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Individual research projects

Our world-class research is focused entirely on breast cancer. Right now, we’re funding almost £30 million worth of ground-breaking research projects.

Our research projects

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

Targeting immune cells to stop hibernating breast cancer cells from reawakening

Dr Frances Turrell

Investigating a new approach to prevent breast cancer recurrence

Professor Penelope Ottewell

Professor Elinor Sawyer and her team standing in a lab

Personalised therapies for relapsed lobular breast cancer patients

Professor Elinor Sawyer

Professor Kristijan Ramadan and team of researchers stood outside of a building

Overcoming breast cancer’s resistance to PARP inhibitor drugs

Professor Kristijan Ramadan

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