Behind every breakthrough are the tools that make it possible. New publication from Prof Paul French and colleagues at @imperialphysics.bsky.social describes an improved open-source optical autofocus system for microscopy, helping make high-quality imaging more accessible. 📖 buff.ly/9piqkZU

Quantitative evaluation of LED‐based optical autofocus module

We report an improved version of the open-source optical autofocus (OAF) module (openAF) for light microscopy, replacing the superluminescent diode (SLD) with a multimode-optical fibre-coupled LED…

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How can nanotechnology deliver chemotherapy + immunotherapy together? 💊🤖 Centre #PhD student Elina Tanskanen with @patelgroup.bsky.social and Jun Ishihara at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social developed a nanoparticle that co-delivers doxorubicin and IL-12 mRNA. 📖 buff.ly/KStmyG5

Researchers from @ucl.ac.uk, @cam.ac.uk and @icr.ac.uk combined computational modelling, #CancerBiology and clinical expertise to create a 'virtual tumour' model for non-small cell #LungCancer. @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social @crukcamcentre.bsky.social

New study in @pnasnexus.org shows tiny blood vessel structures can influence how #cancer spreads. When clusters of tumour cells pass through narrow vessels, branching points act like mechanical “splitting zones,” pulling them apart into smaller groups or single cells. 🔗 buff.ly/mP276vT

🔬 Join us online for our next Future Leaders Seminar on 17 June (12–1pm). Hear Centre PhD students share their research and experiences of working across disciplines as #ConvergenceScience researchers. Open to members across @icr.ac.uk and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Our students took part in a #PatientEngagement Workshop, sharing their research and hearing directly from patients. The conversations were a valuable reminder that effective #ScienceCommunication is about listening as well as explaining. Thank you to everyone involved. 🙏

🧬How can #genomics help us uncover cancer's vulnerabilities? Join us to hear how novel genomic approaches are revealing new insights into #cancer evolution and identifying potential therapeutic targets. #ConvergingOnCancer International Seminar 📅 2 July, 10-11am BST

New preprint from researchers at @imperialsci.bsky.social and @icr.ac.uk introduces CanonicalTockySeq - exploring how #TCells change over time during #immunotherapy to better understand treatment responses. ➡️ buff.ly/HUSjiDM @monotockylab.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social #CRUKFunded

Highlights of Centre supported research featured at #AACR26 🔬Includes: safer and more targeted therapies, #ProstateCancer drug development, liquid biopsy approaches to monitoring treatment response, improving #immunotherapies for solid tumours, and early detection. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/CBTKuV6

🤔 How can compounds released by immune cells help us better understand #cancer? Exciting to see Centre-funded Clinical Research Fellow Nader Bedwani as first author on a newly published scoping review on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by immune cells. @metabolomicsj.bsky.social

Great to see Centre-funded Clinical Research Fellow Nick Waldron as co-first author on a new review in the British Journal of Cancer as part of their Emerging Leaders series 👏

👏 Great to see our Centre students Aria, Maja and Killian supporting the YEAH! Careers event with an #AI-themed workshop for Year 8 & 9 pupils. These #WideningParticipation activities help give students early exposure to healthcare and #STEMCareers as they start thinking about GCSE choices.

🤔 How can #ConvergenceScience help unlock new treatments for #ChildhoodCancers? Our next #ConvergingOnCancer seminar will explore how researchers are advancing #PrecisionMedicine and targeted #CancerBiology to better understand and treat #PaediatricCancers.

💡Derisking Cancer Innovation We welcomed a delegation from @arpa-h.bsky.social the US federal funding agency mandated to accelerate high-impact biomedical breakthroughs, to the Centre where they met members of our Catalyst team, Patrick Kierkegaard, Bowen Su and @arnaudjlegrand.bsky.social

Convergence science at scale: From #CancerResearch to #AI and sustainability, our Centre and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social’s School of #ConvergenceScience are working in complementary ways to accelerate impact, tackling complex challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration. 👉 buff.ly/ot17sBx

🔬 New research reveals a dual‑drug strategy targeting a key weakness in cancer’s RNA processing Scientists at @icr.ac.uk & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social show how two existing drugs can be repurposed to disrupt RNA splicing - a process cancer cells depend on to survive.

