🎓 PhD job opportunity. Join our team of Science Communications Ambassadors!
✔️ Paid role
✔️ Full training provided
✔️ Create digital content
✔️ Inspire others to consider a PhD
Perfect for current PhD students interested in science communications.
👉 Apply: https://ow.ly/85Nu50YLgIn
📣 Join us for a free public webinar on 30 April, 18:00–19:00 BST!
Hear the latest updates from the STRAVINSKY study, exploring COVID 19 risk in people with weakened immune systems. It’s free to attend with an open Q&A
Register now: vist.ly/4yunx
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🗳️ Back from a holiday and into election season!
At @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social, we’ve set out what we want the new governments to deliver for people affected by blood cancer in Scotland and Wales. Now we need your help!
Shame this is not going to free open access for all z(I had to log in) as some really inspirational stories of excellent PhD experiences and supervisor practices in @nature.com - Any chance of a free link to share? #Academia #PhDLife
Want to understand how vaccines actually work? #WorldHealthDay #StandWithScience 🔬
Our guides explain how vaccines work with the immune system to help prevent disease, supporting informed, confident decisions.
Click here to explore our guides: vist.ly/4xjxt
Now entering its home stretch, the Big Catch Up was launched in 2023 to protect millions of kids who missed out on essential vaccines during the pandemic. In the build-up to World Immunization Week later this month, we'll be showcasing the results and impact of this world-first initiative.
Exciting progress in blood cancer research! New AI tools are showing real promise in helping detect conditions like leukaemia more quickly and accurately from simple blood smears. 🩸
Read more about the research. 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, ASH recognizes everyone impacted by bleeding disorders and the clinicians and researchers working toward better care. Continued research is essential to improving outcomes and expanding treatment options.
#BleedingDisordersAwarenessMonth
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25 years ago, our scientists helped prove the link between HPV and cervical cancer, laying the groundwork for the HPV vaccine.
Today, we’re supporting global efforts to prevent cervical cancer through HPV vaccination in countries where the burden is highest.
Learn more: cruk.ink/3Pf5Srm
Looking to build vital skills for your future? Additional training or workshops could give you an important edge!
Our Career Enhancing Grant supports training like this. Applications close 25 March.
Explore how we can support you & apply here: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL
What does the National Cancer Plan for England mean for people with blood cancer?
After the Government published the Plan earlier this month, we set out what it could mean for our community & where we’ll be pushing to make sure ambition turns into impact.
https://bit.ly/3MV7hmd
Meet Dr Claire Roddie, one of our incredible blood cancer researchers 👩🔬🔬
She's trying to understand why CAR T-cell therapy can be life-changing for some people with blood cancer, but not work as well for others.
🎉 Happy Women in Science Day! 👩🔬
👉 Today we celebrate the curiosity, resilience, and determination of women in science. From laboratories to classrooms, from bold questions to groundbreaking discoveries, their contributions shape the future of research and innovation. 🧪🧬
How does immunotherapy help us treat cancer?
On World Cancer Day, join Crick group leader and clinical oncologist @Samra Turajlic as she discusses the successes and challenges of immunotherapy, as well as her team’s work to try and improve patient outcomes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ci...
Anti-vaccine sentiment is rising, boosted by social media, activism & mis-info. Conventional approaches to address convenience, complacency & confidence factors aren't enough. What else can & should we be doing?
Read our editorial here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@rsph.bsky.social
ASH is proud to announce the new ASH Award for Research Careers in Hematology (ARCH), successor to the ASH Bridge Grant. ARCH provides 150,000 dollars to support research that advances the care of patients with blood disorders. Apply: www.hematology.org/awards/caree...
#Fight4Hematology
Very excited to announce that registration is open for the BSMB Spring 2026 meeting in Manchester, April 13-14th. Already an amazing lineup and lots of opportunities to speak!
Register, bsmb.ac.uk/meetings/ecm... @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social
Six countries in the WHO European region just lost their measles-free status, including the UK and Spain. In 13 others, including France and Germany, measles is now endemic again. 🧵
Really looking forward to speaking (for the 3rd year!) at the British Society for Immunology (@britsocimm.bsky.social) Foundations of Immunology course on 18 March 🧬
A brilliant one-day online course covering core immunology for all backgrounds 🧪
Register 👉 www.immunology.org/training/Fou...
Webinar
📢 Beyond Publication: How to Increase Citations and Academic Reach
Join our webinar featuring Silvia Gutiérrez from Wikimedia Foundation, sharing insights on how having your research cited on Wikipedia can amplify your impact.
Register here: https://ow.ly/nqyo50XRX5r
Image shows an advert for a Scientific Officer at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute Lab Group: Stem Cell Biology Salary: £24,500 – £36,263 dependent upon experience Job ID: MI/25/52 Photograph shows a researcher wearing purple gloves and pipetting in a tissue culture hood Closing date: 1st February 2026
New year, new job? 🥼
We're recruiting a Scientific Officer to join our Stem Cell Biology Group led by Prof Georges Lacaud
You'll support the group as they aim to improve #leukaemia treatment & develop in vitro production of blood cells for #immunotherapy
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/mi-25...
(1/6) 🚀New in 2026: ySPI Career Seminars
We are launching the ySPI Career Seminars, an initiative by our Young SPI (ySPI) group to support early career researchers.
Image says Happy New Year in text where each letter contains part of an image - including pictures of cancer cells, histology slides, microscopy images, and the Paterson Building and Oglesby Cancer Research Building
Wishing a very Happy New Year to all of our research community and to our collaborators in Manchester, across the UK and worldwide & everyone who follows our updates
We're excited about new developments in #CancerResearch that 2026 will bring and we look forward to sharing them with you all
Happy new year from Sussex Blood Cancer Research!
If you’re an ambitious haematology scientist/clinician seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host.
Information, support and policy 👇👇
www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
As 2025 draws to a close, and we sign off for the Xmas New Year break, with @sussexcancer.org we review another great year for the Sussex Blood Cancer Research Network.
With more exciting news to announce soon, here’s to a pleasant and fruitful 2026 🥂
sussexcancer.org/news/sussex-...
New #ScienceAdvances analyses of remains from two English towns show how the Industrial Revolution impacted health beyond cities. https://scim.ag/3KXlfD9
Out now: We present antibody-lectin chimeras (AbLecs) as a molecular platform to target sugars, or glycans, for cancer immunotherapy.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social
Activation status of airway immune cells is a defining feature of severe asthma, regardless of fungal sensitization: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
You deserve it!! 🌟
Congratulations @tracyh9494.bsky.social on your lifetime achievement award in mentoring 🌟 Tracy was such an incredible support throughout my PhD and beyond 🫶🏼, an incredible scientist and person www.nature.com/nature/award... @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
