Huge congratulations, Charlie!

An incredible achievement — congratulations to Benjamin Cravatt! 👏 Dr Cravatt is a co-investigator on #CancerGrandChallenges team eDyNAmiC, working to tackle our extrachromosomal DNA challenge. More below 👇

Thread: Last week, Ben's Dad visited Portland and San Francisco (USA) to represent Ben and other childhood cancer patients, to share their stories and find out more about the research being undertaken as part of the KOODAC Cancer Grand Challenges Challenge project /1

Congratulations to Sam Behjati and Sir Mike Stratton, who have been awarded by the The Royal Society for their pioneering work in cancer research 🔬 sanger.ac.uk/news_item/roya…

Congratulations to Sir Michael Stratton, team lead of #CancerGrandChallenges team Mutographs, on being awarded a The Royal Society Royal Medal 2024! 👏 These medals are awarded for the most important contributions in the physical, biological and applied sciences. Learn more 👇

Mike’s contribution to cancer research throughout his career can’t be overstated and I’ve been fortunate to see the impact of some of his work in recent years. Congratulations for the richly deserved award!

We're very excited to be welcoming 4⃣ new members to the #CancerGrandChallenges Scientific Committee: 🟢 FabriceAndre (Gustave Roussy) 🟢 Miriam Merad, MD, PhD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) 🟢 Bob Schreiber (WashU Medicine) 🟢 David Tuveson (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Meet them below 🌟👇cancergrandchallenges.org/news/introduci…

📢 Félicitations au Pr FabriceAndre qui intègre le comité scientifique du Cancer Grand Challenges. Ce comité est composé de scientifiques issus de différents domaines. Le point de vue unique de chacun des membres et la diversité de leur expertise et de leur expérience sont déterminants pour

v happy to join the Scientific Committee of Cancer Grand Challenges , an initiative Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK & National Cancer Institute The mission is to solve PROBLEMS & to have IMPACT in Cancer Res & care tks to interdiscipl, excellence and creativity. 400 m $ have already been invested in 16 countries

Meet the minds behind team PROSPECT! Yin Cao and Andrew Chan are leading the charge in the Cancer Grand Challenges Challenges initiative, aiming to understand and combat early-onset colorectal cancer. hubs.ly/Q02HnQZV0

Reflecting on the successes of the first Cancer Grand Challenges teams and their impact. It's inspiring to be part of this ecosystem as part of LUNGevity Foundation's participation on Team #CANCAN.

In 2017, we awarded $90m to 4 teams to take on our first round of #CancerGrandChallenges. In the 7 years that followed, they made incredible progress, changing ways of thinking and paving the way for future research. Learn more on our new impact hub 👇 cancergrandchallenges.org/impact

Congratulations to Benjamin Ebert, a co-investigator on #CancerGrandChallenges team PROTECT, on being appointed Dana-Farber's next President and CEO!

"Mutographs’ work confirms that mutational signatures can explain geographical and temporal incidences of some cancers—a significant leap in our understanding of carcinogenesis." More in The Wall Street Journal on the incredible impact of one of our first funded teams 👇 partners.wsj.com/cancer-grand-c…

After 9 years in the making, this story represents a true and heroic team effort across different labs, countries, and career stages. A huge thank you to everyone involved, with special thanks to Marta Ciwinska, Hristina, Hendrik, and the CGC Cancer Grand Challenges PRECISION team!! 🙏🙏🙏

🤯 Did you know that the menstrual cycle remodels breast tissue? 👉 Amazing new work by Colinda Scheele and colleagues CCB_VIB_KUL, KU Leuven, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Oncode Institute, Cambridge University, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Grand Challenges shows that this can impact cancer risk! vibbio.tech/3XtF5JA

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Introducing C-Further, an international consortium creating new therapeutics for children’s & young people’s cancers. We’re thrilled to launch C-Further with our founding partner LifeArc, with an initial £28m investment. More: bit.ly/3Tj6awN 👇