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
Using the immune system to boost the effectiveness of drugs called PARP inhibitors
Dr Christian Zierhut
Investigating how a protein called Tspan6 affects immune cells in breast cancer
Professor Fedor Berditchevski
Understanding how changes in BRCA1 gene can lead to breast cancer
Professor J Ross Chapman
Improving detection of cancer cells in lymph nodes
Miss Karina Cox
Understanding how breast cancer becomes resistant to PARP inhibitor drugs
Professor Nick Lakin
Overcoming breast cancer’s resistance to PARP inhibitor drugs
Professor Kristijan Ramadan
Genetic epidemiology team
Professor Olivia Fletcher
Exploring the role of the internal clock in breast cancer
Professor Qing-Jun Meng
Targeting stem cells to help stop breast cancer spreading
Dr Paloma Garcia
Combining drugs to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy
Dr Thomas A Hughes