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« Back to NewsWorld Cancer Day 2024: Highlighting Cancer Research at the MRC WIMM
4 February 2024
Department of Oncology MRC MHU NDWRH Paediatrics RDM
This World Cancer Day, we heard from four Group Leaders at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine about their work and how their groups are helping in the fight against cancer.
Robert Watson Awarded ACP McElwain and Presidents Prize
23 October 2023
Dr Robert Watson has won one of three McElwain and President's Prizes from the Association of Cancer Physicians for his DPhil work undertaken with Professor Ben Fairfax.
10 research teams receive LEAF Sustainability awards
29 June 2023
Department of Oncology MRC HIU MRC MHU RDM
The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) aims to support research laboratories to embed sustainability into their work.
Scientists find genetic ‘marker’ linked to serious side-effects from skin cancer treatment
16 December 2022
New research from the Fairfax Group has identified a genetic marker that could be used to predict a patient’s risk of developing serious side-effects when undergoing immunotherapy treatment for metastatic melanoma.
Seven research groups secure LEAF Sustainability Awards
22 July 2022
Department of Oncology MRC HIU MRC MHU NDCN RDM
The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) aims to support research groups to embed sustainability into their work.
Blood tests may predict response to immunotherapy for melanoma
4 October 2021
A study from the Fairfax lab provides new insight into the factors that determine patient response to Immune Checkpoint Blockers, a common immunotherapy treatment for melanoma.
New Fellowship of the Association of Cancer Physicians
4 July 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Adrian Harris (Department of Oncology), who has become a Fellow of the Association of Cancer Physicians.
New “molecular fibres” may help cells repair DNA
19 March 2019
Research by the Blackford group has for the first time observed molecular fibres that may hold together sections of broken DNA in mitosis.
MRC WIMM researchers talk about their research on rare diseases
28 February 2018
Department of Oncology MRC MHU NDCN RDM
To mark rare disease day we asked our researchers to tell us more about the rare conditions that they study, and why their research is important.
MRC HIU Group Leader in team shortlisted for £20m CRUK Grand Challenge Award
12 February 2018
Department of Oncology MRC HIU
An international team of scientists has been shortlisted out of 134 applications spanning 41 countries.
Prof Peter McHugh awarded CRUK grant
6 February 2018
The 5-year programme award will support research on the DNA repair mechanisms that protect cancer cells from therapy, informing the development of future treatments.
Successful CRUK Research Bursary for MRC WIMM Clinical Fellow
21 December 2017
Many congratulations to Robert Watson, a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in the laboratory of Benjamin Fairfax. Robert was successful in his application for a CRUK pre-doctoral research bursary.
Regional Breast Cancer Academic Day marks NHS retirement for Prof Adrian Harris
24 November 2017
This month the MRC WIMM hosted the annual Regional Breast Cancer Academic Day, an event that brings together breast cancer teams from across the Thames Valley region. This year’s symposium involved the participation of over 70 attendees, including nurses, clinical trial managers, researchers and doctors.