We are very happy to welcome Yifei Zhang, as a new lab member to the Cytoskeleton and Metastasis Team. Yifei will be studying transcriptional and cytoskeletal dynamics in invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). @icr.ac.uk

Delighted to have been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences alongside some outstanding colleagues! www.europeancanceracademy.eu/news/new-eac...

Applications now open for CRUK Clinical Academic PhD Training Programme. Join us @icr.ac.uk and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. We are offering a super exciting project to investigate cytoskeletal dynamics in Circulating Tumour Cells from Breast Cancer Patients.

Heads up! Small change to Friday’s workshop: Dr. Sebastian Carotta can’t make it, but we’re thrilled to have Dr. Victoria Sanz-Moreno (ICR) stepping in to talk about “Biomechanical hallmarks & vulnerabilities of metastatic & therapy resistant cancer cells” See you there! @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social

Sad to see three of our beloved lab members leaving us! Yumiko Teigen, Paramita Kundu and Jaume Barcelo- We wish you the best of luck for your future endeavours! @icr.ac.uk

Early stages of #metastasis are poorly understood despite causing 90% of cancer deaths. A new project led by Prof Darryl Overby and Prof @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social is looking to develop tools to study #cancer spread in unprecedented detail while reducing the need for animals in research.🐁👇

We are offering a super exciting project to develop new ways of targeting metastatic cancer cells! Amazing supervisory team: Primary supervisor: Professor Joanna Loizou Associate supervisor: Professor Zoran Rankovic Secondary supervisor: Professor Victoria Sanz-Moreno @icr.ac.uk

We are so happy to welcome @dorioliveri.bsky.social as a new lab member to the Cytoskeleton and Metastasis Team. Doriana will study how the extracellular matrix in different metastatic sites regulates tumour-immune cell interactions😀 ADAPTMET @icr.ac.uk @breastcancernow.bsky.social

The stage is set! @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social is kicking off their keynote at #cellmech2025.

CellMech2025!! Exciting!

Congratulations to Yumiko Teigen who had her PhD viva yesterday! She did such a fantastic job! Thanks to the examiners for their insightful comments @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk @qmbci.bsky.social 😍

Really exciting to see these results from our Curestarter researchers - thanks for sharing @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Samantha George in the lab for receiving the Best Talk Prize at "The Diversity in Immunology Meeting" by @britsocimm.bsky.social for her beautiful work on tumour-associated macrophages. We are very proud of you Sam! 🤩

🚨 New publication alert! Excited to share our latest work SLC7A11 protects amoeboid-disseminating cancer cells from oxidative stress: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

The results, published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social could lead to new tests to spot the most aggressive cancers, and treatments to stop them spreading. “If we take away the melanoma cells’ shield and armour, we could stop cancer in its tracks.’ - Lead researcher Prof @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social

BREAKING 📰 A ‘suit of armour’ protein could be targeted to stop aggressive #Melanoma from spreading. ICR scientists have discovered that SLC7A11 protects the most aggressive melanoma cancer cells from damage as they pass through stressful environments. More here ⤵️ www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...

I am happy to be shortlisted in the Life Sciences category of the #GlobalCall25. This recognition brings me a step closer to the Science Breakthroughs of the Year, to be celebrated at the #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 from 6-9 November. More info: falling-walls.com/science-summ... @FallingWalls

A huge thank you to all the amazing delegates who joined us for Small G Proteins in Cellular Signalling and Disease 2025 this week! We hope you enjoyed the conference and look forward to seeing you at the next one. #BiochemEvent #SGP25 🧪

Last day of the #SmallGproteins meeting, great evening last night meeting researchers in the field hearing about people’s journeys, and gave advice on expressing a phosphorylated GTPase. Looking forward to Session 6 kicked off by @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social! @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BiochemEvent

Excited to be selected as one of the Social Media Contributors at the #BiochemEvent Small G Proteins Meeting next week, thanks to @biochemsoc.bsky.social. I look forward to hearing about and discussing the latest research in the area as well as presenting my own PhD work about Arf proteins!

The Company of Biologists Workshop - Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita. #Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research

We are delighted to host @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social today from the @icr.ac.uk! "Biomechanical hallmarks and vulnerabilities of metastatic cancer cells" 📍 Alfred Denny Conference Room 📅 4th June - 1pm @insigneoinstitute.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Very proud of former PhD student Yaiza Jung who has received the #BACR Chris Marshall Prize for Cell Signalling 😍! it was such a pleasure to co-supervise her PhD with @jezcarlton.bsky.social 😀

Immunotherapy can help people with advanced head and neck cancer live years longer without their disease growing or coming back. It's the biggest improvement in treating this cancer type for decades. Find out more: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/31/asc

BREAKING 📰 A powerful new drug for advanced #BreastCancer can be used to treat emerging tumours, months before they have a chance to grow, keeping patients well for longer, according to new research shared today at @ascocancer.bsky.social Professor Nick Turner shares his findings ⬇️ #ASCO25

Paper accepted! what a great group of people I get to work with every day! 🤩 Celebrating good news is so important! 👇

We are offering an exciting project for aspiring clinical scientists! Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Circulating Tumour Cells from Breast Cancer Patients! Don't miss this opportunity to work at the interface between fundamental and clinical science @icr.ac.uk 😀! www.icr.ac.uk/study-and-ca...

Exciting opportunity: Emerging Clinical Academic Fellowship scheme, newly launched by CRIS Cancer Foundation and the ICR We are offering a project within this scheme, please share! 👇 👇 🤩 www.icr.ac.uk/study-and-ca...

@vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social 🎤Biomechanical adaptations in metastatic cancer cells bsky.app/profile/cell...

Final week for the early bird deadline for the Small G-protein meeting in Manchester. Talk slots available from submitted abstracts. #SGP25 @BiochemSoc @SmallGTPases Register here: bit.ly/SmallG25

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  (1/2) Meet @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social , a leader in cancer research! 🧬🔬 Her work on cytoskeletal dynamics in metastatic cells is shaping new anti-metastasis therapies.

🧪 We have made it easier to follow our journals and community sites with our new starter pack. https://go.bsky.app/BwC3bSV

Great meeting with old and new friends, inspiring talks, food for thought at so many levels! @biologists.bsky.social 😀 #Biologists100

Great fun at last night's Gala Dinner at the stunning St Georges Hall. #biologists100

It is important to take a break. For your mind and your soul.😀

Matrix mechano-sensing at the invasive front induces a cytoskeletal and transcriptional memory supporting metastasis www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social !!

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share our latest work in Nature Communications spearheaded by brilliant @omaiques.bsky.social and thanks to all our collaborators—we show how matrix mechano-sensing at the invasive front induces a cytoskeletal and transcriptional memory that supports metastasis! 🧵⬇️

📰 NEWS: ICR and @qmbci.bsky.social scientists have discovered the ‘roadmap’ that aggressive #Cancer uses to spread around the body – identifying ways to block its escape. Read more about the research published in @naturecomms.bsky.social ⤵️

🎉 Today, we gathered online for the #AdaptMet Kick-Off Meeting! A fantastic start to this journey, bringing together top researchers & partners to train the next generation of metastasis experts. Exciting discussions & collaborations ahead—stay tuned! 🔬✨ #CancerResearch

... @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social Kit Parker @ehannezo.bsky.social @creinhartking @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @MEmilieTerret 📃 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS OPEN! 🔎 🌐 Find all the info on our website: https://buff.ly/3CAiIKW

This is just a reminder that the #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology community is ever-growing, and the third starter pack is becoming very juicy. Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/VavECSX Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/CH1MctZ Starter pack 3: go.bsky.app/7Uwa6fb

Congratulations to Josh Martin who had his PhD viva yesterday! He made us all proud👏Lovely to be back @qmbci.bsky.social thanks to Camilla Cerutti and John Marshall for being great examiners! @icrlondon.bsky.social @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @bartscha.bsky.social

Delighted to welcome new lab members to the Cytoskeleton and Metastasis Team, Shaun Tan and @ritoghose.bsky.social join us to deploy their skills in Computer Science and Cell Biology to stop metastatic cancer cells in their tracks💪 @icrlondon.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social

Abstract deadline and early-bird registration closes on Friday! 100yearsconference.biologists.com

Want to engage with the #mechanobiology community? Why not join this group? Just drop me a DM and I´ll add you. go.bsky.app/G5cQqYT

20 years ago I came to London as a postdoctoral fellow to join Chris Marshall’s lab. Since then, met my husband, became a mother, opened a lab, bought a flat, became full professor and met amazing people in 3 Institutions😍 @icrlondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

@cancerresearchuk.org Windsor Fellowship and Black in Cancer funded PhD place at @icrlondon.bsky.social and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Aimed at students from Black heritage background who want to pursue a career in cancer research : www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (1/2)

🆕 We're getting in on the act with an ICR research #StarterPack. Check it out! ⤵️ Let us know if you're a #cancer researcher at the ICR and The Royal Marsden but not in the pack. 💬 #CancerResearch #CanSky #OncSky go.bsky.app/EGXU5V1

Working on immunometabolism? Or looking for people who do? Then here’s the starter pack for you! 😊 #Immunosky go.bsky.app/MvxkA4Q

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field