Latest news & events from CRUK MI
All the latest news and updates from across the Institute
Latest news & events from CRUK MI
All the latest news and updates from across the Institute
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Professor Samra Turajlić appointed as Institute Director
18 June 2025
We are delighted to announce, along with Cancer Research UK, The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, the appointment of Professor Samra Turajlić as our new Institute Director.
18 June 2025
News, Conferences, Staff News
Researchers at EACR: Reports from the European Association for Cancer Research Annual Congress 2025
4 July 2025
Reflections on the EACR Congress in Lisbon from Luisa Ferreria, who this year was one of five EACR Congress Correspondents who shared real-time highlights from the conference.
Topics & Tags
EACR | Conferences
4 July 2025
News
Institute Group Leader in BBC Interview on Cancer Immunity
29 May 2025
“We were really intrigued. We wanted to find this magic trait of cancer resistance that can be passed from one mouse to the other. One of the main things that came to our minds is that faecal matter is a big source of communities of friendly microorganisms that live inside the gut.”
29 May 2025
News, Research Publication
Institute researchers explain age-related metastasis in melanoma
24 April 2025
Institute researchers explain age-related metastasis in melanoma. Published in Cancer Cell, the Skin Cancer & Ageing team show how lipids influence metastasis and tropism, with implications for therapy.
Topics & Tags
Personalised medicine | Skin Cancer
24 April 2025
News, Conferences
CRUK Manchester Institute and National Biomarker Centre at AACR25
23 April 2025
The AACR Annual Meeting 2025 is being held this April 25th to 30th at McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, Illinois. The theme is “Unifying Cancer Science and Medicine: A Continuum of Innovation for Impact” and a number of researchers from the Institute and the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre will be presenting there.
Topics & Tags
AACR | AACR25 | Conferences
23 April 2025
News, Staff News
Institute AWERB chair appointed chair of Animals in Science Committee
16 April 2025
Dr Sally Robinson, chair of the CRUK Manchester Institute Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB), has been appointed as chair of the Animals in Science Committee.
Topics & Tags
3Rs
16 April 2025
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“We are so pleased to have received the funding to enable us to test our hypothesis in the lab. If we can create a new medicine that can precisely target a specific type of cell within the tumour, and restore anti-cancer immune responses, this will be a game-changer for oesophageal cancer patients “
Sara Valpione
Former Institute Clinical Fellow and now Clinician in Residence within the CRUK National Biomarker Centre
“My charity bake sales – known as “David’s Great British Bake Off” – are always a hit, home baked products taste so much better than shop bought and are greatly appreciated by staff!”
David Jenkins
Purchasing Officer
“We’ve seen some remarkable responses, with an improvement for some patients within days. This is an early phase trial so there’s a lot more work to do. But the data we have so far is very encouraging and could help many thousands of people in the future”
Tim Somervaille
Senior Group Leader
“It is a pleasure to introduce my team who work to deliver our research goals. We work in a friendly and collaborative environment, supporting each other’s projects. “
Amaya Virós
CRUK Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellow
“We are so pleased to have received the funding to enable us to test our hypothesis in the lab. If we can create a new medicine that can precisely target a specific type of cell within the tumour, and restore anti-cancer immune responses, this will be a game-changer for oesophageal cancer patients “
Sara Valpione
Former Institute Clinical Fellow and now Clinician in Residence within the CRUK National Biomarker Centre
“My charity bake sales – known as “David’s Great British Bake Off” – are always a hit, home baked products taste so much better than shop bought and are greatly appreciated by staff!”
David Jenkins
Purchasing Officer
“We’ve seen some remarkable responses, with an improvement for some patients within days. This is an early phase trial so there’s a lot more work to do. But the data we have so far is very encouraging and could help many thousands of people in the future”
Tim Somervaille
Senior Group Leader
“It is a pleasure to introduce my team who work to deliver our research goals. We work in a friendly and collaborative environment, supporting each other’s projects. “
Amaya Virós
CRUK Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellow