News from the MCRC
Researcher Stories
16/06/2023
Meet Laura Woodhouse
She’s doing a clinical research training fellowship, funded by Cancer Research UK. Her PhD project is looking at the genetic patterns of lung cancer KRAS mutations to help identify alternative treatment options.
Podcast
13/06/2023
One in Two: A Manchester Cancer Research Podcast
We speak to Dr Colin Lindsay about the basic biology of lung cancer with Dr Colin Lindsay: Exploring oncogenic drivers such as the KRAS mutation
MCRC Blog
08/06/2023
You only need lungs to get lung cancer
At present, 14% of those diagnosed with lung cancer are ''never-smokers”. In other words, they have smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in their life. So, how is it that we’ve come to assume that smoking alone causes lung cancer?
Director's Update
29/05/2023
MCRC Director’s Update – May 2023
Alumni Stories
23/05/2023
Meet Dr Rille Pihlak
Rille was a clinical PhD Fellow in the HPB team from April 2016 to September 2019 and a Senior Research Fellow in the ECMT from October 2019 until March 2021
MCRC Blog
15/05/2023
The Christie Paterson cancer research centre completes
Director's Update
03/05/2023
MCRC Director’s Update – April 2023
Celebrating the completion of The Paterson, a visit to the London Academy of Medical Science, The Pan Prostate Cancer Group (PPCG) conference in Madrid, my chairing of the CRUK clinical research committee
and The International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED) Away Day 2023 along with much more.
Podcast
17/04/2023
Special Episode – One in Two: A Manchester Cancer Research Podcast
Research Spotlight
15/04/2023
DETERMINE trial recognised at Life Science industry awards
The clinical trial project won the Bionow Healthcare Project of the Year Award for their innovative multi-drug pan-cancer platform trial that is helping to find new treatments for rare cancers.
Director's Update
13/04/2023
Paterson Redevelopment Project update – May 2023
Researcher Stories
04/04/2023
Meet Jean Ling Tan
Ever wondered what an MB-PhD in Cancer Science student does? We met with first year student Jean Ling Tan to find out.
Partner News
04/04/2023
Professor Fiona Thistlethwaite selected to chair ESMO 2024
Director's Update
27/03/2023
MCRC Director’s Update – March 2023
Celebrating International Women's Day, our new and renewed NIHR Senior Investigators, and progressing the Paterson Redevelopment Project cap off March at the MCRC.
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.
