Register by January 30 to get the lowest rates for the AACR Special Conference on Innovations in Kidney Cancer Research (March 13-16, 2026; Philadelphia), chaired by Eric Jonasch, M. Celeste Simon, Samra Turajlic, and Qing Zhang. Learn more: buff.ly/5utdQhC #AACRkidney26

#WIMMReads 🧪 This review explores the signalling networks active in precancerous environments and the models and technologies used to investigate them — pointing to opportunities for early detection and intervention. #CellSignalling #precancer #CancerResearch @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

The LFS UK 2025 conference took place last September, updating on studies from across the country, including MILI. Visit LFS UK 2025 to see the various presentations and update on the MILI trial tinyurl.com/d2dfm36x #TP53 #LiFraumeniSyndrome #LFS @oncology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordcancer.bsky.social

5th Feb at 6 PM, Oxford Cancer Patient and Public Involvement member, Hazel Beaver, will join Prof. Irene Tracey in a panel discussion to explore what public engagement is, why it matters for students and researchers, and how to get started at Oxford. Sign up  ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/public-eng...

Researchers from the Jiang Group have published Phase Ia trial results for OVM-200, a novel cancer vaccine targeting survivin. The first-in-human trial, published in eClinicalMedicine, reports promising early safety & immunogenicity findings in patients with advanced solid tumours. buff.ly/ZLCqaGC

Coming soon! 📢 Applications for our Career Acceleration Fellowships open in March. We’re offering up to £350K over 3-4 years to support early career prostate cancer researchers to advance their career and build collaborations. 🚨Find out more here: buff.ly/E2yRcy8

The Melanoma Patient Conference is fantastic annual event for patients and their loved ones, but don't just take our word for it! 💙 📆Thursday 5th & Friday 6th March 2026 📍Voco St Johns Hotel Solihull, Birmingham, B91 1AT Register today 👉 buff.ly/GMM3LDL #melanomasupport

Calling all members of the Oxford Cancer Network! 📢 Come and hear about how Oxford ECMC’s Translational Data Platform was developed. 🤝Join us on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/972486... 📆Tues 17th Feb, 3pm - 4pm More about the TDP on our website👇 www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/translationa...

As we wrap up #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek, we’re proud to stand alongside the #NHS in supporting efforts to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 🧪 Awareness, research and prevention all matter. Learn more ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-cancer/ #GMCervicalScreening @england.nhs.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Calling all members of the Oxford Cancer Network! A reminder that our Annual Symposium, supported by the CRUK Oxford Centre, is open for registration! When: 31st March Where: @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social Abstracts and register by: 3rd March More 👇 crukcentre.cancer.ox.ac.uk/about/CRUK_o...

#WIMMReads Sarah Gooding & colleagues find that targeted NGS can change treatment plans for people with #MultipleMyeloma, identifying high-risk patients that standard tests miss — with real clinical impact. 🧪 👇 #Genomics #Myeloma #CancerGenomics #PrecisionMedicine @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Join sector leaders from industry, academia & the clinic at the BSI Immune Therapies Summit 🧬 📅 18–19 May 2026 | 📍 Cambridge, UK Two days of cutting-edge science, networking & discussion shaping the future of immune therapies. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LW5uNc

TRAINING: Communicating your Research to the Media, and Beyond Aimed at researchers, communications colleagues cover topics such as: Why share your research? What makes a good story? Ins and outs of a press release Tues 3 March, 10am Online: Teams Book now👇 www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...

CRUK's annual Women of Influence Meeting brings together @cancerresearchuk.org researchers and Women of Influence Mentors and is a unique opportunity to network in an open and informal setting. 📆When: March 18th More info and register below ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-of-i...

