News from the MCRC
MCRC Blog
04/12/2024
Early Detection of Cancer Conference 2024
Held from 22nd to 24th October 2024 in San Francisco, this annual conference brought together experts in early detection across multiple disciplines who shared groundbreaking research and progress in the field, including a cohort of our Manchester Researchers.
Partner News
04/12/2024
Manchester Breast Centre appoints new leadership team
Dr Sacha Howell will take on the role of Director and Dr Sankari Nagarajan Deputy Director, commencing on 1st January 2025.
Director's Update
28/11/2024
MCRC Director’s Update – November 2024
The RadNet announcement, Continuing support for the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, FBMH, SJTUSM and CLARA Joint Research Symposium, Manchester Lit & Phil Society, and Dr Georgina Binnie-Wright appointed as the new Strategic Research and Education Lead.
MCRC Blog
25/11/2024
CRUK Manchester Centre Celebration Event
Partner News
22/11/2024
Cancer Research UK invests £4m into lung cancer research in Manchester
The funding renewal for the Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence comes a decade after the Centre was launched to tackle the disease which is the third most common cancer in the UK and the biggest cancer killer
Training and Development
13/11/2024
A Warm Welcome To Our New PhD Students
MCRC Blog
11/11/2024
New Scientist Live 2024
In October 2024, science enthusiasts of all ages gathered at the Excel Centre in London for New Scientist Live, a world-renowned festival of ideas and discoveries.
MCRC Blog
07/11/2024
ASTRO 2024
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
Partner News
30/10/2024
Manchester scientists receive £5.9 million boost to pioneering radiotherapy research programme
Manchester scientists and clinicians have received a major cash boost to fund pioneering radiotherapy research including a project that uses artificial intelligence to help save lives.
Director's Update
30/10/2024
MCRC Director’s Update – October 2024
MCRC Blog
16/10/2024
ESMO 2024
From 13th to 17th September, researchers and representatives from across the MCRC made their way to Barcelona, Spain for the 2024 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress.
MCRC Blog
08/10/2024
BRAINatomy 2
We spoke with Professor Martin McCabe and Professor Marianne Aznar to discuss the how further funding has enabled the researchers to further continue the BRAINatomy project in BRAINatomy 2. This next stage of the project will be looking to use the methodology developed by Professor Marianne Aznar and colleagues to study the effects of proton therapy in children.
