"Talent and grit matter, but so do structure, transparency, and care." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4nCiPYg

Join me in The Science of Childhood Cancer lecture series hosted by @StJudeResearch this Thursday, September 25 at 12 CT/1pm ET where I will be presenting Developmental origins of infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Register to attend: ow.ly/yzf550T7Iv3

Lots of congratulations to Tianming Zhao @oncology.ox.ac.uk who defended his MRes fantastically yesterday! This is a great story led by @mtjackson101.bsky.social (who defended his DPhil in Jan) that we hope to share soon - congratulations Tianming!

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper? You got it: currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Stay tuned for updates and opportunities to join our group. www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/research/res...

Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...

As part of the 93% state school educated it is so important we continue to make opportunities available to everyone, not just those already halfway up the ladder www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Projections of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain's Prince Andrew and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were put on display against the walls of Windsor Castle while Trump was in Britain for a state visit.

Longer hours. But why? #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc

Free tonight? Come and try a rehearsal at All Saints Church in Headington - we're there every Monday. Email Sarah at [email protected] to find out more!

Medics in southern Gaza sound alarm over wave of newly displaced Palestinians

Register by September 22 to get the lowest rates for the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics (October 22-26; Boston), chaired by Ryan B. Corcoran, Tim F. Greten, and Elena Garralda. Learn more: buff.ly/0ZizQBA #Targets25

US drugmaker Merck scraps £1bn London research centre and cuts 125 science jobs www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Gaza is being erased! Demand Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper stop Israel's genocide - Medical Aid for Palestinians share.google/6rOeQNOh0wZc...

This weekend, we joined thousands to call for an end to the horrors in Gaza. The UK government cannot stay silent while Gaza is erased. Action is urgent - and we’ll keep showing up until it happens. #RedLineForGaza

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Calling all non-scientists interested in asking questions about cancer research for our new podcast-in-making!!! Please message your questions or contact me for more details 🤩

Was one of the "dead slow" runners for the 10 mile Cotswold Classic today - beautiful day, great run, thanks to the organisers :) (photo from a friend)

‘She could die any moment’: Jana, 8, awaits urgent evacuation from Gaza | Gaza | The Guardian share.google/j7HMWfmgfUMV...

A really nice Research Briefing on Miranda's @mrndhntr.bsky.social paper. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

"We all saw the near total destruction of Shifa hospital.. the Israeli military went into the hospital.. they destroyed the scanning machines, cut the cables to the ultrasound machines, destroyed all the dialysis machines" Professor Nick Maynard at the Gaza Tribunal today

Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation asm.org/press-releas...

🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.

Interested in taking action to transform your lab culture? Join us!

Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water

There’s a cancer treatment revolution – but Britain is being left behind observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

How to represent genomes in 3D? In this paper (and video), we propose Geometric Diagrams of Genomes (GDG)—a visual grammar that aims at emulating the effect ribbon diagrams (Richardson et al 1981) had in protein structural biology. Time will tell.😅 👉🏼 genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Are you a scientist in academia or industry keen to explore a radical new approach to cancer therapy? 👀 Register for our upcoming virtual conference, Overactivation of Oncogenic Signalling as a Potential Cancer Treatment Strategy! eacr.org/conference/o...

My recent postdoctoral work is out today in @nature.com! We found that physical confinement makes melanoma cells more invasive and drug tolerant. Thanks to all who made this work possible @whitefishlab.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social #NIH #NCI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨REACTION: "There are few crueller ways of killing people than by starvation." Oxfam GB CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social says the confirmation of famine in Gaza city by the UN-backed food monitor is an "indictment of all humanity." Read the full statement below.👇

Seems that canceled research will be a key legacy of Prasad and Makary. www.statnews.com/2025/08/21/k...

Thinking of applying for an @nihr.bsky.social Doctoral or Post-doctoral Fellowship? This free online workshop on 17 September could help ensure your application focuses on the right things: www.nihr-rss-public-health-soton.org/events/fad @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social

Katie was a pleasure to work with! Honoured to be mentioned in this piece - wishing you every success in the future!

Katie Begg’s journey working alongside the @moloncology.bsky.social editorial team is proof that saying “yes” can open unexpected doors. Read about how an EACR-Molecular Oncology Editorial Fellowship is shaping her career in cancer research:

I am delighted to announce that I am starting my lab next month in @oncology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk It is such a privilege to be a part of this storied institution! Also, we are hiring - if chromosomal instability and cancer biology excite you, come join the fun! Job Specification: lnkd.in/e8-3hyfr

NEW: Oxford researchers have discovered an unexpected and powerful new function for platelets. Platelets act as scavengers, capturing and storing fragments of DNA that are circulating in the blood, including fetal DNA and mutated DNA from cancer cells. ⬇️ www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Really just had something like this feeling this afternoon. It’s the high that keeps you coming back for more

Crops, farms and fishing fleets have been destroyed. More than half of households in #Gaza have been forced to sell their clothes to afford food. Starvation is widespread, and children and families are dying from hunger. We demand a #RedLineForGaza. Share NOW 📢

Our latest article is online @natcancer.nature.com describing the application of #nanotechnology in #immuno-oncology. A great effort led by Adam Grippin, our star Holman resident and soon to be Physician Scientist. @bettykimmdphd.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsky.social @eileenparkes.bsky.social

Please sign this Parliamentary petition calling for comprehensive trade sanctions on Israel - the limited sanctions on specific members of the Israeli Government by the UK do not go far enough: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

One week left to apply for the postdoc position in my lab at Oxford @ox.ac.uk Join our exciting cancer immunology research at @oncology.ox.ac.uk, @oxfordcancer.bsky.social & @oxcio.bsky.social. Deadline: 11 August 2025 (noon).

Nick is an honourable and dedicated surgeon - the war crimes in Gaza are truly shocking www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/isra...

The UK is at risk of being left behind for early phase trials - this needs urgently addressed at the highest level - great letter in @bmj.com today supported by @cancerresearchuk.org highlighted urgent actions needed - www.bmj.com/content/390/...

People in Gaza are ‘walking corpses’, says Unrwa, as agency says it has 6,000 aid trucks ready to enter – Middle East crisis live

🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard

Pope condemns ‘barbarity’ of Israel’s war in Gaza