📣Call open for our 2026 Development Fund Up to £80K for 12 months to support bold, cross-disciplinary #CancerResearch that bridges the life, clinical, #engineering & #PhysicalSciences across @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @icr.ac.uk ➡️ bit.ly/4qVGLID #FundingOpportunity #ConvergenceScience

🌟Meet the next generation of #ConvergenceScience researchers at our Future Leaders #seminar! Centre #PhD students present their research and share how they navigate different disciplines & shape their scientific paths. 📅Wed 12 November, 3-4pm Hosted by: @udaibanerji.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4oP1r2Z

Looking for a #PhD in #CancerResearch and #DataScience? 🤔 Applications are now open for our #ConvergenceScience Non-Clinical Data Science PhD programme, in partnership with StatML. Sign up to 1 of 3 Q+A sessions or check out our website for more information 👉 bit.ly/43bid48

We’re thrilled to welcome our new CSC Cohort!🚀 Huge thanks to Professors McNeish, Isacke & Behrens for their insights, and to Shahrzad Forouzanfar, Bowen Su & Diana David for introducing our facilities. Here’s to a year of discovery, growth & achievement!💪 #PhD #ConvergenceScience #CancerResearch

🌍 #ConvergingOnCancer: International Online Seminar An #AcademicSeminar for our partners across #Europe and #Singapore to demonstrate how #ConvergenceScience is used to answer #Cancer related questions. 🗓 Thursday 6th Nov 2025 🕙 10–11am GMT | 11–12 CET | 6–7pm SGT 🔗http://bit.ly/4qmRxqX

📢 We're #hiring a #Health Economist to be part of our #Cancer Technology Catalyst Team to expedite the journey of promising cancer technologies from concept to clinical impact. Find out more and share with your networks 👇 jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/13... #ConvergenceScience #Economics

Over half of #cancers show MYC deregulation - long seen as “undruggable.” #Research from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @icr.ac.uk, with #PhD student James Zhang, finds MYC cancers may be vulnerable to NMT inhibitors. Learn more 👉http://bit.ly/4on0EGm #ConvergenceScience #CancerResearch

⚡Can light could be used to manipulate tumour-associated bacteria?🦠Find out how Prof Anguraj Sadanandam, Dr Jang Ah Kim and @jameskinross.bsky.social from @icr.ac.uk and @imperialsandc.bsky.social are investigating how this could make #immunotherapies safer and more effective. #ConvergenceScience

🤖 Find out how nanotechnology is being used to both prevent the spread and deliver targeted treatment for advanced #ProstateCancer – led by Dr Robert Kypta and a multi-disciplinary team of scientists across Imperial: @imperialsandc.bsky.social @impengineering.bsky.social 👇 #ConvergenceScience

🩺 Are you a #MedStudent doing an iBSc? We're looking for future clinician-scientists to join our intercalated #PhD ( #iPhD) programme in 2026. Explore projects & apply by 20 Nov 👉 bit.ly/48YA5Tp Please share with your networks! #CancerResearch #ConvergenceScience #CRUKFunded

🔎 Bringing together expertise in #bioengineering, optical #physics and #oncology to enhance earlier detection of #cancer. Find out more about how this #research led by @pantazislab.bsky.social and @udaibanerji.bsky.social is shaping the future of cancer diagnosis. 👇

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.🐁👇

🩸Find out more about how a team of scientists, led by Dr Sylvain Ladame at @impengineering.bsky.social and Prof Nick Turner at @icr.ac.uk are developing better blood tests to predict treatment outcomes in #cancer patients. 👇 #ConvergenceScience #Oncology #CancerResearch @cancerresearchuk.org

Congratulations to our 2025 Development Fund awardees! 🎉 From new detection tools to targeted nanotech therapies, these seed funded projects explore bold ideas to improve cancer diagnosis & treatment. 👉 bit.ly/4gV38tf @icr.ac.uk @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialsandc.bsky.social

A study led by our Scientific Director Prof Axel Behrens, found that blocking protein SPP1 can boost survival & stop the spread of #PancreaticCancer in mice. A breakthrough that could pave the way for new targeted treatments. 👉 bit.ly/4gTvG6q @icr.ac.uk @imperialsandc.bsky.social @nature.com

