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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See all the latest news from across our research teams, core facilities and staff. Use the search bar to select news items by category or date
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Institute student wins Best Poster Award at prostate cancer meeting
21 October 2024
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Awards & Prizes | Disease Primer – Prostate Cancer
21 October 2024
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Biological Resources Unit win first prize for poster
14 October 2024
Members of the BRU win first prize for refinement project at Institute of Animal Technology poster event.
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Awards & Prizes
14 October 2024
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Conquering Peaks: Manchester Institute and National Biomarker Centre Relaunch Colloquium 2024 in a New Venue
14 October 2024
14 October 2024
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CRUK National Biomarker Centre part of newly launched multi-million-pound UK-wide team to study immunotherapy response
7 October 2024
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Cancer biomarkers
7 October 2024
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Institute Group Leader awarded European Research Council Starting Grant
5 October 2024
Evangelos Giampazolias received £1.8m in EU funding to pursue cutting-edge research in cancer immunity in Manchester.
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Cancer Immunology
5 October 2024
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The Paterson Building officially opens
17 July 2024
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The Paterson Building
17 July 2024
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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