Are you interested in becoming a clinical academic leader in a cancer-focused discipline? @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @cruk-si.bsky.social & Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre are seeking four ambitious people for the TRACC+ Programme August 2026 intake 👉 edin.ac/4nGK5oC

🎉Good news! The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended! You now have until Friday 3 October to submit your abstract for the @cruk-si.bsky.social Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'

Last session in full swing! #OrganoidsAreUs2025

Our first session of today's #OrganoidsAreUs2025 is dedicated to organoid models in cancer research. We go with ✨ Vincenzo Corbo ✨ Ben Dwyer ✨ Maximilian Reichert ✨ Chiara Braconi Another packed session for a critical and fast-developing field!

Exciting news - we are recruiting new Group Leaders! 🥼 We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...

Second session on #StemCells #regeneration and #cancer. We start with 🧪 Phil Jones from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 🧪 Followed by Suet Yu Leung from Hong Kong Uni and 🧪 Eleanor Earp from @edinburghuni.bsky.social , ✨ First keynote lecture by Helmuth Gehart from @ethz.ch #OrganoidsAreUs2025

A day dedicated to #StemCells #regeneration and #cancer. 1st session sponsored by TECAN with Nick Barker from A*STAR, Amian Barai from @univ-amu.fr and our first Tony Burgess Orator, Vivian Li from @crick.ac.uk, providing a fascinating insight into this fast-developing area #OrganoidsAreUs2025

Opening session sponsored by @stemcell.com and OLS with a welcome from Director Owen Sansom @cruk-si.bsky.social and Elizabeth Vincan @unimelb.bsky.social . Our plenary speaker Prof Hans Clevers from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social talks about human epithelial organoids. #OrganoidsAreUs2025

We are ready to go at the CRUK Scotland Institute, @cruk-si.bsky.social, for this exciting meeting, bringing together a huge wealth of new technologies and scientific advances. First session this afternoon. Watch this space! #OrganoidsAreUs2025

PREDICT-Meso International Conference 2026 📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN Abstract categories CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE TARGETS MODELS & THERAPIES RISK & RESPONSE Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025 #Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference

🧬 Glasgow researcher Dr Alexander Raven has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to advance understanding of how liver cancer develops, with the aim of improving detection and treatment 📍 University of Glasgow 👇 Learn more glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...

🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics' 📅23-24 October 2025 📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow Abstract deadline: 26 September Register by: 10 October crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...

📢Are you a talented #ECR looking to start your independent lab in state-of-the-art cancer research facilities? Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader! 👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou... 📅Closing date: 10 October 2025

We are highlighting Owen Sansom, @dmmjournal.bsky.social Monitoring Editor and co-organiser of the 2024 DMM Journal Meeting, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists @osansom.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social

We are delighted to be offering summer placements in 2026 with #In2research Learn more about the programme and application process at their information session next week - Monday 15 September 👉Register for the session here: ow.ly/VNg750WP8bf

The first September issue is live. www.embopress.org/toc/14693178... The cover features work by Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social and co-workers showing that UPP1 supports #metastasis by altering #immune and ECM landscapes. -> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Today we had the great honor to welcome Dr Ed Roberts from the Cancer Research UK-Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social. Ed gave a great talk on"Time dependent impact of viral infection on lung tumour development" and had great exchange with CIML scientists. Thanks Ed for visiting us!

Greater speed, increased flexibility, and more: At the Digital Pathology and AI Congress in London, @johnlequesne.bsky.social from @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @cruk-si.bsky.social outlined how self-learning #AI offers a number of advantages for #digitalpathology compared to established AI options.

Come work with us! We're hiring for roles in spatial data analysis and mathematical modelling @ Oxford, studying drug response and metastasis in colorectal cancer as part of the CRC-STARS programme. Spatial Data Analysis: lnkd.in/eMWEdQJt Modelling: lnkd.in/e5KVb-FT Deadline: 11/09/25

📢 Standard registration for #ENABLE2025 has been extended until 15 August! 🛑 Abstract submissions are closed, but you can still attend the full conference in Glasgow! Register now: febs-iubmb-enableconference.org/registration... #FEBSIUBMB #STEMconference #LifeSciences #PhDLife #AcademicTwitter

🧬 Scientists at the University of Glasgow have uncovered a crucial breakthrough that could help stop breast cancer from spreading – a leading cause of death from the disease. 📍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social 👇 Learn more glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/university-o...

We are recruiting a Senior Scientific Officer to work with @nadianasreddin.bsky.social in the Sansom lab on the project WNT-driven cell competition: a target for novel preventative strategies against colorectal adenoma formation 📅Apply by 15 August 2025 www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/

Delighted to share that our work “Uridine Phosphorylase-1 supports metastasis by altering immune and extracellular matrix landscapes” was published today in @emboreports.org, describing how neutrophil metabolism influences niche priming to support metastasis (1/14) www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

🎧 New podcast episode! Listen to 'Ask me anything about... the science of cancer-associated cachexia' ➡️️ zurl.co/lDcME  Experts from the Cancer Cachexia Action Network unpack the topic with @crukcampanccan.bsky.social. @cam.ac.uk @cruk-si.bsky.social @cshlnews.bsky.social

🔬This year at the Glasgow Science Festival our researchers showcased the amazing cancer science happening in Glasgow! 🥼They had hands on activities including a virtual reality lab game, pipetting challenge and 3D printed tissue samples

Join us for Organoids Are Us 2025, a symposium featuring organoids, stem cells, cancer, inflammatory disorders and infectious disease. 📆23 - 26 September 2025 📍Glasgow, Scotland Early bird registration extended to 18th July. Register below! 👇 www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/organ...

