News from the MCRC
Director's Update
29/01/2024
MCRC Director’s Update January 2024
In this video update, celebrating the new year, Rob discusses The AACR Special Conference on DNA Damage Repair in California, GM Cancer Conference Awards, Prostate Cancer Foundation meeting,
Nathalie Cook’s NIHR Fellowship and the nomination of The Paterson for GM Chamber of Commerce building of the year.
Podcast
23/01/2024
Special Episode – One in Two: A Manchester Cancer Research Podcast
We speak to Dr Emma Woodward and patient Nick Brown about hereditary cancer predisposition and how the ATLAS study can improve cancer early detection in carriers of Li Fraumeni Syndrome.
Research Spotlight
22/01/2024
Manchester researchers develop first ever guideline for cancer screening in rare muscle disease
Researchers from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and University of Manchester have been instrumental in developing the first guideline for cancer screening in an inflammatory muscle disease called “myositis”, which has an increased cancer risk.
MCRC Blog
03/01/2024
Congratulations to our students on passing their PhD vivas
Director's Update
20/12/2023
MCRC Director’s Update – December 2023
In the final update for 2023, Rob looks reflects on the year of cancer research, and celebrates the launch of the MCRC Annual Report.
MCRC Blog
07/12/2023
MCRC Annual Report 2022/2023 Available Now
Director's Update
27/11/2023
MCRC Director’s Update – November 2023
November saw the MCRC host our CRUK RadNet Manchester Scientific and MCRC International Advisory Boards, two MCRC Director’s Lectures, and celebrate the first year of our landmark NIHR funded Kenya-Manchester collaboration.
Partner News
15/11/2023
Dr Kelechi Njoku awarded the first Eve Appeal Fellowship
Director's Update
30/10/2023
MCRC Director’s Update – October 2023
October has been the month of welcome events and conferences including the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, the Early Detection Conference, and ASTRO 2023.
MCRC Blog
24/10/2023
Starting in Science Day 2023
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.
Research Spotlight
13/10/2023
Researchers are investigating how to stop triple negative breast cancer spreading
Research Spotlight
09/10/2023
Hereditary Cancers – Li Fraumeni Syndrome
We speak to Dr Emma Woodward about changing the standards of care in early detection of Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) and the ATLAS study.
Research Spotlight
04/10/2023
New research can help policymakers prioritise funding needs and allocate resource for cancer
The study found that 61% of all SPED trials focused on just three cancer types – colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer.
