We are a unique purpose-built cancer research facility. Our aim is to save lives and speed recovery by improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
11 Nov 2025
An interesting event for the public to engage with research at Nottingham Trent University on the 11th of December!
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
8 Jul 2025
Extremely proud of Shraddha, research assistant in my lab, for winning this year’s Images of Research award🥇! She captured a beautiful picture showing the complex nature of #PancreaticCancer. Huge congratulations on this achievement! @vanGeestCancer @NTUBIOSCIENCES @NTUNews
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
25 Jun 2025
Congratulations to Ilayda for best poster prize in BSI midlands event
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
20 Jun 2025
LEAP event
It was great to meet the public and talk research!
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5 Jun 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Almigdad Elhajana and his supervisor Dr Silvia Ottaviani for receiving third prize at 2025 NTU Star conference! Well done!
5 Jun 2025
Congratulations to my PhD student Almigdad for winning third place🏆 for best presentation at NTU Star conference! Almigdad’s project investigates the role of #lncRNAs in #PancreaticCancer progression. Well done Almigdad! @NTUBIOSCIENCES @vanGeestCancer @ntu_research
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
5 Jun 2025
Our very talented Shraddha from the lab has been selected for the NTU Images of Research Competition 2025. Her image (number 5) is a beautiful image of #lncRNA in stage 3 #pancreaticcancer 🤩 @NTUBIOSCIENCES @vanGeestCancer
The public vote is now open. Please support! Link 👇
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3 Jun 2025
New preprint from Dr Ottaviani and colleagues. Congratulations!
3 Jun 2025
🚨 pre-print alert 🚨
Very excited to share our work on how chomotherapy affects cell-to-cell communication. If you are interesting in #p53, #DNAdamage, #scRNA-seq have a read! Thanks to all authors 🤩@NTUBIOSCIENCES
@vanGeestCancer biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
21 Feb 2025
It was great to share in the Nottingham Festival of Science. Lovely cell shapes made by kids!
@NTUBIOSCIENCES @MarkChrist_Lab @vanGeestCancer @NTU_Metabolism @ntu_research
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
19 Feb 2025
Interested in networking with other scientific or clinical researchers and updates in Immunology? Book your place in this fascinating event!
@NTU_Metabolism @ntu_research @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @vanGeestCancer
#NTU_Immunologu_group
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
29 Jan 2025
Cancer research Nottingham symposium CRN
Great talks and vibrant research environment!
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
24 Jan 2025
Congratulations to my PhD Almigdad for receiving a poster prize at the Cancer Research Nottingham Symposium 2025 today! Keep up the good work! #lncRNA #PancreaticCancer 🏆🤩 #proudPI @vanGeestCancer @NTUBIOSCIENCES @ntu_research
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6 Sep 2024
📣 Kayleigh Stewart is running the Robin Hood half-marathon on behalf of @NottmTrentUni, in support of our cancer centre! If you would like to contribute it would be much appreciated!
Well done Kayleigh and good luck! 👏🏻💪🏻🏃♀️➡️💚 justgiving.com/page/kayleigh…
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
4 Sep 2024
🚨 My lab is hiring! 🚨
We are looking for a Research Assistant to help us unravelling the role of #lncRNAs in #PancreaticCancer. Apply if you love lncRNAs and cancer biology 🧬💜 Come join us @NTUBIOSCIENCES @vanGeestCancer
Deadline: 18/09 vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobD…
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
17 Jul 2024
📣📣Did you see that one of our articles was discussed by major news outlet, The Guardian!? We wanted to share this incredible accomplishment for @maria_hatziap and their team! @guardian
The Guardian 🔗ow.ly/S4n350SEzR1
GHA Article 🔗ow.ly/esqv50SEzR0
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
15 Jul 2024
Many congratulations to my colleague and friend Dr Maria Hatziapostolou for this study on #PancreatiCancer published on @AGA_GHAdvances. Let’s keep on advancing research on this devastating disease! 💪🏻💜🧬🔬@vanGeestCancer @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @PancreaticCanUK
15 Jul 2024
A new study has revealed that a gene which works to slow the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer is ‘switched off’ by the disease, allowing it to become more aggressive.
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15 Jul 2024
Congratulations to our own Dr Maria Hatziapostolou @maria_hatziap and colleagues on this study advancing #PancreaticCancer research 🔬 🧬💜 Thanks to the main funder @PancreaticCanUK for making this work possible and @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @ntu_research
15 Jul 2024
A new study has revealed that a gene which works to slow the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer is ‘switched off’ by the disease, allowing it to become more aggressive.
@NTUSciTech @ntu_research @NTUBIOSCIENCES @vanGeestCancer
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10 Jul 2024
New equipment alert ‼️ Our brand new #Xenium @10xGenomics is up and running! First run completed today 🤩! Our researchers are looking forward to gaining new insights in #singlecellspatial imaging. #XeniumXplorers @LabRutella @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @ntu_research @NTUNews
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
9 Jul 2024
Hello Xenium @10xGenomics! It’s up and running in @vanGeestCancer! Training slides running overnight. How exciting!!! @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @ntu_research
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JvG Cancer Research retweeted
9 Jul 2024
📢 @SoapboxScience Nottingham is happening this weekend! Saturday 13th of July at Speakers’ Corner 11am till 2pm. I will be there talking about how cancer spread and how we study this in the lab. Come along if you are around! @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @vanGeestCancer
This weekend women scientists and engineers from @UoNScience and @NTUSciTech will take to Speakers' Corner to share exciting talks and debates on all things #STEM @rebecca_penguin @UoN_Physics @NTUNews
Full story here: tinyurl.com/w2hruksc
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