Professor of Immunology /Cancer Research UK Senior Fellow @MRC_LMCB @UCL | Lymphoid tissue biology #immunity #cancer | #SciArt | @CRUKresearch

Joined November 2016
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I’ve joined the migration… come and find us there! bsky.app/profile/actonlab.bs…
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6 Nov 2024
Such a pleasure to give a talk at the International Symposium Kanazawa University @nanolsi invited by my great friend @EishuHirata. Thanks for the invitation, it has been an honor. Great interactions and amazing hospitality. A trip to remember both scientifically and personally
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Dr Sophie Acton retweeted
6 Nov 2024
Also great to catch up with colleague @ActonLab and remember all days from @eriksahailab.
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Very pleased to have joined the team @discovimmunol as a senior editor @britsocimm journal publishing broad scope immunology research and review articles Please follow the journal ⬇️ And consider us for you next submission!
We're thrilled to announce that we’re now indexed in #PubMed Central🤩 A crucial step in our vision to becoming an invaluable resource for the global #immunology community! We couldn’t have done it without you – thank you to all our authors, reviewers, readers & advocates 💙
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What happens when unexpected happens!? 1) @johannalilja_ @IvaskaLab #JasminKaivola identified SHANK3 as a KRAS inhibitor 2) predicted SHANK3 depletion boosts KRASmut tumors 3) observed SHANK3 depletion kills KRAS-cells by ERK hyperactivation, apoptosis rdcu.be/dTQDP

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Really looking forward to this meeting organised by stellar @TheCrick post-docs. Places are still available for posters and short talks, so do come along to hear and discuss the latest findings in cancer research.
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Last call for abstract submission (deadline 6th September). Join us for this exciting #symposium @TheCrick on the new advances in #CancerResearch. We will host great #science and nurture one to one #networking. #Cancerconference #crickcancerconference eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-can…
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We are honoured & absolutely delighted to be awarded the #RogerWilliamsLegacyGrant2024 This will allow us to really get back into #immumometabolism, with some cutting edge techniques and hopefully some fabulous new collaborators👏😀🥂
We're thrilled to announce that the #RogerWilliamsLegacyGrant 2024 has been awarded to Dr Laura Pallett and her project ‘Living off the Land: Uncovering the metabolic preference of liver-resident T-cells’ at @iit_ucl @uclmedsci 👏👏 Congratulations @ljpally19 & team, we're delighted to be contributing towards this vital work in #MASLD 🧪👩‍🔬🧬 #LiverTwitter #LiverResearch #Hepatology #RogerWilliamsLegacyGrant @ucl
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Dr Sophie Acton retweeted
16 Jul 2024
📢JOB ALERT!! Our team is looking for a motivated postdoctoral researcher to lead a project exploring the role of cancer-associated fibroblast (#CAF) heterogeneity in treatment responses in breast cancer, as part of a @ContraCancerEs project. Please share! More details👇
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Happy to share the review Orion & I wrote for Current Opinion in Cell Biology ! @OWeinerLab authors.elsevier.com/a/1jPA2…
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So, it turns out that we now can do Western blot from single cells. Cool ! At least it worked for them in #cancer cells. Full story @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Looking forward to this weeks @Cambridgeimmuno seminar with Dr Sophie Acton, Group Leader @LMCB_UCL 🎙️“Stromal/Immune crosstalk to control lymphoid tissue structure and function” 📅Friday 12 July 1-2pm 📍 JCBC Lecture Theatre ➡️bit.ly/3RTbiqy @uclmedsci | @ActonLab
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Promotion success! "Professor Acton" - October 2024 Thank you @CRUKresearch, @ERC_Research, @wellcometrust for funding Thank you @LMCB_UCL, @UCLLifeSciences for mentorship and support since 2016. But above all, thank you to the amazing students and postdocs past and present
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Heard the news officially while working hard in the Greek sunshine… @DrDentie @S_Makris
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Reunion with @hlhorsnell2 !
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Unexpected and slightly overwhelming news from @uclmedsci. I am extremely grateful to @CRUKresearch for their constant support and most importantly the incredible scientists @uclcancer past and present who made this happen. A privilege to stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Together with @jenny_gels, we are delighted to share our recent review in @NatureRevCancer on "The importance of 3D matrix architecture in cancer & implications for biomaterial model design" → rdcu.be/dK15H@GarvanInstitute @NottinghamVets @MedicineUoN @UoN_BDI
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The phrase ‘metastasis accounts for 90% of cancer deaths’ is one of the most widely used in cancer research, yet it is overly simplistic & imprecise. Here we dig deeper into the events leading to cancer mortality nature.com/articles/s41568-0… 1/2
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Cell shape sensing licenses dendritic cells for homeostatic migration to lymph nodes @NatImmunol nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
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