Professor Chris Lord, from our Research Centre at The ICR talks about the recent findings that a drug he has been studying helps reduce the chances of breast cancer coming back and spreading in people with altered BRCA genes. breastcancernow.org/about-us/news-…

HUGE NEWS📢 Sonraí Analytics Ltd. will lead an Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award to deliver novel AI cancer screenings across the NHS. We will partner with The PMC at Queen's University Belfast 🎓 to deliver a transformational tool in cancer diagnostics. Full story: bit.ly/2TA32jZ

A+ trolling from National Geographic facebook.com/evobiopage/vid…

Excited to share our lab's latest, where we reveal how BRCA1-BARD1 engage with sites of DNA breaks during HR. This was led by Jordan Becker, collaborating with Marcus D Wilson & building on previous work with Anja Groth nature.com/articles/s4158… / rdcu.be/cqsM0 Thread 1/9

Clinical Academic Training Programme Applications are open for ACF / ACL training, commencing February 2022. Closing Date: Monday 30 August 2021 Apply Here: qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVa… QUB Clinical Academic Training Programme

Useful guide for anyone contemplating a career in academic surgery

We're delighted to have won The Bioseed 'One to Watch' category at the #OBNAwards last night. 🎉 Thank you to OBN_UK and Ashmolean Museum for a great evening. #obnawards #innovation #aiinhealthcare

Extremely useful chart as covid runs rampant in the UK and we all plan for Christmas It shows how long after exposure to covid you will be detectable by a lateral flow test vs a PCR test if you do have it And at what stages you are likely infectious

"i-REACH will support the co-location of existing Belfast Region research infrastructure, as well as the integration of our health care trusts and our universities, which will come together to create an ecosystem to deliver clinical research in NI." Find out more ⤵️ #BRCityDeal

To become neurons, brain cells must damage and immediately repair their own DNA. Some chemotherapies may harm neurons by interfering with this process. Happy to share our latest work at Science Magazine (science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…)

It’s fantastic to be awarded this vital funding, ensuring continued access to experimental medicines for NI cancer patients @QubPGJCCR Belfast Trust ECMC Network (@ecmc-uk.bsky.social) #BelfastECMC

So true!

We're hitting the ground running with a new semester of #PGJCCRSeminars! Join us in welcoming @DerekRichard2 from QUT on 22 Aug @ 12pm. Hosted by Prof Kienan Savage - all welcome!

Don't forget @DerekRichard2 will be joining us for a #PGJCCRSeminar next Tuesday at 12! All welcome to attend

Early start this morning to join the ECMC Network (@ecmc-uk.bsky.social) experimental cancer medicine strategy meeting in London. Looking forward to some fruitful discussions

Second flight with British Airways today and onto their fifth excuse for delays (three on the first flight, two on the second (so far, we haven’t departed yet). Favourite so far is “we’ve got to unload all the luggage before anyone can get off in case the plane tips over”….