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Individual research projects

Right now, we’re funding around 100 cutting-edge projects worth almost £32 million. All to discover how we can prevent and diagnose breast cancer earlier, find better treatments, and improve people's quality of life.

Our research projects

Photos of Cathrin Brisken a woman with short dark blond hair and unframed glasses, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits.

Finding better ways to treat and prevent oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

Professor Cathrin Brisken

Axel, with short dark hair, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits in a white lab coat with the lab in the background.

Studying the role of cancer stem cells in oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

Professor Axel Behrens

Photos of Alan Melcher, a man with a beard and glasses, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits.

Using anti-cancer viruses to improve immunotherapy for breast cancer

Professor Alan Melcher

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Finding targeted therapies for breast cancers

Dr Rachael Natrajan

Nick Turner, a man with short brown hair, brown eyes and black framed glasses wearing a white shirt, posing for portraits in the ICR corridors with BCN branded colours in the background.

Predicting breast cancer progression and personalising treatments

Professor Nick Turner

Dr Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad, smiling towards the camera in a dark suit and blue shirt.

Investigating the genetic factors behind increased breast cancer risk in women and men

Dr Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad

Takanori Kitamura in front of a white background. He has black hair and is wearing a white striped shirt.

Understanding how immune cells promote DCIS invasiveness

Dr Takanori Kitamura

Janet Brown smiling in front of a blue background. Janet has short grey hair, glasses and is wearing a black shirt.

Developing a blood test to predict someone’s risk of secondary breast cancer

Professor Janet Brown

David French and his research team stood outside of a building with brown bricks. There are 8 people, all smiling and wearing casual clothes.

Investigating the psychological impact of personalised breast cancer screening

Professor David French

Rebecca Vince sitting in a chair smiling at the camera. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a blue sweater.

Improving the quality of life of women returning to the Workplace after Breast Cancer

Dr Rebecca Vince

Seth, a man with no hair and blue eyes in a lab coat, posing for portraits.

Killer immune cells in secondary triple negative breast cancer

Professor Seth Coffelt

A researcher at the ICR using a pipette.

A dietary intervention in combination with targeted drugs for triple negative breast cancer

Professor Karen Vousden