Registration is now open for the Oxford Immunology Symposium 2026! #OIS26 Join us on Wed 1 April at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, for a one day showcase of immunology research across Oxford. Register now & submit an abstract here: https://bit.ly/4qUY8bD

Congratulations to the winners of our DPhil in Cancer Science Onco-Innovation Project Sandpit: Michael Bryan, Eva Hanlon, Raul Cioca, Aglaia Skolariki, Nicole Cianci, Roy Rosman Nathanson, Alexandra Petukhova-Greenstein, Anna Prazmo, and Dylan Muldoon! 👏

A new study from the @tcell.bsky.social lab demonstrates a novel strategy to reduce dangerous off-target effects in engineered T cell therapies. Find out more: www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Registration is OPEN for the cancer research community to join us for the #EACR2026 Congress! 🥳 Don't miss the opportunity to take advantage of our discounted early registration rate to attend, available until 21 April. 2026.eacr.org

Apply now! 📢 The Oxford Centre for Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Travel Awards are now accepting applications! 🥼Open to @ox.ac.uk early career researchers 💷Funds to attend major cancer prevention and early detection conferences Deadline: Fri 27 Feb ⬇️ www.oxcode.ox.ac.uk/about/oxcode...

#WIMMReads 🧪 New work from #MRCWIMM Professor Ahmed Ahmed identifies a molecular signature that predicts poor prognosis in high grade serous #OvarianCancer The study defines high risk patient groups and points to targeted treatment strategies that could improve survival. #CancerResearch

There's still time to submit an abstract for @helloeacr.bsky.social's Tumour Ecosystem conference in March! Submit by 19th January for a chance to have your work featured. All career stages are welcome. Further details on the EACR website ⬇️ eacr.org/conference/t...

Mehdi Mollapour, Heather R. Christofk, and Srinivas R. Viswanathan will discuss "Subtypes of Kidney Cancer and Therapeutic Implications" in a plenary session at the AACR Conference on Innovations in Kidney Cancer Research (March 13-16; Philadelphia). buff.ly/6muNH8Y #AACRkidney26 @medmol.bsky.social

2025 in numbers. A year of research, teaching, and collaboration.

We are pleased to share that #MRCWIMM 's Sarah Gooding has been named an NIHR Oxford Senior Research Fellow 🌟🧪 This fellowship supports promising mid-career researchers and will help drive Sarah’s work on the genetics and biology of high-risk multiple myeloma. Congrats Sarah! Read the full story 👇

The Oxford Centre for Cancer Early Detection and Prevention (OxCODE) Funding Scheme is open! 🔎Pump-priming cancer early detection and prevention research 🧪Open to @ox.ac.uk researchers 💷£20K 1-year awards 📆Deadline: Fri 27 Feb More on the OxCODE website 👇 www.oxcode.ox.ac.uk/about/oxcode....

Calling all members of the Oxford Cancer Network! 📢 Don't forget! Registration for our Annual Symposium, supported by the CRUK Oxford Centre, is now open until 3 March. 📆Event to take place on 31 March. Find out more and register via our website 👇 crukcentre.cancer.ox.ac.uk/about/CRUK_o...

Out in print this week @bloodjournal.bsky.social . Very proud of this collaborative work with Prof Karadimitris @imperialimmuno.bsky.social. Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org and CwC_UK for funding this work. #InfantALL @paediatrics.ox.ac.uk @imm.ox.ac.uk

FUNDING: Sir Jules Thorn Trust – Research Infrastructure Fund The fund supports capital investments to accelerate internationally competitive research in any discipline or disease area. Awards: £150K-£500K Deadline: Tue 27 Jan, 12:00 SSO required unioxfordnexus.share... less

You have until 19 January to submit your abstract or apply for a Travel Grant to attend the next edition of our Tumour Ecosystem conference! If your research falls into one of these topics, learn more: eacr.org/conference/t...

The next Cancer Prevention Research Conference will bring together scientists from across the globe to discuss primary cancer prevention research. Hosted by the American Cancer Society & @cancerresearchuk.org, it will take place 3rd - 5th June. Register interest 👇 app.groupize.com/organization...

