A fantastic Curie reunion in Boston today, like no time had passed at all. 💕 Somehow, the friends you make during your PhD become a place you can always call home. 🥰🫶🏼

Thinking of the women of Iran, enduring so much www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab - rights group

The 29-year-old and eight other musicians have been punished by the autocratic regime for sharing ‘vulgar and immoral content’

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Halfway through today's Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network Symposium! lf you're in attendance today, don't forget to check out the posters on display in the networking area. 👇

Great to be here at @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social for today's Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network Symposium! 🥼 Thanks to all our sponsors: @novogene-europe.bsky.social, Immunocore, Immudex, @britsocimm.bsky.social, Olink & Immunotherapy Advances!

Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network (OCION) Director @timmunologist.bsky.social shares the network’s achievements to date at today’s Symposium. Since launching in 2023, OCION has awarded £199,367 in pump-prime funding to accelerate innovative cancer immuno-oncology research across Oxford. 👏

HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30 www.thetimes.com/article/6e58...

HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30

There were no deaths from the disease among women aged 20 to 24 from 2020-2024, according to the research

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Happy birthday to #paleontologist Mary Anning (1799 – 1847)! 🧪🐡⚒️ #histsci She was the wrong class, sex & religious denomination to gain the education, opportunity to work & communicate her results or garner any respect as a pioneering paleontologist. Further, during her lifetime most people thought

This Friday, we are carrying out the first CIO Fun Run™️, a non-competitive 5-10K for everyone in our department, with a social drinks and snacks get-together afterwards. We are raising money for #CancerResearchUK @cruk-mi.bsky.social 🏃‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏽‍♂️ Donate here: fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/cio-run...

CIO Run Fun 2026 CRUK Fundraiser

Thanks for taking the time to visit my fundraising page. Cancer is happening right now, which is why I’m fundraising right now for Cancer Research UK. There’s no time to lose! Donate to my page today...

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Science literacy rates are at an all time low

Overlapping MHC class I/II Epitopes Program cDC1-like Differentiation of Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells via mTORC1 Signaling Inhibition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.06.716309v1

La nueva normalidad climática: un planeta en +1,5ºC. Gráfica: días por encima de 1,5°C durante los primeros 3 meses desde 1940. Se viene otro El Niño potente. Las emisiones, récord. Y seguimos destruyendo muchísima biodiversidad. No hay planeta B.

I can't stop admiring this photo by the Artemis II crew made of the moon. (Nikon D5 shot at f 7.1 at 800th of a second on 400 iso at 80 mm)

Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom in attempt to reverse declines in reading, math, and science. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom

Sweden is bringing back books amid declining test scores.

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More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

#OTD in 1964, Yvonne Barr co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first known 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 tumor virus. She cultured the cell lines that allowed the virus be seen. Proving viruses cause human cancer is "one of the 20th century's most significant scientific discoveries." #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth

Gastro-weekend with friends☺️ First attempt at making this black sesame and raspberry tart 👩🏻‍🍳 it was about time to come back to fine pâtisserie, turned out delicious! 😋

Em sobta que a una catedràtica se la tracti de “Sra. Llop” a Via Lliure @rac1oficial.bsky.social crec que és important que es visibilitzi el Dra. o Prof., sobretot quan als homes catedràtics se’ls tracta sovint amb aquests títols.

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

Much fun last evening at the East Oxford life drawing session 👩🏻‍🎨 Trying to be more experimental, mixing pen and watercolour here 🎨 #eastoxford #lifedrawing

Unraveling CD8 lineage decisions reveals that functionally distinct CD8+ T cells are selected by different MHC-I thymic peptides @natimmunol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring A new review of the evidence just out www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

"It's my turn to use the microscope"

Natural killer (NK) cells are primarily being assessed to treat cancer, but they have substantial potential for Rx of neurodegenerative diseases, viral infections, and autoimmune conditions. A first-rate review, open-access rupress.org/jem/article/...

it's more of a comment than a ques

Great discussion - patient groups are central to A/I partnerships -especially in the ED/prevention space….

Oxford Cancer@oxfordcancer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Tim Elliott @timmunologist.bsky.social chairs today's panel discussion at #OXCODE25! The panel consider: 'Are industry/academia partnerships essential for advancing early detection and prevention research for patient benefit?' #OxfordCancer #Prevention #EarlyDetection

Are you interested in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research? Julliet Lwiindi, Oxford Cancer's PPI Officer, shares a little about how Cancer Researchers at the University of Oxford can engage with our PPI group 👇 www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/blog-pa...

BLOG: Patient and Public Involvement in Research

Are you interested in public engagement with cancer research? Julliet Lwiindi, Oxford Cancer's Public Engagement and Involvement Officer, shares a little about the ways in which you can engage with ou...

cancer.ox.ac.uk

Tim Elliott @timmunologist.bsky.social chairs today's panel discussion at #OXCODE25! The panel consider: 'Are industry/academia partnerships essential for advancing early detection and prevention research for patient benefit?' #OxfordCancer #Prevention #EarlyDetection

Pantone says the color is calming and relaxing. Critics say it's a reflection of the current political climate.

Backlash Hits Pantone After Color Of The Year Slammed As 'Tone Deaf,' 'Dystopian’

Pantone says the color is calming and relaxing. Critics say it's a reflection of the current political climate.

forbes.com

What happens to the thousands of intestinal cells that have tumour-initiating DNA mutations? go.nature.com/4rBbOtq

Order in which cancer-driving mutations occur affects the chance of tumour development

Randomly acquired mutations face strong negative selection, except on certain cancer-promoting backgrounds.

go.nature.com