Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre

At a Cambridge Festival event, a researcher in a purple T-shirt helps a child wearing goggles and a blue lab coat and an adult woman mix colourful liquids in clear cups. University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre logos appear at the top. The hands-on activity takes place at a table with pipettes, trays and science materials.

📣 Next weekend! Come and find out more about our research and 'Get hands-on with cancer research in Cambridge' at the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social. 🙌

📅 Sat 21 March from 11am-4pm
📍 Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, CB2 0SZ 

No need to book! Find out more ➡️ zurl.co/Sspne

Our ‘Mental wellbeing and cancer’ online conversation recording is now live!

Last year we brought together four experts to answer public questions on taking care of mental wellbeing while dealing with cancer.

🎥 Watch the full video: zurl.co/cwGtN

📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow!

Targeted protein degradation tools for novel therapeutic strategies in cancer
Dr Catherine Lindon @phar.cam.ac.uk

📅 Thurs 12 March, 9:30-10:30
📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre @cambridge-scm.bsky.social
All welcome!

Speaker spotlight: Dr Inês Prata Machado For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, we spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work at the CRUK Cambridge Centre where interdisciplinary teams translate scientific discoveries into real-world bene...

For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, @cambridgefestival.bsky.social spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work. She will join a panel for an open conversation about living with brain cancer and the experiences of those affected on Wednesday 21 March from 6pm.

🔗 www.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-fe...

Celebrating women through research: The Cambridge Festival marks International Women’s Day To mark International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the Cambridge Festival (16 March–2 April) is spotlighting the outstanding achievements of women across a wide range of disciplines.

The @cambridgefestival.bsky.social spotlights the outstanding achievements of women at the @cam.ac.uk, including Professors Charlotte Coles and Jean Abraham, in this article for International Women's Day ➡️ www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...

Blue event graphic titled “Physical activity and cancer” with University of Cambridge, Cambridge Festival and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre logos at the top. Text reads: 11.30am–12.45pm, Wednesday 18 March 2026, Online conversation. Illustration shows three people exercising with arms raised.

Join us for an online conversation on ‘Physical activity and cancer’. Part of @cambridgefestival.bsky.social, experts will discuss the evidence, practical approaches & challenges for people living with and beyond cancer.

📅 Wed 18 March 2026 | 11:30am–12:45pm
💻 Online
✅ Register: zurl.co/Z2vMe

From trails to treatments I spend a lot of time running. Long trails, muddy hills, early mornings, and races that sometimes feel a bit unreasonable when the alarm goes off. Running started as a personal challenge. Over time i...

Tomorrow, El, one of our Programme Managers, is taking on her first fundraising run of the year - the Ceven Trail Marathon. That’s 42 km with over 2000m of elevation!
 
If you’d like to support her, you can donate here to @cancerresearchuk.org here: ➡️ fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/el-trai...

Collage of diverse women’s portrait photos arranged in a grid with the text ‘International Women’s Day 2026’ displayed prominently across the centre.

This Sunday, 8 March, marks #InternationalWomensDay
 
The theme, “Give to Gain,” highlights the power of collaboration in driving meaningful change. In our latest article, we reflect on inclusive collaborations in cancer research.  #IWD2026

Read more ➡️ crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/interna...

📣 The 2026 Milner Consortium Call is closing next week!

Are you an academic at University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute or Babraham Institute?

Do you have an idea for a pre-clinical project that would benefit from industry expertise?

For more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall

Two scientific microscopy images on a black background: on the left, a red tumour-like structure emerging from white tissue; on the right, a round cell cluster with bright red outer areas and blue nuclei inside. Below the images, text reads: “Cambridge researchers discover why only some early tumours survive, which could help catch and treat cancer at the very earliest stages.”

Scientists at @scicambridge.bsky.social and @cam.ac.uk have shown that when tumours first emerge, interactions with healthy cells in the underlying supportive tissue determine their ability to survive, grow and progress to advanced stages of disease.

🔗 crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/discove...

Today @cancergrand.bsky.social has announced that Team ILLUMINE, of which Prof Greg Hannon @cruk-ci.bsky.social is a member, has been selected to receive up to £20m over 5 years to unlock the potential of the cancer dark proteome.

Find out more: crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/five-ne...

📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow!

The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer
Prof Jamie Blundell

📅 Thurs 6 March, 9:30-10:30
📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine
All welcome! @cambridge-scm.bsky.social

Event graphic titled “Battling brain cancer” with University of Cambridge, Cambridge Festival and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre logos at the top. Text reads: 6–8pm, Wednesday 25 March 2026, New Museum Site, Cambridge CB2 3QZ. Background shows a blue-toned side profile of a head with the brain visible and a highlighted tumour.

Join our Brain Cancer Virtual Institute for ‘Battling brain cancer’, an open conversation as part of #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth on living with & tackling brain cancer.

📅 Wed 25 March
⏰ 6-8pm
📍 Lecture Theatre A, New Museums Site, CB2 3QZ

Register ➡️ zurl.co/Bh7zw
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social

📢 Registrations are still open for the 2nd Cambridge Human Organoid Symposium!

📅 13 March 2026
📍 Magdalene College, Cambridge

Join academics, clinicians, industry leaders and students driving innovation in human organoid research.

Register ➡️ onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...

📢 @crukcamurol.bsky.social are looking for a motivated and organised Research Assistant to support their translational research programme, assist the smooth and effective running of our translational studies and clinical trials.

Learn more ➡️ zurl.co/3TeKD

📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow!

Machine learning applications to cancer
Dr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar

📅 Thurs 26 February, 9:30-10:30
📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine
All welcome! @cambridge-scm.bsky.social

A young person wearing a VR headset explores a colorful, abstract scientific display on a large screen while a staff member in a purple “Ask me about my life-saving research” T-shirt guides them. Logos for University of Cambridge, Cambridge Festival, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre appear across the top.

Get hands-on with cutting-edge cancer research at the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social!

🧬 Craft & decode a codon crown
🧫 Model cancer in a dish
🧦 Match DNA socks
🩸 Make blood soup
🥼 Build your own molecules

📍 Sat 21 March, 11am–4pm
Cambridge Academy for Science & Technology
More info ➡️ zurl.co/3dNLO

Portrait of a man with short grey hair and glasses, wearing a blue sweater over a light blue shirt, against a softly blurred background. Overlaid text reads: “Ovarian cancer is an incredibly complex disease… Our aim is to use advanced machine learning (AI) to… predict survival and guide clinical decision-making.” Attributed to Professor James Brenton, Co-Lead, Women’s Cancers Programme.

The Global Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium has awarded its inaugural AI Accelerator Grant to an international team of researchers, whose goal is to understand if AI can improve how survival and treatment responses are predicted in ovarian cancer.

🔗 crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/interna...

📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow!

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research
Prof Suzanne Turner

📅 Thurs 19 February, 9:30-10:30
📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine
All welcome!

WATCH: How clinical trials and research can reshape cancer patient experience Welcome to the latest in HSJ's series of videos, created in collaboration with AstraZeneca for Cancer: Project Zero.

How clinical trials and research can reshape cancer patient experience? Watch our Programme co-led @bristibasu.bsky.social joining Leora Horn, senior vice president of late development oncology at @astrazeneca.bsky.social at the interview by @hsj.co.uk about the ambitious #CancerProjectZero👇👇👇

Teal poster titled “Get Hands-On with Cancer Research in Cambridge.” Saturday 21 March 2026, 11am–4pm. Meet scientists and clinicians and explore cancer research across Cambridge. Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, Robinson Way, CB2 0SZ. QR code and link: qrco.de/crukcc-events. Logos for Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and Cambridge Festival, with lab glassware and microscope illustrations.

