Gemma Balmer-Kemp

Science nerd working at Cancer Grand Challenges, CRUK but views are my own

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Cancer cachexia: No time to waste. Enjoying hearing from @CancerGrand Challenges team #CANCAN researchers Mariam Jamal-Hanjani & @MarcusDGon #AACR2024

[Lorenzo de la Rica (he/him) @LdelaRica]

#AACR24 is a moment of togetherness for the cancer research community. So cool to have already seen some of the scientific rock stars 🤟 from the @CancerGrand community: @yincaoScD @AndyChanMD @LoiSher @CharlesSwanton @lillian_siu @gem_424

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

@CancerGrand Challenges shout out during the #AACR2024 Plenary Session - find out more about team #eDyNAmic tackling the ecDNA challenge at our stand 1313

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Wow! Such a cool and inspiring talk from & well-deserved standing ovation for Steven Rosenberg for his #AACR2024 Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Award

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Read all about it!! Find out more about our five amazing new Cancer @CancerGrand Challenges teams 🙌🏼

[Elizabeth McKenna @ElizSMcKenna]

Also in the April issue of @CD_AACR - ICYMI when it first came out online with the announcement of the new teams at the @CancerGrand Challenges Summit last month:

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Lisa Coussens talking about the importance of the dynamic relationship between macrophages & lymphoid cells in solid tumours #AACR2024

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Great talk from Alberto Mantovani talking about links between macrophages, inflammation & cancer #AACR2024

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

🙌🏼

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

#AACR24 has kicked off and #CancerGrandChallenges Research Programme Manager Lorenzo de la Rica (@LdelaRica) has been talking about UK and European funding opportunities with an engaged audience of Early Career Researchers ⤵️ 1/2

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Great start to my #AACR2024 listening to @CharlesSwanton talking about the role of the TME in lung cancer evolution!

[Charles Swanton @CharlesSwanton]

What is the role of the TME in lung cancer evolution? We are excited to share our new TRACERx paper “Spatial Architecture of Myeloid and T Cells Orchestrates Immune Evasion and Clinical Outcome in Lung Cancer” at #AACR24, out in @CD_AACR today https://t.co/5bWeXqK2I0 Tweetorial👇

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Check it out & get involved!! 9 exciting new #CancerGrandChallenges

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

9 new #CancerGrandChallenges 📢

We're inviting international teams to apply for up to $25m in funding. Expressions of Interest are now open until 22 June. Explore the challenges⏬

https://t.co/oXwvwP0J9B

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

9 new #CancerGrandChallenges 📢

We're inviting international teams to apply for up to $25m in funding. Expressions of Interest are now open until 22 June. Explore the challenges⏬

https://t.co/oXwvwP0J9B

[Gemma Balmer-Kemp @gem_424]

Come join our amazing research team!

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

We're looking for a #ResearchProgrammeManager to join the #CancerGrandChallenges team - an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of global #cancerresearch

More info below, or reach out to @sheona_d, to learn more

https://t.co/VRnCaw8ZwF

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

Great to see our new #CancerGrandChallenges teams being celebrated in @Forbes 👇

#cancerresearch #cachexia #childhoodcancer #ecdna #cancerprevention @CR_UK @theNCI

[Mischel Lab @mischellab]

We are excited to share that the eDyNAmiC team has been chosen as a @CancerGrand, @theNCI & @CR_UK winner! #CancerGrandChallenges

[IARC @IARCWHO]

Congratulations to the Cancer Grand Challenges Prominent team!

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

We’re delighted to welcome these global teams to our community, now standing at 700+ investigators across 10 teams and 10 countries

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[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

NexTGen will take on the solid tumours in children challenge & develop nextgen CAR T-cell therapies for children with #braintumours and #sarcomas

Congratulations Catherine Bollard (@ChildrensNatl) Martin Pule (@UCL) and the team, funded by @CR_UK, @theNCI and @TheMarkFdn

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[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

PROMINENT will take on the normal phenotypes challenge, seeking to identify new routes to #cancerprevention

Congratulations Allan Balmain (@UCSF) @nlbigas (@IRBBarcelona) @lyonpaul (@IARCWHO) and the team, funded by @CR_UK, @theNCI and @ContraCancerEs

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[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

The eDyNAmiC team will investigate #ecDNA, found in around a third of cancers, hoping to develop much needed treatments for people whose cancer is driven in this way

Congratulations Paul Mischel (@mischellab @StanfordMed) and the team, funded by @CR_UK and @theNCI

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[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

The CANCAN team will investigate #cachexia, the wasting condition often experienced in late stage cancer

Congratulations @EileenWhitePhD (@RutgersCancerInstNJ @Ludwig_Cancer) @MarcusDGon (@WeillCornell) @JanowitzTobias (@cshl) and the team, funded by @CR_UK & @theNCI

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