Cancer Grand Challenges

Final call for abstracts! This week is the last chance to submit your abstract for the Cancer Grand Challenges Conference: Cancer and the host cancergrandchallenges.org/conferences/ca… 🚨 Submit by Friday 20 March for the opportunity to join an outstanding line-up of speakers #CancerGrandChallenges #CancerResearch

📰 NEWS: Five global teams awarded £100 million to take on the toughest challenges at the frontiers of cancer science Read more: oncologynewstoday.co.uk/five-global-te… @CancerGrand @CR_UK @theNCI

A huge thank you to our fantastic speakers, world leading research teams, eminent scientific committee, coalition of visionary partners and donors, and everyone who joined us for an inspiring week driven by collaboration and global partnership. Read more about how our teams are accelerating breakthroughs in cancer research, in our latest edition of Discover: features.cancergrandchallenges.org/highlights/ #CancerGrandChallenges #CGCSummit

📢We are seeking highly talented and motivated cancer biologist to join our lab at @TheCrick to investigate cell state rewiring in colorectal cancer and the implications in drug resistance. This project is funded by @CancerGrand the REWIRE-CAN team. 👇 linkedin.com/jobs/view/4381…

Don’t forget - next week is the final week to submit abstracts for the #CancerGrandChallenges event: Cancer and the Host cancergrandchallenges.org/conferences/ca… 📥 Abstract deadline: 20 March 🗓️ 17–19 June 2026 📍The Royal Society, London This conference brings together leading researchers to explore cancer as a systemic disease. Whether you study immune regulation, organ crosstalk, microbiome influence, systemic metabolism, or novel modelling approaches - We want to hear from you!

The Cancer Grand Challenge Summit, taking place in London this week, brings together our research teams, global network of partners, funders and #CancerGrandChallenges patient advocates. It’s a true powerhouse united by the power of global collaboration to take on cancer’s toughest challenges. Yesterday we announced five new global teams who will take on five new challenges. 👉features.cancergrandchallenges.org

@JimMansfieldYWG @ElizSMcKenna @CD_AACR Find more about the teams here: cancergrandchallenges.org/new-teams-anno…

@ElizSMcKenna @CancerGrand @CD_AACR Is there a publicly viewable list?

The new @CancerGrand Challenges teams have just been announced! Read about the teams tackling cancer avoidance, mechanisms driving mutational signatures, the dark proteome, cancer neuroscience, and rewiring cancer cells now in @CD_AACR: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscover…

Today we are excited to launch Discover, our annual progress magazine showcasing a year of extraordinary scientific breakthroughs and the latest #CancerGrandChallenges announcements. features.cancergrandchallenges.org Here’s a glimpse of what’s inside: 🔬 Updates from across the Cancer Grand Challenges community 💡 25/26 highlights and impact so far 🌍 Announcement of FIVE NEW research teams 🔍 Feature pieces 🤝 Reflections from our coalition of partners and donors

📰 News announcement! cancergrandchallenges.org/new-teams-anno… We’re thrilled to welcome five world-leading scientific teams, each awarded up to £20 million, to take on some of the toughest unanswered questions in #CancerResearch. Find out more about the teams and their challenges.

With only 150 places, this conference is designed for meaningful, high-impact conversations and encourages open discussion between researchers, clinicians, industry leaders, and policymakers to spark collaborations and drive innovation that reflects the complexity of cancer. 📥 Abstract deadline 20 March 🗓️ 17–19 June 2026 📍The Royal Society, London 📝 Register now 🔗 cancergrandchallenges.org/conferences/ca…

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate women who are redefining what’s possible in cancer research. Across Cancer Grand Challenges, women researchers are reshaping how we understand cancer, how we collaborate across borders, and how science delivers for patients worldwide. 👉 Swipe to meet some of the future leaders in cancer research making a real impact @LauraTorrensF, @RuiyiTian, @KatieeYost, @PPCenteno22 #EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenScienceDay #GirlsInSTEM

🧬 ecDNA = a genomic wildcard in cancer A new @NatRevDrugDisc review led by #eDyNAmiC’s @PaulMischel @StanfordMed, Howard Chang & @bencravatt @scrippsresearch, highlights the progress, challenges and future directions for ecDNA directed therapeutics. 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41573… eDyNAmiC is funded by: @CR_UK, @theNCI, @EmCollective and The Kamini & Vindi Banga Family Trust through Cancer Grand Challenges #CancerResearch #CancerInnovation #cancergrandchallenges

🎧 @KimmieNgMD (#CancerGrandChallenges team #OPTIMISTICC) on the @FierceHealth podcast #Podnosis with @gliadkovskaya. She discusses why colorectal cancer rates are rising in younger people — from diet & lifestyle to the microbiome — and how global research is tackling this urgent challenge. ▶️ fiercehealthcare.com/providers/how-… OPTIMISTICC was funded by: @CR_UK , @BowelbabeF for Cancer Research UK and Nick and Annette Razey through Cancer Grand Challenges. #CancerResearch #ColorectalCancer #CancerInnovation

Behind every challenge we fund is a patient who can’t wait. That’s why we back fearless, global teams tackling cancer’s toughest problems. On #WorldCancerDay, we celebrate bold science — and what comes next. ▶️ Watch vimeo.com/1121197514?sha… #CancerResearch #UnitedbyUnique #CancerInnovation #GlobalHealth

🎉Congratulations to #CancerGrandChallenges members elected to the 2026 @AACR Academy Fellows! 👏 Kimberly Stegmaier, @DanaFarber Team #PROTECT | Solid tumours in children 👏 @bencravatt, @scrippsresearch Team #eDyNAmiC | Extrachromosomal DNA 👏 @GarryPNolan, @StanfordMed Team #STORMing | Cancer causes 👏 @DrTonyLetai, @theNCI An incredible and well-deserved recognition. 👏 🔗 lnkd.in/eYs_yCiS #AACR #CancerResearch #CancerGrandChallenges #TeamScience

Read more about #CancerGrandChallenges Team #KOODAC's innovative study, highlighted earlier this week in @Independent: 🔗independent.co.uk/news/health/sc… Through @CancerGrand, Team #KOODAC is funded by @CR_UK , @Institut_cancer and @KiKa8118 (Children Cancer Free Foundation).

🎉 Congratulations to Zhijian “James” Chen on receiving the 2026 @JapanPrizeAward in Life Sciences. Prof. Chen has been recognised for his ground-breaking discovery of the nucleic acid sensing mechanism in the innate immune system — a discovery that has reshaped our understanding of how the body detects and responds to threats. This achievement highlights years of visionary science and transformative impact on immunology, from understanding innate immune pathways to unlocking opportunities for new therapies. 👉Read the official announcement here: 🔗japanprize.jp/en/press_relea… #JapanPrize #LifeSciences #ScienceNews #Immunology #ResearchImpact #JamesChen #GlobalScience #STEM