🎉 Congratulations to the Carroll Lab who have received a Wellcome Discovery Award! They will be studying the fundamental processes of the highly unusual but important protein FOXA1, a major driver in breast and prostate cancer. Read more here ⤵️ shorturl.at/kEOPZ

Our world-leading researchers have backed Cancer Research UK 's call for urgent investment in cancer research, to enable #MoreResearchLessCancer. Read more about the call, signed by Prof Sir Steve Jackson, Prof Greg Hannon and Prof Richard Gilbertson 👉 cruk.cam.ac.uk/world-renowned…

Finishing touches are being made for tomorrow's Symposium at The Old Divinity School, St John's College, Cambridge. Final programme can be downloaded here: crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/cambridge… you tomorrow!

Looking forward to our second Cambridge Precision Breast Cancer Symposium hosted by CRUK Cambridge Centre: Breast Cancer today at St John’s College Cambridge University. We’ve a fantastic lineup of speakers sharing exciting advances in #breastcancer research.

Kicking off #CPBC2024 in the beautiful Old Divinity School, St John’s College with keynote speaker Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield BSMS talking about patients understanding of risk and uncertainty in genetic and genomic testing.

A truly inspiring day of discussions in breast cancer research at the #CPBC2024 ! Showcasing the work of the lab with Rebecca Burrell’s talk and posters from Hamish McMillan George Couch Krysia Sadzikowska and Giacomo Borsari who even took the poster prize home! 👏

📡The first paper from the #PARTNER Clinical Trial, led by Jean Abraham, has just been published in nature. Thanks to all the patients who took part & their families/supporters, also the centres & teams across the UK that recruited to the study.🧵 nature.com/articles/s4158….

Sign up 👇 to hear key recommendations for addressing global inequities in #breastcancer. The Lancet #BreastCancer commission led by Prof Charlotte Coles Cambridge University Cambridge University Hospitals NHS. Tues 16 April, 14:00 online Breast Cancer Now ABC Global Alliance National Institute for Health and Care Research eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lancet-b…

The Institute really is a special place to work. When the sun comes out, our fabulous cafe team take things outside for a spontaneous barbecue! 🌞 SPF on...of course! 🧴

Congratulations to our postdoc Hamish McMillan for winning the best postdoctoral poster award at the 8th #PacRim breast and prostate cancer 2024 meeting in Darwin! Well done 🧬😊

Pacrim Breast and Prostate cancer conference, Darwin, Australia. Amazing location and even better Science.

🐟🐟 Thrilled to share that I have been awarded a €2.5M Starting Grant from European Research Council (ERC) for my project Fish-S.H.I.E.L.D. 🎉 Hosted by Universitetet i Oslo, we will explore the immune surveillance system of the branchial cavity to protect fish against infectious diseases in aquaculture.

We are on a roll! Another PhD student from the lab successfully defended his thesis yesterday 👏 Congratulations Dr Borsari, we are so proud!! 🥳 Thank you to examiners Luca Magnani and Ritwick Sawarkar

Our lab's very first manuscript is out in BioRxiv. Hope this would be interesting for many breast cancer scientists: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Manchester Cancer Research Centre Manchester Breast Centre LobularBCUK UoM Biology, Medicine and Health

Jay (and some members of the lab) featured on last night's BBC Look East! You can watch it here ⬇️

Today we’re sharing the latest advances in precision #breastcancer research at our 3rd @crukcambreast annual symposium #CPBC2025 with a stellar lineup of speakers from Cambridge, The ICR, The University of Manchester, Edinburgh Napier University and Cancer at Cedars-Sinai. 🙏 Exact Sciences

Today the lab attended the annual Precision Breat Cancer Symposium #CPBC2025 and showcased some of our projects! 🧬 A great day discussing the latest advancements in the field with our own Krysia Sadzikowska deservingly winning the poster prize 🏆🥳 !

Our final year MD/PhD student Krysia Sadzikowska presented her findings at the latest Clinical Research Fellows Meeting at the Crick Institute! 👩‍⚕️ Well done, Krysia 👏

Huge congratulations to Krysia Sadzikowska, who successfully defended her PhD thesis this week! Thank you to the examiners Adrian Bracken Trinity College Dublin and Harveer Dev Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge

A new trial has found that a progesterone-based drug can support breast cancer treatment when used alongside standard therapy. This began with research at our Institute by Prof Jason Carroll and colleagues, and was taken into the clinic via the #PIONEER trial with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS.