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Read more at: The Early Cancer Institute is changing the story of cancer
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The Early Cancer Institute is changing the story of cancer

23 July 2024

The research work carried out at the Early Cancer Institute in Cambridge plays a fundamental role in changing the story of cancer. Watch a video that shows how we're finding radical new ways to spot cancer early so that it can be treated more easily.


Read more at: Inaugural MRC cross-sector award for Becky Walker-Smith
Dr Rebecca Walker-Smith

Inaugural MRC cross-sector award for Becky Walker-Smith

17 July 2024

Congratulations to Becky Walker-Smith, postdoctoral research associate in the Fitzgerald Group, who has successfully been awarded a Cross-Sector Experience Award by the MRC. Becky is one of the inaugural cohort of researchers to be granted this funding which was introduced in November 2023. The awards provide up to £100k...


Read more at: Fitzgerald Lab student wins best presentation at Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress
Aisha Yusuf is awarded the best oral presentation at the Asia-Pacific Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress 2024

Fitzgerald Lab student wins best presentation at Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress

12 July 2024

Congratulations to Fitzgerald Lab PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, Aisha Yusuf, who was awarded the 'best oral presentation' at the Asia-Pacific Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress in July 2024.


Read more at: Andreas Hadjinicolaou named BSG Young Gastroenterologist of the Year
Andreas Hadjinicolaou - BSG young gastroenterologist of the year

Andreas Hadjinicolaou named BSG Young Gastroenterologist of the Year

11 July 2024

Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou, Clinical Lecturer in Early Detection of GI cancers at the Early Cancer Institute and Honorary Speciality Registrar in Gastroenterology, has been awarded the Young Gastroenterologist of the Year Prize by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). The prestigious award is given to the most...


Read more at: ACED PhD student publishes in BMJ Medical Ethics
Elspeth Davies, ACED PhD Student

ACED PhD student publishes in BMJ Medical Ethics

11 July 2024

Congratulations to Elspeth Davies, CRUK Alliance for Early Detection (ACED) funded PhD student in the Department of Social Anthropology who has had a paper published in The British Medical Journal of Medical Ethics. The fascinating paper explains some of the findings of the four years of Elspeth’s PhD research which...


Read more at: The ECI welcomes Professor Utkan Demirci
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The ECI welcomes Professor Utkan Demirci

11 July 2024

We are thrilled to welcome Professor Utkan Demirci to Cambridge. Utkan joins us as a visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, from Stanford University where he leads the Bio-Acoustic MEMS in Medicine (BAMM) Laboratory. His research focuses on applying micro- and nanoscale technologies to problems in medicine at the...


Read more at: Early Cancer Institute team takes part in Race For Life 2024
The Early Cancer Detectives Team at the Race For Life

Early Cancer Institute team takes part in Race For Life 2024

2 July 2024

Congratulations to members of the Early Cancer Institute who took part in the Race For Life in Cambridge on Sunday 30th June 2024, raising just under £3,000 for Cancer Research UK.


Read more at: Dr Massi di Pietro promoted to Principal Research Associate
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Dr Massi di Pietro promoted to Principal Research Associate

12 June 2024

Congratulations to Clinician Scientist Dr Massimiliano di Pietro who has been promoted to Principal Research Associate. Massi’s research centres around early detection of upper gastro-intestinal cancer, with particular focus on oesophageal and stomach (gastric) cancers and risk stratification of patients with Barrett's...


Read more at: Steps towards specific imaging of senescent cells in tumours
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Steps towards specific imaging of senescent cells in tumours

6 June 2024

Early Cancer Institute researchers and their collaborators have developed a probe that might be useful in the future for imaging patients’ responses to cancer therapy. The research, led by Early Cancer Institute group leader Daniel Muñoz-Espín and Ljiljana Fruk of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology...


Read more at: Success for Early Cancer Institute members at DDW 2024
Members of the Fitzgerald Group at the DDW conference

Success for Early Cancer Institute members at DDW 2024

24 May 2024

Congratulations to members of the Institute's Fitzgerald Group who had great success at the Digestive Diesease Week 2024. This included giving a number of oral presentations, a distinguished abstract and the Morton I. Grossman Distinguished Lecture, which recognises outstanding research in the area of gastroenterology.