Paterson named Building of the Year 2023 by Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

The Paterson has been named Building of the Year 2023 by Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Read more about this award and what it means for our partnership. Read More

MCRC Springboard Awards

Read about the MCRC Springboard Awards which support early-stage innovations showing the greatest potential to deliver patient impact with a pump prime funding programme. Read More

One in Two: A Manchester Cancer Research Podcast with Professor Matt Evison and patient Sally Hayton

We speak to Professor Matt Evison, Professor of Thoracic oncology, and never-smoker ALK+ lung cancer patient, Sally Hayton about overcoming barriers to early detection in symptomatic lung cancer patients. Read More

Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre to receive £8.5m boost for clinician scientist training

Part of a larger £58m investment from Cancer Research UK Read More

International Women’s Day 2024 at the OCRB

On Friday 8th March, the MCRC supported Dr Simona Valletta, Chair of the Women in Cancer Network in Manchester, in hosting an International Women’s Day 2024 event at the Oglesby Cancer Research Centre. Read More

MCRC Director’s Update – March 2024

In this video update, Rob discusses his visit to DKFZ, the AstraZeneca-Cambridge Symposium, our International Women's Day event, the Breast Cancer Research Among Black Women Conference, The Paterson winning 'building of the year', CRUK’s Data-driven cancer research conference and a look to the future. Read More

Team Womb to be presented with prestigious AACR award for Team Science

Team Womb, led by Prof. Emma Crosbie, have been given the prestigious AACR Team Science Award for their pioneering work on Lynch-syndrome associated endometrial cancer. Read More

Kinder test could improve diagnosis of womb cancer

A simple, safe and accurate test that identifies women with womb cancer from a sample taken from the vagina has been developed by clinician scientists from The University of Manchester. Read More

iMATCH to benefit from £17.9m additional funding for Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network

The iMATCH consortium is led by Professor Fiona Thistlethwaite Read More

International Women’s Day 2024 – A message from the MCRC Director

To mark international women's day, the MCRC Director pens this update to celebrate the extraordinary talents and leadership of our female colleagues in cancer team science in Manchester. Read More

Special Episode with Prof. David Wedge- One in Two: A Manchester Cancer Research Podcast

We speak Professor David Wedge about Breast cancer in Black African women and how analysing genomics can help to better understand aggressiveness in breast cancer Read More

Artificial Intelligence reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease

AI has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. Read More

MCRC Director’s Update – February 2024

During the month, the MCRC marked World Cancer Day, was involved in the More Research, Less Cancer CRUK campaign, and traveled to Kenya for the Executive Advisory Board for one of our major NIHR grants. Read More

Mentorship Spotlight: Mala Carys

Meet Mala Carys. She’s a Non-Clinical PhD student and has also been a Cancer Postgraduate Mentor. Read More