Catch up on the latest news, updates, and stories from our community and beyond. From important announcements to behind-the-scenes highlights, there’s always something new to explore. Scroll down to read the latest posts and see what we've been up to.
Welcome to our newest group leader, Dr Alastair Lamb.
General News 3 April 2025
When Dr Alex Papachristodoulou joined our MSc programme at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, he discovered his passion for cancer research and set out on a career path that led him to launch his own independent lab.
General News 26 February 2025
We explore Nobel-Prize-winning research and the theory behind AI, and speak with Dr Vivek Singh, Dr Oscar Maiques and Professor Claude Chelala, three researchers using cutting-edge AI in their work at the BCI.
General News 16 December 2024
Congratulations to Professor Sarah McClelland, who has received a £1,500,000 Programme Foundation Award from Cancer Research UK (CRUK), to support her lab’s work at Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), Queen Mary University of London.
General News 25 November 2024
For Blood Cancer Awareness Month, Dr Lou Herman reflects on the current challenges facing blood cancer patients and how we’re addressing them.
Interviews 30 September 2024
Meet Dr Joash Joy, a postdoctoral researcher working on engineering artificial tumours to explore how cancer therapies can be made more effective.
General News 29 August 2024
Why does cancer disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ people? We spoke to Dr Alison Berner.
General News 28 June 2024
Welcome to our newest group leader, Dr Oscar Maiques.
General News 20 June 2024
Our new Director Professor Nitzan Rosenfeld tells us about his journey leading to the BCI.
General News 2 April 2024
Dr Vivek Singh will be researching innovative AI approaches to medical data analysis.
General News 22 January 2024
We spoke to Professor Richard Grose about his lab's latest study, which uses mini-tumours to understand how pancreatic cancer coerces normal cells to help it spread to other tissues. The new paper has been featured on the cover of the latest issue of the Journal of Pathology.
General News 19 December 2023
One of our VOICE participants explains why she travelled half way around the world to take part
Engagement 27 September 2023
A new technique produces stunning, nebula-like images of tumours that provide crucial insights into cancer, how it behaves and how our immune cells attempt to fight it.
General News 6 July 2023
Professor Francesca Ciccarelli will be joining Barts Cancer Institute to lead our Centre for Cancer Genomics & Computational Biology.
General News 24 April 2023
We are pleased to welcome Dr Özgen Deniz to Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) at Queen Mary University of London as a Lecturer and Group Leader. After receiving a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship, Dr Deniz is establishing her own independent research group in BCI’s Centre for Haemato-Oncology.
General News 21 December 2022
Professor Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic and her team at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, are working to identify biological clues or ‘biomarkers’ for early, non-invasive detection of pancreatic cancer in urine samples. In their most recent paper, published in the International Journal of Cancer, the team reported that a urine biomarker panel could detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer, up to 2 years before clinical diagnosis.
General News 28 November 2022
Recently, the PCRF Tissue Bank registered its 1,000th tissue donor, reaching a new milestone. We spoke with Amina Saad, who is responsible for over 660 donor registrations, including the Tissue Bank’s 1,000th registration, about her role as a Tissue Collection Officer within the Tissue Bank team.
General News 29 September 2022
This International Clinical Trials Day, we spoke with Professor Marco Gerlinger. Professor Gerlinger and his team’s laboratory research focuses on understanding and overcoming drug resistance in bowel and gastro-oesophageal cancers, and identifying new and more effective ways to treat these cancers using immunotherapies and combination therapies.
General News 20 May 2022