Researcher Stories

Laboratory researcher pipetting samples

Manchester is home to some of the best science graduates and clinicians, all working on novel, cutting-edge cancer research. Discover more about the experiences of cancer researchers in Manchester with our Researcher Stories covering all our various study programmes.

Thomas Kedward

Meet Thomas Kedward, a PhD student working on the use of proteogenomics to connect somatic…

Dr Jen Davies-Oliveira

Meet Dr Jen Davies-Oliveira PhD student working with Professor Emma Crosbie who talks about her…

Dr Bettina Wingelhofer

Meet Dr Bettina Wingelhofer, a postdoctoral researcher in the Leukaemia Biology Group at the Cancer…

Dr Jim Zhong

Meet Dr Jim Zhong, a CRUK Leeds-Manchester CRTF in clinical trials, who…

Dr Abigail Bryce-Atkinson

Meet Dr Abigail Bryce-Atkinson, a postdoctoral researcher in The Advanced Radiotherapy Group, as she talks…

Hadiyat Ogunlayi

Meet Hadiyat Ogunlayi, an MB-PhD student from The University of Manchester as…

Dr Tania Seale

Meet Dr Tania Seale, a postdoctoral researcher in the Manchester Lymphoma Group, Division of Cancer…

Emmanouela Mitta

Meet Emmanouela Mitta, an ACED funded PhD student working with Sarah Cartmell…

Beth Rothwell

Meet Beth Rothwell, a non-clinical PhD student working within the PRECISE group on proton beam therapy and understanding how and…

Manchester Cancer Research Centre - Researcher Stories

Dr Gemma Owens

Meet Dr Gemma Owens, an NIHR Clinical Lecturer investigating predictive and therapeutic…

Dr Laura Forker

Meet Dr Laura Forker, an NIHR Clinical Lecturer working on hypoxia and radiotherapy in soft…

Melanie Seaton

Meet Melanie Seaton, a non-clinical PhD student who is developing human sperm…

Chloe Patterson

Meet Chloe Patterson, a non-clinical PhD student who is investigating the effects of cyclooxygenase-2-mediated inflammation…

Alis Hales

Meet Alis Hales, a non-clinical PhD student who is developing ex vivo models for breast cancer, to define how differential…

Manchester Cancer Research Centre - Researcher Stories

Jiarun Cao

Meet Jiarun Cao, a non-clinical PhD student who is identifying biological interactions and entities hidden…

Danielle Love

Meet Danielle Love, a non-clinical PhD student who is investigating the biological effects of proton…

Helen Clarke

Meet Helen Clarke. She’s a Senior Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and is undertaking…

Anu Datta

Meet Anu Datta. He’s a Specialist Registrar in Radiology and is doing…