brooks-lab.bsky.social
Group Leader at the University of Oxford Interested in brain cancer plasticity and therapy resistance https://www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/team/lucy-brooks www.brookslab.co.uk
👤 Joined on 07 May 2025
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@brooks-lab.bsky.socialIn early-2025 I was reeling from a ‘scored fundable’ grant application that was not funded. I really believed in this grant and knew the ideas were good but the review panel just weren’t into the project and there nothing more I could do. That’s science, but it hurts. (1/8)
Show Post🎉 Group Leader Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social has been appointed Professor of Cancer-Immune Interactions at Leiden University. Congratulations Leila! www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Show PostNew @natgenet.nature.com paper from the brilliant @eszterlakatos.bsky.social presents evidence that chromatin alterations disrupt antigen presentation & neoantigens in colorectal cancer. Also that immune escape is part of the "Big Bang", at the outset of CRC growth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Show Post🚨 A new treatment is showing real promise for head & neck cancer. #Amivantamab shrank or halted tumours in 76 per cent of patients in a new trial presented at @myesmo.bsky.social by ICR's Professor Kevin Harrington and The Royal Marsden. #ESMO25 #CancerResearch
Show PostHaving a session focused on chromosomal instability at #ESMO25 was incredible - fantastically engaged audience and such a great session - really hope we can make breakthroughs in treating these aggressive cancers
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