Is it possible to predict the trajectory of cancer and prevent progression? 🤔 Find out how #ConvergenceScience can answer this at our upcoming #ConvergingOnCancer seminar for colleagues across the @icr.ac.uk and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 📅 Thurs 2nd Oct 2025 ⌚ 3-4pm BST ✍️ bit.ly/4pIObhS

🔬 Discoveries in #CancerResearch are stronger when shaped with the people who have experienced #Cancer. Find out why #PPIE matters, how it benefits researchers, and where to get support 👉 bit.ly/41TGN9b    #BetterResearchTogether #ResearchSupport

We support the development of new technologies that enable long-term monitoring and prediction of cancer treatment response. Using #ConvergenceScience, a recent study from The ICR and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social demonstrates how a new type of test can achieve this in lymphoid cancers. 👇

📢 We're #hiring a Health Economist to lead early-stage health economic modelling and health technology assessment (HTA) for cutting-edge oncology innovations. 💻 💊 Find out more and share with your networks 👇 jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/13... #ConvergenceScience #Economics #Cancer

🔬 #ConvergingOnCancer: International Online Seminar Join us to hear how #bioengineering is being used in immuno-oncology research. 🗓 Thursday 4th Sept 2025 🕙 10–11am BST | 11–12 CEST | 5–6pm SGT 🔗 bit.ly/3UtfT3O

📣 Promising new drug combination for #OvarianCancer which led to accelerated FDA approval. Results from the Phase 1 FRAME trial, led by the Drug Development Unit across @icr.ac.uk and @royalmarsden.orga, were recently published in @natmed.nature.com Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4lW6k9A

🚨 New cross-institutional study from researchers at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, @icr.ac.uk & @cruk-mi.bsky.social use microfluidic “vessel-on-chip” technology to reveal how circulating tumour cells release “shearosomes” and promote metastasis. 👉 bit.ly/3Ib6paq #Cancer #ConvergenceScience

🔬 Converging On Cancer: International Online Seminar Join us for a unique opportunity to learn how convergence science, from molecular imaging to DNA repair, is advancing our understanding of cancer biology. 🗓 Thurs 3 July 🕙 10–11am BST (11–12 CEST, 5–6pm SGT) 🔗 Register to join bit.ly/44tB8bf

🧫Our #organoid facility supports @icr.ac.uk & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social researchers with training & expert help. Even non-lab scientists, like surgical trainee Caoimhe Walsh, are using it to explore new tools for #cancer diagnosis 🔗 bit.ly/4leguSe @hannagroupicl.bsky.social #CancerResearch

🌟 Catch up on the highlights from the #GreatExhibitionRoadFestival 2025 where we welcomed over 600 visitors to our “Patient Power: Innovating Cancer Technologies" stand in the Future Medicines Zone. 💊 #ExRdFest #CancerResearch #PublicEngagement #AIInHealthcare

📢 We're recruiting an Analytical Scientist in Computational Genomics to develop computational approaches for investigating genomic and transcriptomic determinants in treatment resistant breast cancers 💻 🧬 Find out more and share with your networks 👉 bit.ly/4jYdsAu

Using the Centre's Microfab Facility a team led by Dr Sam Au at Imperial have launched a company, Avigen, to help accelerate the development of immunotherapies by assessing the binding strength of potential #immunotherapy cells and identifying which ones are more likely to succeed. 👉 bit.ly/4n4tbAA

We're at the Great Exhibition Road Festival this weekend! Come find us in the Future Medicine zone and try out our activities focussed on how technology can make overall #cancer care better for patients 👇 @icr.ac.uk

At the intersection of molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics, structural biology reveals the 3D structures of biological molecules. But what insights can it offer into complex mechanisms such as the immune response and cell cycle regulation? #ConvergingOnCancer #Cancer #ConvergenceScience

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a celebration of science and arts with a range of activities for all ages. Find us in the Future Medicine zone on 7th and 8th June where we’ll be focussing on technologies that are patient centric and help to improve the overall cancer journey. 🧬 🎨 🤖 @icr.ac.uk‬

Early diagnosis improves patient outcomes but getting new #cancer tests into a GP setting is slow. Our Catalyst Team uses a breadth of expertise to accelerate innovations into clinical practice. Watch our short film with @pancreaticcanuk.bsky.social calling for action. 🎬 youtu.be/VXgzgRLu5BU?...

We held a #PatientEngagement workshop to help our students grow into confident, clear, and compassionate science communicators. Students met with patients who shared thoughtful perspectives and it was a powerful reminder of the importance of involving patients at every stage of the research journey.

