Events for August 2025 – Barts Cancer Institute – Queen Mary University of London

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Students and demonstrators in the lab during the BURSThrough workshop

29th July 2025

Aspiring scientists gain a ‘burst’ of inspiration at the BCI

This month, we welcomed a total of 43 aspiring young scientists from across London to the Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), Queen Mary University of London, where they had the opportunity to meet researchers, try their hands in the lab and learn more about what it takes to become a scientist.

A man breathes into Owlstone Medical's ReCIVA Breath Sampler

23rd July 2025

Could a breath test detect blood cancer?

Molecules exhaled in the breath may provide clues to detect blood cancer, according to new research by scientists at Barts Cancer Institute. The findings could enable the development of a blood cancer breathalyser, providing a rapid, low-cost way to detect disease.

Germinal centre-like structures in the salivary glands of a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome. This microscopy image shows the relationship between molecules involved in the cell’s recycling process (autophagy; shown in red) and Lamin B1 (in green), a protein found at the edge of the cell nucleus. Areas with increased autophagy activity correspond to regions with lower amounts of Lamin B1, suggesting this recycling process helps control Lamin B1 levels in immune cells during autoimmune disease.

2nd July 2025

Cells’ recycling system plays a surprising role in shaping immune cells DNA

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which B cells – antibody-producing immune cells – use a cellular recycling process called autophagy to control changes to their DNA essential for antibody improvement. The findings could have future implications for the development of certain blood cancers and autoimmune diseases.

8th June 2025

Study reveals molecules enabling bowel cancer to hijack healing processes and spread

Scientists have uncovered how bowel cancer cells imitate our gut’s natural healing processes to adapt, spread and grow. The findings researchers at Barts Cancer Institute could lead to new treatment strategies aimed at preventing cancer spread.

Pancreatic cancer cells grown in culture, SEM. Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute. Source: Wellcome Collection.

22nd May 2025

Scientists explore new way to bring CAR-T cell therapy to pancreatic cancer

A new strategy to help powerful cancer-targeting immune cells, known as CAR-T cells, infiltrate pancreatic tumours has been developed by researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. The unique three-pronged approach could pave the way for making CAR-T cell therapy—a treatment that has transformed care for certain blood cancers—effective against pancreatic cancer, a disease that remains very difficult to treat.

Breast Cancer Inequalities: image shows two women in traditional South Asian and African dresses, with a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon

20th May 2025

Beyond ‘one size fits all’: Study reveals ethnic differences in breast cancer development and outcomes, demanding tailored care approaches

Women of African or South Asian genetic ancestry tend to develop breast cancer and die at a younger age than women of European ancestry, according to new research by Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. The study, which looked at clinical and genetic data from over 7,000 women with breast cancer, also found important genetic differences in these women’s cancers that could impact their diagnosis and treatment.