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
Understanding how breast cancer becomes resistant to PARP inhibitor drugs
Professor Nick Lakin
Understanding how changes in BRCA1 gene can lead to breast cancer
Professor J Ross Chapman
Investigating how a protein called Tspan6 affects immune cells in breast cancer
Professor Fedor Berditchevski
Finding new weaknesses in triple negative breast cancer
Professor Tyson Valentine Sharp
Finding new ways to predict if hormone treatment is working
Mrs Jane Macaskill (originally submitted by Professor Andrew Evans)
Understanding and improving autistic adults’ experiences of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
Professor Manuela Barreto, Dr Char Goodwin and Professor Ginny Russell
Investigating how to improve immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer
Professor Awen Gallimore
Understanding how breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer
Dr James Flanagan
Improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer
Professor Greg Hannon and Dr Kirsty Sawicka
Understanding the experiences of black women taking hormone therapy
Dr Lyndsay Hughes
Investigating how the bacteria in our gut could help us against breast cancer
Dr Stephen Robinson