David Lewis

Molecular imaging at @CRUK_SI. Using PET/MRI, metabolomics and genomics to understand metabolic heterogeneity in lung cancer and improve cancer treatment.

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

🎉 Great to get this out. Fantastic effort from all our co-authors. Our latest research developing the sodium iodide symporter as an in vivo metabolic sensor for PET imaging. Check it out 👇

[CRUK Scotland Inst @CRUK_SI]

🆕Paper by Piotr Dzien, @kblyth1, @DavidYLewis and colleagues proposes PET imaging of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) as an in vivo testing method for metabolic treatments targeting energetic pathways to rapidly determine metabolic drug potency
https://t.co/qgcMEQCJo9

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

🧡💙 It’s #CancerCachexia Awareness Day 💙🧡

Yesterday at @CRUK_SI, the CANCAN team—led by Emma Brown & Lisa Duff—hosted an inspiring event to spotlight this devastating syndrome.
Thanks to Dr. Tobias Janowitz for his powerful talk.
@UofGlasgow
@CancerGrand
#YesWeCANCAN

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

🚨 We’re hiring a PET Preclinical Imaging Scientist at @UofGlasgow!
Lead cutting-edge PET imaging, collaborate with CRUK-SI & NHS GGC, and shape translational research.

💼 £50,253–£58,225
📅 Apply by 16 Oct
👉 https://t.co/nwqKpz16XF
#PETImaging #Jobs

[CRUK Scotland Inst @CRUK_SI]

📢Are you a talented #ECR looking to start your independent lab in state-of-the-art cancer research facilities?

Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @UofGCancerSci as a Junior Group Leader!

👉Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/8Qs1yLwOze

📅Closing date: 10 October 2025

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Fantastic work bringing all this together @NikiSushentsev

[Nikita Sushentsev @NikiSushentsev]

Another multidisciplinary effort of physicists, nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, pathologists, and the excellent @AstraZeneca team! @FerdiaGallagher @Tristan_Radiol @DavidYLewis @radiology_UOC Full text here: https://t.co/sUjl295Kui

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Our Lisa Duff speaking about her work using clinical FDG PET/CT to diagnose, predict and characterise metabolic changes in #cancercachexia at the wonderful #BICC. Her work is funded through @CancerGrand Challenges.

[Eileen P. White, PhD @EileenWhitePhD]

Metabolic alterations in cancer cachexia from Team CANCAN @CancerGrand from the Hui lab @MarcusDGon @EileenWhitePhD @JanowitzTobias et al.
Sustained Glucose Turnover Flux Distinguishes Cancer Cachexia from Nutrient Limitation https://t.co/y8J5wJpaXf

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Great work Tony Hui!

[Cell Metabolism @Cell_Metabolism]

An organism-level quantitative flux model of energy metabolism in mice https://t.co/AMHDwy6a5l

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

More from the first minister’s visit yesterday… check out my cameo.

[First Minister @ScotGovFM]

“The outcomes that have been achieved as a consequence of these research programmes are phenomenal”.

First Minister @JohnSwinney visited @CRUK_SI as it was announced Scottish scientists will co-lead a new global project to improve the treatment of bowel cancer.

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Honoured to give the First Minister @JohnSwinney a tour of our @CRUK_SI imaging labs today and discuss the importance of the Scotland Total Body PET Facility to Scottish patients. @UofGlasgow @uniofedinburgh @NPIP_Org

[First Minister @ScotGovFM]

First Minister @JohnSwinney visited @CRUK_SI where he met volunteers and heard from university and charity leaders about the future of cancer research.

His visit came as it was announced Scottish scientists will co-lead a global project to improve the treatment of bowel cancer.

[Eileen P. White, PhD @EileenWhitePhD]

Great Team CANCAN presentation ⁦@CancerGrand⁩ ⁦@CRUKresearch⁩ ⁦@theNCI⁩ at the Cancer Grand Challenge summit!

[Marcus Goncalves @MarcusDGon]

Strong #CANCAN representation in the basic science summary #SCWD2024 #SCWDconference2024 thank you for the support @SCWDnews and @ErinETalbert @DavidYLewis @HenningLanger

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

It was a fantastic meeting with thanks for the invitation.

[SCWD @SCWDnews]

Our session E at the 17th SCWD conference delved in to understanding dysregulated metabolic homeostasis in Cancer Cachexia. Important insights were shared by international experts with a full room of attendees.
#SCWDConference2024 #MedicalResearch

[Marcus Goncalves @MarcusDGon]

The CANcer Cachexia Action Network (CANCAN) 2024! ⁦

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Delighted to see our CRUK RadNet Centre refunded for another 5 years @RadNetCRUKGla!

[UofG MVLS @UofGMVLS]

🆕 UofG scientists in the CRUK Glasgow RadNet team have been awarded £1.5m over five years from @CR_UK to pioneer new radiotherapy technologies and research which could help more people survive cancer with fewer side effects.

More ➡️ https://t.co/k2nlIlerzL

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Only a couple of days left to apply for this permanent post within our imaging facility 👇

[CRUK Scotland Inst @CRUK_SI]

The Translational Molecular Imaging Facility is looking for a Senior Scientific Officer to support advanced in vivo imaging in cancer research

📅Closing date: Friday 8 November

🔗https://t.co/psXPcxuK60

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

🚀 We’re hiring! Senior Scientific Officer in PET/MRI cancer research at CRUK Scotland Institute, led by Dr. David Lewis.

Apply by 8 Nov 2024
Contact: [email protected]

#CancerResearch #Hiring #PETImaging

https://t.co/HELP5Vp1Uv

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

@ProfAJChalmers Wow!!

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

Our Emma flying the flag at WMIC

[Emma Brown @EmmaBrown2JQ]

It's been an amazing week #WMIC2024 with the opportunity to speak about my work in imaging #cachexia, to hang out with great friends and work to empower women and early career researchers in our field @uraniumsodium @WIMIN_WMIS

[David Lewis @DavidYLewis]

@MarcusDGon 44 😬😬😬