It can be difficult for researchers and policymakers to know where to start connecting. The @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social Seed Fund aims to make it easier for potential partners to collaborate through policy engagement. 📅 Applications close 23 February 2026 👉 ow.ly/vQeE50QmYLj

Congratulations to our new Senior Research Fellows - Sarah Vollam, Rubeta Matin, Emily Fraser, Sarah Gooding and Alex Mentzer - who have been identified as having the potential to become future translational research leaders oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-nihr-oxf... @nihr.bsky.social

Broadcasting online on the 24th & 25th of Feb, 'Next Generation Immunotherapies' from @helloeacr.bsky.social will cover the latest developments in the field of cancer immunotherapy, from basic research to its clinical applications. Register below (abstracts due 12th Jan) 👇 eacr.org/conference/n...

Register by January 9 to get the lowest rates for the AACR IO Conference on Discovery and Innovation in Cancer Immunology (February 18-21, 2026; Los Angeles), chaired by Nina Bhardwaj and Antoni Ribas. Learn more: buff.ly/bb9lwPV #AACRIO26 @BhardwajLab

#WIMMReads 🧪 A new article on cancer inequalities shows why inclusive research is essential to beat cancer for everyone. Written by Cancer Research UK experts including #MRCWIMM Director KJ Patel. #CancerResearch #CancerInequalities @cancerresearchuk.org @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk 🧬🔬

⏰Reminder: CRSG proposal deadline approaching 💡Got a new trial idea to improve outcomes for men with prostate cancer? Use our form & submit your proposal. Deadline: 4pm, Fri 13 Feb 🔗https://buff.ly/W0foIBz

Calling all members of the Oxford Cancer Network! The next @oxcio.bsky.social seminar will take place on Monday, January 12th, at 2 pm. Dr Amit Sud will present 'Spatial colocalisation of neoantigen-expressing tumour cells and cognate T-cells in cancer'.

Funding opportunity! 📢 CRUK's Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award supports new and pioneering research ideas and pilot studies of high scientific risk to stimulate and develop the early detection field. Find out more on @cancerresearchuk.org ⬇️ www.cancerresearchuk.org/for-research...

The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards are open for nominations. The awards are a University-wide celebration of outstanding people and their successes across research engagement, innovation, and culture. 👉 Find out more about the award categories at: https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/vice-chancellors-awards

Congratulations, Arundhati! 🥳

Parkes lab pre-print alert! ‘TMEM33 deletion potentiates anti-tumor CD8⁺ T cell immunity.’ Led by mtjackson101.bsky.social. Full bluetutorial follows! 1/10 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Calling all OCION members! The next Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network/ Oxford Immunology Network targeted immunotherapies-themed seminar will take place on the 27 January at 3PM. Don't miss out! ⬇️

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The Oxford Cancer team are taking a break over the holiday period and will be back in the new year on Monday, 5th January. Please note that inboxes won’t be monitored during this time. Wishing happy holidays to all who celebrate! ☺️

As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳 In November, CRUK announced up to £2.06 million in funding to run a clinical trial of LungVax over the next four years. The trial is expected to begin in summer 2026. Read more ⬇️ www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/world20...

Submit a late-breaking abstract by January 12 for the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 (April 17-22; San Diego), chaired by Paul S. Mischel and Alice T. Shaw. Learn more: buff.ly/BqvshQ6 #AACR26

As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳 In June, we celebrated 2 years of the Oxford Cancer Immuno - Oncology Network (OCION). Read about some of OCION's key achievements on our website. 👇 www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/celebra... @timmunologist.bsky.social

We’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳 The 1st episode of Channel 4's Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures was broadcast in November. It follows Sarah Blagden, who is leading novel precision prevention cancer research, supported by Oxford Cancer. 🔻

As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳 In October, we announced the appointment of the 2025 CRIS Cancer Postdoctoral Clinical Fellows: Drs Rebecca Ling & Casmir Turnquist. Both will lead on research on childhood cancer.

The December edition of Research News is here! Find out about: 🔬 An exciting research project. 💻 A new webinar series. 🩺 UK Prostate Cancer Clinical Research Strategy Group. 💬 Discussion session topic at From Ideas to Innovation. 📚 Read it here: buff.ly/kXTXjdx