @ox.ac.uk

Feeling grateful for the people who’ve helped me get here, and looking forward to growing a lab that asks important questions (and hopefully finds some answers).
#NewPI #CancerResearch

AI chatbots are already biasing research — we must establish guidelines for their use now The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite.

The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite, says Zhicheng Lin

go.nature.com/45X3Imr

Silhouettes of three people in front of a weathered British flag, with the headline: Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls to quit ECHR, Oxford report finds

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.

The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.

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Calling all non-scientists interested in asking questions about cancer research for our new podcast-in-making!!! Please message your questions or contact me for more details 🤩

Next up on my reading list!

Aberrant coupling of glutamate and tyrosine kinase receptors enables neuronal control of brain-tumor growth Anastasaki and colleagues establish a previously unknown glutamate growth dependency in pediatric low-grade brain tumors (gliomas). Glioma cells hijack normal neuron-glial molecular circuits present d...

Exciting news! Our new paper is out in Neuron! We discovered how neurons drive brain tumor growth through aberrant glutamate–tyrosine kinase signaling, uncovering novel mechanisms that shape tumor progression. Grateful to our team & collaborators for making this breakthrough possible! 🧠✨

Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid Some glioblastomas steal serine from their environment — a weakness that opens the door to treatment.

A highly lethal type of brain tumour often steals key nutrients to aid its aggressive growth — a habit that can be exploited to slow the cancer’s spread

go.nature.com/4p5JspX

Cancer research ‘set back years’ as visa fees drive scien... With vital studies being shelved and foreign experts turning down jobs, leading charity urges ministers to act

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Axonal injury is a targetable driver of glioblastoma progression - Nature Axonal injury, induced in the white matter by expansion of early tumour cells, is a key driver of glioblastoma progression.

New Nature paper from the Parrinello lab

Clements et al. reveal how axonal injury can drive brain tumor growth. #cancer #neuroscience

Having been a postdoc in the lab, I saw the colossal effort behind this — huge congratulations to everyone involved! 👏

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ReSCU-Nets: Recurrent U-Nets for segmentation of three-dimensional #microscopy data. New tools developed by Raymond Hawkins, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez (@rodrigofg.bsky.social) and colleagues @utoronto.ca: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Cytoskeleton #SystemsBiology #ComputationalBiology #Development

Study finds giving pregnant women cash transfers cuts infant A new study by Associate Professor Dennis Egger (Department of Economics and Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley

NEW: A new study by @oxfordcsae.bsky.social reveals that giving unconditional cash transfers to pregnant women in rural Kenya significantly reduces infant and child mortality.

Read more ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of artificial-intelligence tools.

Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of artificial-intelligence tools.

go.nature.com/41O1Utb

📣We’re hiring a Postdoc!
Join my new lab at the University of Oxford to investigate therapy resistance in brain cancer.

⏰Deadline: 16 June 2025

Apply 👇
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Boosts appreciated!

#PostdocJobs #CancerResearch #BrainCancer

The UK is paying the price for world’s most expensive visas | The Observer Competing political and economic goals on immigration are resulting in the loss of valuable skills and talent in the UK

Following Trump’s research funding cuts, the UK has a prime opportunity to attract top global talent, yet we’re deterring them with high immigration costs.

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Completely agree. However, brilliant technicians are currently being lost due to limited career paths. Expanding opportunities would not only strengthen science but also support EDI - low PhD stipends often exclude those without financial safety nets.