Great talk from @drpipdunne.bsky.social at BACR 65th Anniversary meeting

Had a great time at BACR 65th Anniversary meeting

@cruk-si.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org @incise-research.bsky.social @joedwardswwcrc.bsky.social

Very excited to be just a weekend away from this UK conference on neutrophil biology that we are hosting at Newcastle. It includes international keynotes but most important the majority of speakers are early career researchers. #immunology #inflammation #neutrophils #humandisease

Last week, the 1st Annual IMPACT conference took place on the shores of Loch Lomond 📍🤩

Members of IMPACT span wet-lab scientists, pathologists, bioinformaticians, patient involvement managers, image analysts, technicians, clinicians, students, project managers, and lecturers among others, to ensure a wide range of expertise and optimum resource management!

We had flash presentations from the attendees and discussions of common themes! Check out a few of our 25+ presenters!

With over 40 people in attendance, this 3-day event brought together members of the different groups to identify and overcome barriers to collaboration 🤔

The IMPACT Collaborative is the Immune Microenvironment and Pathology Atlasing for Clinical Translation group based at the Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Center @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social 🧑🏻‍🔬👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Had a great time at the 1st IMPACT conference- really interesting hearing how different research can fit together! Thank you @emmacparsons.bsky.social for being the best co-organiser ✨

Quick Bluesky introduction- I’m Molly a 3rd year CRUK PhD student in @labedwards.bsky.social working on inflammation in colorectal cancer! 👩‍🔬 Interested in 3D tissue models, biomarker discovery & public engagement ✨

Congratulations Kathy and Jo

Our latest paper, published today in FEBS Letters is a chemical biology study on development of drugs selectively targeting HDAC6 with demonstration of efficacy in a human model of liver fibrosis. febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are delighted and proud that our final year PhD student Sara was named Runner-up for best final year oral presentation at the Medical Research Scotland Researcher Development Event 🎉 🥳 @joedwardswwcrc.bsky.social @sarasuperior.bsky.social @incise-research.bsky.social

Massive congratulations to Dr Emma Parsons on being awarded best scientific PhD student in the School of Cancer Sciences. 🎉🎉🎉 Was a pleasure to be her supervisor, so well deserved as recognised her not only her thesis but also her contribution to teaching and PPI work

I became a scientist because the feeling of discovering something completely new is like nothing else 🥹🤓 I nominate @mollymckenzie.bsky.social @gogogadgetshoes.bsky.social #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

I became a scientist as I love solving puzzles. Biology is full of them. I nominate @jaqblu.bsky.social @emmacparsons.bsky.social @sarasuperior.bsky.social #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

Massive congratulations to Dr Natalie Fisher working within @incise-research.bsky.social with @joedwardswwcrc.bsky.social across @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social on being awarded an AACR-Woman in Cancer Research Scholar Award and selected for a talk at AACR conference

Welcome one and all to the Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre Colorectal Cancer Theme Day! 🥳🧪🔬🎙️ Tune in here for live updates on presentation highlights, discussions, and much more!

Wait, it's an ecosystem⁉️🧐 🌍 @leedham-simon.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk delivered his keynote speech on the manipulation of the neoplastic stem cell niche. He proposes a holistic approach to ectopic stem cells behaviour! #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025 @cruk-si.bsky.social

1️⃣Let's kick off the first theme of the day: Improving CRC Prevention and Early Detection, chaired by @drpipdunne.bsky.social of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @cruk-si.bsky.social #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025

Solving hypomethylation puzzles 🍭🧬😌 @sproullab.bsky.social of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social delivered an interesting talk on the role of epigenetic dysfunction in colorectal carcinogenesis. #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025

Inspecting the immune infiltrate 🕵️🔍 @mcsorleystephen.bsky.social from @uofglasgow.bsky.social & NHSGGC spoke about the immune infiltrate in colonic adenomas & their relation to future polyp risk as part of @incise-research.bsky.social #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025

🚨Subgroups left us speechless 🤯 Natalie Fisher of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social gave a fascinating talk on distinct transcriptional and phenotypic states within colorectal polyps. #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025 @cruk-si.bsky.social

The Problem with Plasticity...💁‍♂️ Kevin Myant of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social kicked off the second theme of the day with an excellent talk on colonic lineage fidelity loss and its effects on plasticity & metastasis #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025

Change = only constant. Ask the immune system post-radiotherapy!🦉 Great talk from Lily Hillson from @uofglasgow.bsky.social on dynamic rectal tissue and immune response to radiotherapy. Lily’s PhD Viva is coming up, wish her luck! 🤞 #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025

3...2...1... We have lift off! ⏱️🚀 Alistair McLaren from @uofglasgow.bsky.social just finished his fascinating talk on phenotypic characterization of neutrophils through space and time! #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025

The third and final theme of the day, Advances in the Clinic, skillfully chaired by Susan Farrington of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social has begun. #BowelCancer #ColorectalCancer #Research #CRCThemeDay2025 @uofglasgow.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social

Owen Sansom delivered opening remarks, introducing the aims and mission of the Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre as well as introducing the newly funded CRC-STARS! ⭐️ @uofglasgow.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social

Our INCISE team members just put out a great paper on barriers to post-polypectomy surveillance in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area! Go ahead and give it a read!🧐

The Festival of Genomics and Biodata in London was the place to be this week for bioinformaticians across the UK. 🧬 Just ask C and Leonor! 💯 With over 300 speakers and topics of discussion ranging from gene editing to cancer-omics, they had their pick of interesting talks to attend. #FOG2025

Au revoir, Lyon! Et merci! 🇫🇷 The CRCL International Cancer Symposium offered our team an incredible chance to showcase their work. 🤩 With sessions covering everything from the microenvironment to cancer immunology, the past three days were packed with incredible work from all around the world. 🧬🔬

Hello Blue Sky! 🦋 The Edwards Translational Cancer Pathology Lab has officially moved here. 📍 We are a reaearch group based at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social aiming to learn and discover as much as we can about cancer! 🔬 Follow us for everything from lab news and opportunities to cancer facts! 🥼