As you will have learnt from our "What does Team Science mean to the MCRC" article, a big part of our role in the Operations team is to bring together our disease site, and cross-cutting theme, groups to town-hall meetings. The aim of these larger assemblies is to form ideas for team science projects.

Whilst the concept of teamwork and collaboration is familiar to most, the idea of Team Science specifically (and how best to facilitate this) was one that I wanted to find out more about.

As such, from 21st- 24th May 2018, I attended the Science of Team Science 2018 (SciTS) conference in Galveston, Texas. 

In order to develop our ambitious strategy, and to ultimately achieve our objectives, we therefore recognise that we need to bring large numbers of people together and break down any potential barriers. To us, Team Science is essential.

This week the NHS turns 70 and to mark this special week we wanted to bring your attention to the recent launch of Cancer Research UK’s Shoulder to Shoulder Against Cancer Campaign.

Here at the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, we’re really keen on the idea of ‘Team Science’.

However, this might be a new concept to some of you, so we’ve created a series of articles to introduce it, highlighting why we think it’s so useful in cancer research, and how we’re trying to implement it in the best way possible.

Firstly, we summarised the key elements of Team Science that are applicable in any situation and the benefits of such an approach.

MCRC had a huge presence at ESTRO 37 – the annual meeting of the European Society for Radiation Oncology – that was held this year in Barcelona in April.

One of our researchers, Ahmed Salem, gave us the lowdown with a little help from Corinne Faivre-Finn.

Some of the MCRC team have recently returned from Chicago, where they attended the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research – one of the world’s biggest cancer conferences.

Rob Bristow is one of the first faces you may associate with the Manchester Cancer Research Centre. We wanted to find out a little more about him.

Helen O’Connor is one of the first faces you see as you come into the Manchester Cancer Research Centre. We wanted to find out a little more about her.

On the eve of World Cancer Day, Arpana Verma, Julia Mueller, Annet Nakaganda and Angela Spencer lay out the importance of promoting the prevention and early detection of cancer in policy and in practice.

This year is ending on a high note for researchers working in the cancer field here in Manchester. With today’s announcement of more than £42m of investment from Cancer Research UK, the city is now firmly established among the world’s elite for finding new treatments and prevention strategies for this disease.