Author: Branwen Brockley
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Identifying active targets in hard to treat cancers
Dr Geoff Macintyre and Dr Anna Piskorz have received a Cancer Research UK Innovation Prize to develop a test that could identify active therapeutic targets in hard to treat cancers.
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Efficient “on demand” generation of complex mouse models
Dr Alasdair Russell and Dr Liam Cassidy have been awarded a Cancer Research UK Pioneer Award to develop an innovative genetic barcoding technology to generate complex mouse models.
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Light Microscopy Image Contest 2019
Each year, our Light Microscopy Core Facility runs an Image Contest, showcasing the breadth and beauty of the research in the building.
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Molecular patterns could better predict breast cancer recurrence
The genetic and molecular make-up of individual breast tumours holds clues to how a woman’s disease could progress, including the likelihood of it coming back after treatment, and in what time frame.
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Establishing the molecular blueprint of early embryo development
A pioneering group of biologists, physicists and mathematical modellers in Cambridge have studied the genetic activity of over 100,000 embryonic cells to establish the molecular blueprint of mouse early embryo development.
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Dr Sarah Bohndiek awarded SPIE Early Career Achievement Award
The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) presented Dr Sarah Bohndiek with a 2019 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award yesterday.
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Investigating mobile DNA in mammalian development
Dr Rebecca Berrens has been awarded a prestigious Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship to study the effect of transposable elements in early mammalian development.
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Institute scientists to work on £20 million “Grand Challenge”
Scientists at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute are set to play a key role in a multimillion pound Cancer Research UK project which aims to revolutionise the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Our year at a glance
To celebrate the end of another successful year at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, we’ve collected the top science stories and awards of 2018.
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