We are excited to announce our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social ‘Get hands-on with cancer research in Cambridge’ activities! 🧬🥽🧪

📅 Join us on Saturday 21 March, 11am-4pm at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology.
Turn up on the day for lots of fun activities! Find out more: zurl.co/vEzUc

Three scientists wearing white lab coats and purple gloves work together in a bright laboratory, using pipettes and reviewing data sheets at a lab bench. Overlaid text reads: “Cambridge research is leading the way in achieving the ambitions of the National Cancer Plan for England.” The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre logo appears in the bottom right corner.

England’s new 10-year National Cancer Plan aims for 75% of patients to be cancer-free or living well 5 years after diagnosis by 2035.
 
Read more about how Cambridge is helping deliver the Plan’s ambitions 🔗 crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/cambrid...
 
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @cancerresearchuk.org

Blue promotional graphic for a “Physical activity and cancer” webinar by Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre. The text reads “Physical activity and cancer webinar.” Three illustrated people of different body types are shown stretching and exercising. Event details at the bottom say “Wednesday 18 March 2026, 11.30am–12.45pm.”

Blue promotional graphic for a “Physical activity and cancer” webinar by Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre. The text reads “Physical activity and cancer webinar.” Three illustrated people of different body types are shown stretching and exercising. Event details at the bottom say “Wednesday 18 March 2026, 11.30am–12.45pm.”

📢 Join our free online webinar on 'physical activity and cancer'. An expert panel will answer your questions on prevention, exercise during treatment, and beyond.

📅 Wed 18 March | 11:30–12:45
💻 Online
✅ Register & submit questions: zurl.co/kOd87
Suitable for all!

📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow!

Cancer virology
Prof John Doorbar @campathology.bsky.social

📅 Thurs 12 February, 9:30-10:30
📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine
All welcome! @cambridge-scm.bsky.social

Claire Goodchild stands smiling against a plain wall, holding a glass award plaque. The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre logo appears in the top left corner.

A huge congratulations to Claire Goodchild, our Senior Programme Manager, on receiving an Award for Outstanding contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace at the @cam.ac.uk Clinical School’s People, Culture and Environment Conference in December. 🙌

Square graphic with a blue gradient background and a stylized cell icon in the top left. Text highlights the importance of fundamental biology in advancing cancer therapies, explaining that understanding how cells behave and communicate enables smarter, more precise treatments that improve patient outcomes. Quote attributed to Professors Laura Machesky and Rahul Roychoudhuri, Fundamental Biology of Cancer Programme Leads.

🌟 Discover how our Fundamental Biology of Cancer Programme is advancing cancer research.


Check out their latest impact overview here ➡️ zurl.co/GJXzZ

#FocusOnCamCancer

Are you a graduate student or early career researcher in Cambridge? Join our AI in Cancer Omics Hackathon and explore what cancer-resistant species can teach us about cancer.

📅 9–11 July
2026
📍 Cambridge, venue TBC
Register your interest in attending by 12 April ➡️ zurl.co/b39PG
#FocusOnCamCancer

📺 Tune in to ITV News Anglia at 6pm tonight, this World Cancer Day, to hear about the National Cancer Plan for England published by the Government today, featuring Lucy Edie @cancerresearchuk.org and Professor Jason Carroll, Deputy Director and Senior Group Leader at the @cruk-ci.bsky.social.

Today is #WorldCancerDay.

Meet Dr Maike de le Roche and her team at the CRUK Cambridge Institute, exploring how hedgehog signalling helps the immune system fight cancer.

🎥 Watch the full video: zurl.co/MMY6E
Watch the full series: zurl.co/wXWNJ

#FocusOnCamCancer

Microscope image showing many cells from a cancer tissue sample. Text reads: “Targeting damaged paused cells could improve chemotherapy for lung and ovarian cancers.”

New research published today by scientists at the @cam.ac.uk sheds light on why some lung and ovarian cancers stop responding to chemotherapy, and how this resistance might one day be prevented.

Find out more: zurl.co/2BRjt

@crukcamthoracic.bsky.social