Lab of Prof. Richard Gilbertson! Our lab works on the Cellular and molecular origins of cancer particularly pediatric brain tumors and stem cell potency.

CRUK Cambridge Institute
Joined October 2019
#ThrowbackThursday Throwback to our Institute Retreat Crisis hosted by the @Gilbertson_Lab for fundraising for #ShineNightWalk and @BrainTumourOrg Thank you to all for making the “pie in the face” event such a success! We raised £500! @CR_UK @CRUKresearch @CRUK_CI
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Important to see brain cancer receiving this attention. Great to see Prof @RJG3062 helping champion the need for faster progress in research & better outcomes for patients. Thank you to Archie Goodburn and everyone pushing for change. 🧠💙 #BrainCancer #BrainTumourResearch
The Government has announced an expert review of brain cancer, after meeting campaigner Archie Goodburn. Prof Richard Gilbertson and Dr Richard Mair joined Archie to push for faster progress. 📺 Hear Prof Gilbertson on BBC Breakfast (2:23:00): bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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👏 Dr. Jessica Taylor (@jesell_ )presented her research at the 2026 SNO/ASCO CNS Metastases Conference, sharing important work focused on CNS metastases and advancing our understanding of brain tumours. 🧠🔬✨ #SNOASCO2026 #CNSMetastases #BrainTumour #CancerResearch @NeuroOnc
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👏✨ @elizabetha_coop, Postdoc in @Gilbertson_Lab @CRUK_CI, presented at @ISPNO2026: "Orchestrating CNS immunity through developmental networks" 🧠🔬👏 #ISPNO2026 #BrainTumour #CancerResearch #Neuroimmunology #AustraliaISPNO
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👏✨ @jesell_ senior post doc in @Gilbertson_Lab attended @ISPNO2026 , where she presented a poster on FOXO3 as a tumour suppressor and shared her work on novel diagnostic probes for WNT medulloblastoma 🧠🔬👏@CRUK_CI #ISPNO2026 #Medulloblastoma #BrainTumour #CancerResearch
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The Gilbertson Lab retweeted
In recognition of #BrainTumorAwarenessMonth I was honoured to be invited to the inaugural CENOS Symposium at the wonderful @StJudeResearch with a focus on Rising Stars in Paediatric Neurooncology. Thank you to all of the organisers and colleagues for an incredible symposia
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Great episode with The GlioBabes featuring @jesell_ discussing the day-to-day of research and gentler, more effective treatments 🎙️
We were delighted to welcome The GlioBabes into our lab to record an episode of their podcast with Dr Jessica Taylor. Search for the The GlioBabes Podcast to hear about the day-to-day role of researchers and how they are focusing on gentler as well as more effective treatments.
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Huge congrats to Joey, 2nd year PhD student in the @Gilbertson_Lab and @JavedKhanOmics @NIHOxCam , for presenting "Distinct microenvironments define subtypes of neuroblastoma" at @AACR and winning the Scholar in Training Award supported by @Sanofi! #AACR26 #CancerResearch
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Huge congratulations to Joey, 2nd year student with the @Gilbertson_Lab & @JavedKhanOmics (@NIHOxCam programme), for presenting his poster at the @AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Brain Cancer and winning the Scholar in Training Award! 🧠👏 Well deserved! #AACRbrain26
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Great patient–researcher collaboration at @cclguk Manchester. Lewis, a childhood cancer survivor & biomedical scientist, and @jesell_ from @Gilbertson_lab presented work on improving patient–researcher communication. #PatientAdvocacy #ChildhoodCancerResearch
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The Gilbertson Lab retweeted
Pleased to share that I will be recruiting a PhD student beginning in Michaelmas (Oct) 2025 at @CRUK_CI jointly supervised by @Gilbertson_Lab- if you are interested in our recent work, and considering a PhD at @Cambridge_Uni, please see the link below findaphd.com/phds/project/sp…
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Well done to @demivandekaa , a 2nd year PhD student in the @Gilbertson_Lab , for her fantastic talk at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus PhD Symposium @CRUK_CI : “NALCN Loss Drives Stem Cell Escape and Dissemination in Gastrointestinal Epithelium” #stemcellresearch #CancerResearch
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The Gilbertson Lab retweeted
I am hiring! If you enjoyed our recent publication (nature.com/articles/s41588-0…) and are interested in all things systems immunology, paediatric oncology and development, please apply below! Working in the wonderful @CRUK_CI and @Gilbertson_Lab cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assi…
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Fantastic work from first author @elizabetha_coop and the team, revealing a new immune pathway with real therapeutic promise for childhood brain cancers.👏🎉🎊 @NatureGenet @CRUK_CI nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
A newly discovered immune pathway could lead to gentler treatments for multiple childhood brain cancers, according to new research from our @Gilbertson_Lab published today in @NatureGenet . Listen to first author @elizabetha_coop discuss their findings. cruk.cam.ac.uk/news/new-immu…
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Congratulations @elizabetha_coop from.@Gilbertson_Lab @CRUK_CI on being awarded a grant with @BRUKresearch to carry out her research on brain tumours ! 👏🏼✨️🧠👩🏻‍🔬 #braintumour #paediatricdisease
So excited to be be awarded a project grant with @BRUKresearch to continue my work in the @Gilbertson_Lab to map immune defences in the developing brain, and how these may be subverted in paediatric disease - you can read more below! brainresearchuk.org.uk/resea…
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The Gilbertson Lab retweeted
Honoured to have had the opportunity to be a part of the Allison Institute Next Gen Colloquium for 2026. An incredibly inspiring couple of days, here at #JPAI and #MDACC amongst a wonderful cohort and inspiring faculty, that bring the vision of #JPAI to life.
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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year from all of us at @Gilbertson_Lab 🎄✨ #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear
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A lovely end to the year for the @Gilbertson_Lab 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🎄Our lab retreat @CaiusCollege was full of good discussions, light debates, & a festive Christmas lunch -the perfect mix of work and fun! Thank you @RJG3062 🙏 #GilbertsonLab #LabRetreat #Cambridge #TeamDay #ChristmasLunch
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So proud of our 3rd-year MB/PhD student @OscarBBaldwin for his great talk at the MB/PhD Symposium on modelling choroid plexus carcinoma 👏🧠🧬✨#MBPhD #CancerResearch #BrainTumourResearch #ChoroidPlexus #InVivo #invitro @Gilbertson_Lab @CRUK_CI @CRUKCamCentre
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🚨 We’re hiring! @Gilbertson_Lab @CRUK_CI are looking for an in vivo Research Assistant to support work on paediatric brain tumour and metastasis models. 🧬🐭🧬 #CancerResearch #ResearchJobs Please apply here: cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assi…
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🎉 Congratulations to Demi, a 2nd-year student in the @Gilbertson_Lab , for delivering an excellent flash talk and winning the poster prize at the @CRUK_CI Annual Institute Retreat! 👏#Metastasis #CancerResearch
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