MCRC Blog
15/05/2023
The Christie Paterson cancer research centre completes
Following a devastating fire which caused significant damage to the Paterson cancer research facility in 2017, building work on the new Paterson building at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester has completed.
MCRC Blog
23/03/2023
Wisdom from The West
On the 15th – 17th March 2023, the MCRC attended Wisdom from ‘The West’, an international conference organised in honour of Professor Catharine West, who retired in 2023.
MCRC Blog
09/02/2023
Developing treatment options for high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC)
We talk to Dr Anya Golder who completed her PhD on HGSOC. She details her research into new therapies and the multiple-low-dose approach.
MCRC Blog
04/02/2023
Closing the Cancer Care Gap
MCRC Blog
09/01/2023
‘The Prostate Gap’ photography exhibition
Experience this free photography exhibit, by photographer Ian Smith, exploring our understanding of prostate cancer within under-represented groups in our society.
MCRC Blog
20/12/2022
CRUK Lung Cancer Conference 2022
MCRC Blog
08/12/2022
University of Cambridge MB-PhD Symposium 2022
2022 saw the reintroduction of many face-to-face events and marked the first in-person MB-PhD symposium at the University of Cambridge since 2019. Joanne Oke speaks of her experience of the event.
MCRC Blog
08/12/2022
Greater Manchester Cancer Conference 2022
MCRC Blog
16/11/2022
The Health Economics of Cancer Care
We speak to Dr Alex Thompson, a Senior Research Fellow based at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics (MCHE) about the importance of health economics within the cancer care continuum.
MCRC Blog
13/10/2022
Cakes and Cycles: Fundraising for Re-Write Cancer
MCRC Blog
26/08/2022
ACCESS 4 LGBTQIA+ event
For this year’s Manchester Pride, we recognise the huge support within the MCRC for our vision of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in education.
MCRC Blog
06/07/2022
Forging Collaborations on an International Scale – MCRC Visit Kenya
MCRC Blog
27/06/2022
Early detection in hereditary cancers
We speak to Dr Emma Woodward about a cost-effectiveness model of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) surveillance in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC)
MCRC Blog
06/06/2022
Is Pursuing ‘a Passion for Science’ a Position of Privilege?
On 25 May 2022, NCITA hosted the second lecture in its ‘On the Shoulders of Giants’ educational lecture series: “Is Pursuing ‘a Passion for Science’ a Position of Privilege?” with guest speaker Dr Heather Williams MBE, Consultant Medical Physicist, Group Leader for Nuclear Medicine at The Christie, and Director of ScienceGrrl.
