JvG Cancer Research

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.

[Dr Jehan EL-Jawhari @JehanJawhari]

An interesting event for the public to engage with research at Nottingham Trent University on the 11th of December!

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

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

[Dr Jehan EL-Jawhari @JehanJawhari]

Congratulations to Ilayda for best poster prize in BSI midlands event
@eroz_ilayda
@britsocimm
@NTUBIOSCIENCES
@vanGeestCancer

[Dr Jehan EL-Jawhari @JehanJawhari]

LEAP event
It was great to meet the public and talk research!
@NTUBIOSCIENCES
@vanGeestCancer
@NTUsciTech

[JvG Cancer Research @vanGeestCancer]

Congratulations to PhD student Almigdad Elhajana and his supervisor Dr Silvia Ottaviani for receiving third prize at 2025 NTU Star conference! Well done!

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

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

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

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 👇

[JvG Cancer Research @vanGeestCancer]

New preprint from Dr Ottaviani and colleagues. Congratulations!

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

🚨 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 https://t.co/r4Ep03lTnC

[Dr Jehan EL-Jawhari @JehanJawhari]

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

[Dr Jehan EL-Jawhari @JehanJawhari]

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

[Dr Jehan EL-Jawhari @JehanJawhari]

Cancer research Nottingham symposium CRN
Great talks and vibrant research environment!
@ntu_research
@NTUSciTech @vanGeestCancer @eroz_ilayda @NTUBIOSCIENCES

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

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

[JvG Cancer Research @vanGeestCancer]

📣 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! 👏🏻💪🏻🏃‍♀️‍➡️💚 https://t.co/mXoxFCgxOO

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

🚨 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 https://t.co/xiKLHCwTCk

[Gastro Hep Advances @AGA_GHAdvances]

📣📣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 🔗https://t.co/npwGorjRp2
GHA Article 🔗https://t.co/XrN31ghHEh

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

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

[JvG Cancer Research @vanGeestCancer]

Paper 👇

https://t.co/zj4eD9cOQt

[JvG Cancer Research @vanGeestCancer]

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

[NTU Press Office @NTUNews]

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

https://t.co/Bl9GwSFSuT

[JvG Cancer Research @vanGeestCancer]

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

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

Hello Xenium @10xGenomics! It’s up and running in @vanGeestCancer! Training slides running overnight. How exciting!!! @NTUSciTech @NTUBIOSCIENCES @ntu_research

[Silvia Ottaviani @ottaviani_s]

📢 @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