Immunotherapies have great promise but not all patients respond well. Read how a team of researchers at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social are using #MachineLearning to predict immunotherapy treatment outcomes in #LiverCancer 👇 www.convergencesciencecentre.ac.uk/news-events/...

The liver is well known for it's regeneration properties and ability to withstand toxic materials but could this feature actually be driving the development of liver cancer? 🤔 Explore the answer at our next international #ConvergingonCancer seminar on Thurs 8 May, 10-11am 🖱️ bit.ly/3Se4JP6

End of a long day at AACR. Presented using patient derived organoids to understand and refine mechanisms of synergy of avutometinib and defactinb combination in low grade ovarian, an area of unmet need. @icr.ac.uk @crukconvergence.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ecmc-uk.bsky.social

📣 Calling schools with sixth form students! Enter the Science in Medicine School Team Prize for a chance to win up to £3,000 to support science-related activities. 🏆 Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3RFUtiB #ConvergenceScience #CancerResearch #Cancer @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org

It was great to collaborate with the ICR on this careers event, welcoming local school students into the lab! Thank you to our volunteers Aria Torkpour, Emma Pryke, Joshua Killilea and Saki Okada for demonstrating the power of AI in cancer detection through a jigsaw puzzle.🧩👩‍💻

Our #ConvergingOnCancer seminar series brings together speakers from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @icr.ac.uk to present their research and how they use #ConvergenceScience to answer #Cance related questions. 🖱️ bit.ly/4ljsrHa

It's important to understand how cancer cells change as a tumour develops or as it responds to treatment. This area of #ConvergeceScience is known as cancer plasticity and evolution and uses disciplines such as #Cancer biology 🧫, mathematical modelling 📐, or #Genetic engineering 🧬

Thanks to the support of @cancerresearchuk.org we were able to connect researchers from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @icr.ac.uk at our Annual Symposium last week, focussing on precision medicine 🎯 and the use of data and AI in cancer research 📈 🖱️ Catch up on the highlights: bit.ly/4hYqBcN

Therapeutic ultrasound is a prime example of convergence science - using the physics behind high frequency waves and applying it to biological systems to better diagnose, monitor and even target specific tumour sites. We support research that harnesses the power of ultrasound technologies. 1/3

Many congratulations to Gwen O'Driscoll on successfully defending her PhD thesis today, "Engineering MRI-detectable extracellular vesicles to study breast cancer metastatic organotropism". Well done Gwen!! @crukconvergence.bsky.social @icrlondon.bsky.social

👋We're looking for a #Software #Engineer to join our Centre, to develop and maintain a patient app platform as part of a collaborative project. Check out the job listing for more information jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/10... @icrlondon.bsky.social

📢APPLY NOW for our Data Science #PhD training programme! We're providing 4 year PhD studentships with StatML to train the future academic leaders in #CancerResearch and statistical #MachineLearning. Deadline is 8th Jan. 🖱️ bit.ly/4fb0mNU @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @icrlondon.bsky.social

Want a #PhD that uses #ChemicalBiology to address unmet needs in #CancerResearch? 📢APPLY NOW for our non-clinical PhD training programme with The Institute of Chemical Biology #ICB and learn from world leading experts from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @icrlondon.bsky.social bit.ly/3BpAz6U

We are offering a very exciting PhD project 🤩-Project 2- in this great training program! @icrlondon.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @crukconvergence.bsky.social Please share 😊 ! Design of advanced therapeutics against metastasis👇 www.convergencesciencecentre.ac.uk/training/con...

We have an open #PhD #studentship as part of our "Black Leaders in Cancer" programme at @crukconvergence.bsky.social & @icrlondon.bsky.social. About computational modelling of T-cell evolution in cancer. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... I'm looking forward to meeting prospective students #CRUKfunded

📣 APPLY NOW for our Black Leaders in Cancer Programme, a unique opportunity for students from Black heritage backgrounds to pursue a four year fully-funded non-clinical #PhD in #CancerResearch supported by The Windsor Fellowship and Black in Cancer. 👨‍⚕️ 👩‍⚕️ Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4ipCNE3

👋Hello to the #CancerResearch community on Bluesky. If you want to know more about #ConvergenceScience and how we bring researchers together from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @icrlondon.bsky.social check out our new website page 👇 www.convergencesciencecentre.ac.uk/about/our-mi...