👏We are delighted that all of our research groups have achieved their LEAF Bronze by improving their labs’ sustainability and efficiency!🧪🍃 Read more about their fantastic work here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/beatson-news/2084-cruk-si-research-groups-achieve-leaf-bronze.html

🎉 The FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE 2025 gala dinner will take place at Glasgow’s iconic Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum — home to over 8000 pieces including a Spitfire, floating heads & Dali’s Christ of St. John. Free to visit, unforgettable to dine in! 🖼️✨ #ENABLE2025

🚨 Meet Sarah, Vice-Chair of the FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE Conference! 🗓️ September 2025 🎟️ Early bird deadline: end of June! ✅ Scientific talks ✅ Career workshops ✅ A chance to present YOUR research 🔗 More info & registration: febs-iubmb-enableconference.org #PhDlife #LifeSciences #Conference #Glasgow2025

📢Save the date for our upcoming Immunology Workshop - 'Lessons from the microbes within us; developing next generation immunotherapies' 📅23-24 October 2025 📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow 🔗To find out more, visit our website: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_workshop_2025

How cancer resists treatment is the focus of a £1.5million @cancerresearchuk.org project led by Robb Hollis at #IGC and @cruk-si.bsky.social to find new ways to tackle aggressive ovarian cancer: edin.ac/3TDBENF @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social

We are delighted to host @cassiejclarke.bsky.social today from the @cruk-si.bsky.social! "Neutrophil metabolism supports metastasis of mammary cancer by altering immune and extracellular matrix landscapes" 📍 Alfred Denny Conference Room 📅 10th June - 1pm

Metabolic adaptations of micrometastases alter EV production to generate invasive microenvironments. New study from Michalis Gounis (@gounismichalis.bsky.social‬), Jim Norman, Cassie Clarke (@cassiejclarke.bsky.social‬) and colleagues @cruk-si.bsky.social‬: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Metastasis

Glasgow Caledonian University scientists, led by Dr Timothy Humpton, have discovered a new scientific pathway to prevent fatty liver disease, caused by Western diet high in fat and sugar, from progressing to deadly liver cancer. 👏 🔗 Read more: www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/uni...

Join us for Organoids Are Us 2025, a symposium featuring #organoids, #stemcells, #cancer, inflammatory disorders and infectious disease. 📆23-26 Sep 2025 📍Glasgow, UK Early bird registration ends 15 June. Register below! 👇 www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/organ...

@gounismichalis.bsky.social‬ et al. show that cells that seed early lung #metastasis in #BreastCancer have altered #metabolism. These metabolic alterations lead them to release extracellular vesicles which engender a microenvironment conducive to invasive growth. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

🌿Want to extend your #FEBSIUBMBENABLE2025 trip? Scotland’s stunning landscapes are just a short ride away from Glasgow: ⛰️ Glencoe 🚶 Loch Lomond & the Trossachs 🦅 Wildlife trails 🌊 Coastal escapes Plan your post-conference getaway 👉 www.visitscotland.com/things-to-do...

🎉 Congrats to our scientists at The Scotland Institute on their publication in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry! They’ve developed reversible Ras inhibitors with tunable affinity for active & inactive forms, a big step in #DrugDiscovery. More: tinyurl.com/y45t4yy7 #OnMyHorizon @acs.org

Organoids Are Us 2025 📅 23 - 26 September 📍Glasgow, Scotland Early bird registration deadline: 15 June Organised by @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social‬ and @cruk-si.bsky.social‬ Find out more:

🙌 It's #VolunteersWeek and we're giving a huge THANK YOU to all our amazing staff who give their time to support events like our high school open evening, the Glasgow Science Festival, our annual conference, and so much more. We appreciate you! 👏

My next stop is CRUK Scotland in Glasgow. Thanks to Owen Sansom @cruk-si.bsky.social for hosting me. The @wntuk.bsky.social community is just awesome—great people, excellent research!

We are co-organising and hosting Organoids Are Us 2025! 📆23 - 26 September 2025 📍Glasgow, Scotland Early bird registration closes 15 June and includes discounted rates for students. Register below 👇

👏Congratulations to Harsimran Kaur for winning the Poster Prize at the Beatson International Cancer Conference 2025! Thanks to Molecular Oncology for sponsoring this prize #BICC2025

👏Congratulations to Britt van Abeelen for winning Best Short Talk at the Beatson International Cancer Conference 2025! Thanks to Disease Models & Mechanisms and The Company of Biologists for sponsoring this prize #BICC2025

🚨 Early-bird registration EXTENDED! 🗓️ New deadline: 15 June 2025 Join #ENABLE2025 in Glasgow (10–12 Sept) – a unique international event for PhD students & postdocs! 🎯 Science, careers & outreach 💸 Travel grants available now! Register now 👉 febs-iubmb-enableconference.org/registration...

And now for our final speaker of #BICC2025: Rong Fan (@rongfan8.bsky.social) from @yale.edu who will be telling us about his spatial multi-omics work in lymphoma

We’re onto our final session of #BICC2025, kicking it off we have Raheleh Amirkhah from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who is researching intestinal zonation and it’s role in tumour initiation, evolution and progression in colorectal cancer #BICC2025

We have Ken S. Lau closing this session, presenting his research on crypt stem cells and non-crypt cells in colorectal tumour initiation @vumedicine.bsky.social | #BICC2025

Marco Fritzsche took us into the field of biophysics to tell us about his lab’s work on new technologies to harvest the physics of T-cells to control the human immune response @rosfrankinst.bsky.social | @kiroxford.bsky.social | #BICC2025

Kathryn Lilley spoke about her work on cell wide protein localisation to understand therapy resistance mechanisms @cambiochem.bsky.social | #BICC2025