#AACR2026 Do not miss this poster from @udaibanerji.bsky.social and team, involving work from one of our CRUK-funded PhD students, Brian Cunningham.

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At #AACR26. Leveraging cancer stroma to deliver anticancer drugs. Fibroblast co-culture experiments in PDAC and sarcoma cell lines to study the role of AVA6000 a FAP activated doxorubicin prodrug as a single agent and in combination. @icr.ac.uk @crukconvergence.bsky.social

If you’re attending #AACR2026, don’t miss this poster from @udaibanerji.bsky.social and team, showcasing Centre‑supported high‑impact research from the Drug Development Unit at the ICR and The Royal Marsden

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At #AACR26 Poster 6457.CD137 agonist. Exciting responses in breast cancer and high spec pharmacodynamic imaging showing decreasing metabolism (FDG-PET) but increasing lymphocytic infiltration (CD8 PET). @icr.ac.uk @royalmarsden.org @crukconvergence.bsky.social @ecmc-uk.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

🔬 How is #AI changing decisions in #cancer care? Our next #ConvergingOnCancer seminar explores how data, imaging & AI are helping doctors better understand and respond to cancer.

💡 New research is shining a light on the hidden costs of living with and beyond breast cancer in the UK. At the 15th European Breast Cancer Conference, Patrick Kierkegaard, (the Centre's Implementation Science Lead) spoke to the Daily Mail about findings from the CASCARA programme.

Since COVID, lateral flow tests are widely used in healthcare but could they detect #OvarianCancer? New research from our PhD student Aida Abdelwahed, supervised by Prof Molly Stevens and Dr Srdjan Saso, explores how #nanotechnology could test multiple biomarkers at once. 🔗 buff.ly/hRGAG8s

🔬 How can we better harness the immune system to fight cancer? Our next #ConvergingOnCancer seminar will explore how researchers are enhancing anti-tumour immune responses through cross-disciplinary approaches. 📅 16th April, 10-11am

Great to see CSC students Aria, Saki & Shania inspiring the next generation at an @icr.ac.uk careers event 👏 6th-form students visited labs, explored #CancerResearch careers, and heard directly from scientists 🧪 Huge thanks to everyone who took part, these moments really help open up #STEM pathways

Does routine sample preservation change the metals inside breast tumours? A new study in @pubs.acs.org featuring Centre-funded #PhD student Amy Lovejoy found key metals remain largely intact after processing - meaning archived samples can still reveal important biology. 🔗 buff.ly/cWYGMiX

Know a teacher with curious sixth-form students? Please share 📣 The Science in Medicine School Teams Prize @imperialnhli.bsky.social invites student teams to develop a creative, science-informed idea that could help address inequalities in #cancer risk or access to care.

Congratulations to Dr Mathew Vithayathil, one of our Clinical Research Fellows, on his publication in @thelancet.com Using #MachineLearning to predict survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma - an important step towards more personalised #cancer care. 📰 buff.ly/IY14trj #ConvergenceScience

Early detection saves lives but screening doesn’t catch every #cancer. For patients diagnosed later with #ColorectalCancer or #GIST, precision in surgery can shape long-term recovery.

Our 2026 Annual Symposium brought together researchers from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @icr.ac.uk to showcase personalised diagnostics, convergence therapies and resistance monitoring. The day showed how #Biology, #Engineering, #DataScience and clinical insight accelerate #CancerResearch

🌍 #ConvergingOnCancer: International Online Seminar The #convergence of biological pathways: from cell death to immune responses and from autophagy to genome stability. 🗓 Thursday 5th March 2026 🕙 10–11am GMT | 11–12 CET | 6–7pm SGT 🔗 bit.ly/3OzEBQ0

Sixth-form students have bright ideas for better #Cancer care as part of Imperial’s Science in Medicine School Teams Prize💡 So much creativity on show - congratulations to all involved! 👏 👉 Read more: www.convergencesciencecentre.ac.uk/news-events/... @imperialmed.bsky.social #ConvergenceScience