From Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre Clinical Research Training Fellow to NIHR Clinical Lecturer.

Following a successful application in the 2019-2020 NIHR Clinical Lecturer Scheme, Dr Laura Forker discusses her new role as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer and offers advice to current CRTFs.

From CRUK Manchester Centre Clinical Research Training Fellow to NIHR Clinical Lecturer.

Following a successful application in the 2019-2020 NIHR Clinical Lecturer Scheme, Dr Gemma Owens discusses her new role as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer and offers advice to current CRTFs.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on research activities across the world.

We spoke to four PhD researchers from across the MCRC partnership to find out how the pandemic has impacted their research projects and how they have transitioned from the lab to the living room.

The outbreak of Covid-19 has had a major impact on research activities in Manchester. Hear directly from Professor Robert Bristow about how the MCRC is responding to this unprecedented situation.

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, we spoke to four women from across the MCRC partnership to discover the barriers, inspiration and stories behind their cancer research careers.

Events this world cancer day focused on creating connections with the wider communities across Greater Manchetser, embracing our diversity to refine personalised medicine, and improve screening and early detection 

Manchester researchers are part of an international consortium known as ESCALON, which aims to improve both the detection and treatment of hepatobiliary cancers. We spoke to Dr Angela Lamarca to find out more about this consortium.

On November 21st and 22nd, five of University of Manchester MBChB students attended the University of Cambridge's symposium on the MBPhD programme, a new education programme to give clinicians experience of research. Here, we find out about their experience.

Manchester is a founding partner in the International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED). But what is ACED, and what early detection research are Manchetser researchers pioneering? We spoke with Martin Bone, ACED Programme Manager, to find out.

This Women and Girls in Science Day there was one person whose name rang out as the perfect fit for an interview. Dr Rachel Eyre is a breast cancer research scientist in the Oglesby Building. She researches breast cancer metastasis, particularly focussing on the role of cancer stem cells and IL1β in driving this process. She is also a mum of three, including twins.