Researcher Stories
Researcher Stories
13/07/2026
Jo Roberts
Jo Roberts is the Named Animal Care and Welfare Officer at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, which houses mice. Jo is a senior animal technician with many years of experience and works at the heart of day-to-day animal care at the Institute.
Researcher Stories
20/02/2026
Eleanor Richards
Eleanor Richards is an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar and Clinical Research Training Fellowship PhD student. Her research focuses on endometrial cancer – the most common gynaecological cancer in the UK – with the aim of predicting which individuals are most at risk so that targeted prevention strategies can be implemented.
Researcher Stories
11/02/2026
Matthew Harris
Matthew Harris is a General Surgery Registrar and Leeds-Manchester CRUK Clinical Research Training Fellowship PhD student. His research focuses on the complex relationship between obesity and cancer, specifically investigating whether weight loss interventions can help reverse obesity-related cancer risk.
Researcher Stories
12/06/2025
Meet Dr Eleanor Roberts
Researcher Stories
06/11/2024
Meet Melville Nyatondo
Find out what a typical day looks like as a Non-Clinical PhD student at the Manchester Centre Research Centre.
Researcher Stories
04/11/2024
Meet Vlasios Gourgiotis
Researcher Stories
16/09/2024
Meet Dr Alicia Marie Conway
Dr Alicia Marie Conway is a University of Manchester and CRUK National Biomarker Centre Academic Clinical Lecturer and Medical Oncology trainee funded by The University of Manchester. Read about her research into improving the diagnosis of difficult-to-diagnose cancers.
Researcher Stories
22/05/2024
Meet Dr George Morrissey
Researcher Stories
22/02/2024
Mentorship Spotlight: Mala Carys
Meet Mala Carys. She’s a Non-Clinical PhD student and has also been a Cancer Postgraduate Mentor.
Alumni Stories
08/02/2024
Meet Dr Diego Sanchez-Martinez
Researcher Stories
13/10/2023
Charlotte Mellor wins BACR Student Impact Award 2023
Recognising her engagement work with local students from working class backgrounds and approach to sustainability, peer support and teaching inside and outside the laboratory.
Researcher Stories
19/06/2023