@FrancesBalkwill

Barts Cancer Institute @QMBCI, @centreofthecell, communicating biomedical science

Joined November 2014
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Centre of the Cell@CentreoftheCellAug 19
🎉 @QMUL research into the effect of ULEZ on children's lung growth has just been published The Centre of the Cell team really enjoyed developing hands-on activities that supported delivery of the project in primary schools 👩‍🔬 🔬 👉️ Read more here: buff.ly/n8FlnYH
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Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o
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I am honoured and excited to be elected as a Fellow of the @royal society qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2024/f… @QMBCI @QMUL @centreofthecell
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Not 1... not 2... ...3 @QMUL researchers have been named in @guide2research's top 100 female scientists in the UK!👩‍🔬 We are so proud. Congratulations @FrancesBalkwill, Irene Leigh and Claudia Langenberg.
Research.com@guide2research20 Oct 2022
Our 2022 Best Female Scientists Ranking is out! Learn more about these spectacular researchers, and the problems that still seriously affect women in science in our analysis: research.com/careers/2022-be…
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Great meeting this evening - wide ranging presentations by fellows in the Womens Precision Prevention team and Fran Balkwill’s tumour micro environment group. ⁦@QMUL⁩ ⁦@QMBCI⁩ ⁦@QMUL_WIPH⁩ ⁦@QMUL_WIPH_CPDD⁩ ⁦@protector_qmul⁩ ⁦@NHSBartsHealth⁩
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Our Big Question Lecture is tomorrow! Find out more about air pollution with @Dr_Abi_W as we discuss, Is the air we breathe our hidden enemy? You can get a free ticket here buff.ly/3gcaBoX and we'll also be streaming live on Instagram
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Our Big Question Lecture, Is the air we breathe our hidden enemy? is on Monday (free tickets here buff.ly/3gcaBoX). We'll also be streaming live on Instagram. Why not check out our previous lecture, Was the First World War Good for Medicine? here buff.ly/3GfLoVv
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Congratulations to Prof @FrancesBalkwill from @QMUL's @CentreoftheCell @QMBCI for receiving the prestigious Beetlestone Award for informal science learning @BIGchats qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2021/s… #SciComm
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We're delighted to be continuing our partnership with you @CentreoftheCell and @FrancesBalkwill and look forward to seeing the programme relaunch in the autumn! #STEM #TowerHamlets
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I am so pleased and honoured to be the 2021 recipient of the Beetlestone Award for informal science learning. Thank you to all those I work with in ISL and all our supporters.
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Excited to share another paper from the CanBuild project and thanks to a great team #ecm #3DModel #TME @QMBCI @CR_UK @ERC_Research cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…

A human multi-cellular model shows how platelets drive production of diseased extracellular matrix...

Biological sciences; Cancer systems biology; Cell biology; Methodology in biological sciences; Molecular biology;

cell.com
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🎇 Dr. @OliverMPearce at Barts Cancer Institute (@QMBCI) investigate the role of platelets in malignant cell invasion and #ECM production. @iScience_CP | bit.ly/3wGry0Y
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Chemotherapy induces tumor-associated macrophages that aid adaptive immune responses in ovarian cancer cancerimmunolres.aacrjournal…
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Register for the next #NCRIVirtual session to hear from @FrancesBalkwill as she discusses the links between #cancer and #inflammation Session chaired by @StridLab ☑️ Included in #NCRIPrime - our new virtual event subscription service 👉 Register now: bit.ly/3docNbr
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Frances Balkwill retweeted
Eleni Maniati@elenimnt14 Jan 2020
Replying to @FrancesBalkwill
@FrancesBalkwill Lab our latest work is out! Mouse ovarian cancers that model the human tumour microenvironment.cell.com/cell-reports/fullte….
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Nuria Montserrat@nmontlab2 Sep 2019
It was great to be at summer @Davos sharing and learning thanks to @ERC_Research @ssimmross1 and to my colleagues @FrancesBalkwill from @QMUL and Vered Padler-Karavani from @oldtautwit
IBEC@IBECBarcelona2 Sep 2019
Catch up the talk by @nmontlab during last @wef #SummerDavos Forum in China on how to generate artificial #cells with a view to eventually creating entire #organs. Thanks @ERC_Research for selecting Nuria and her amazing work on #Bioengineering for #Health youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8RT_5-…
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In one week @wef “Summer Davos” kicks off in China, gathering leaders from around the globe. The European Research Council brings pioneering science with President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon & 10 ERC researchers, including #AMNC19 Co-chair @Besenbacher2012! erc.europa.eu/event/erc-summ…
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Frances Balkwill retweeted
World Economic Forum
@Davos1 Jul 2019
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@HeyAmandaRusso @FrancesBalkwill @QMUL @ERC_Research @icreacommunity xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1dRJZmgpg…
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Alex Jenkin@alexjenkin4 Mar 2019
So exciting to be at the launch of #NeuronPod at @centreofthecell This project was in progress the whole time I worked there so it's amazing to see it complete. Look at those dendrites go!
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