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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

Professor Sophia Karagiannis, posing for portraits at the KCL ICR. (Wearing a brown silk top and grey scarf)

Developing new antibody-based treatments for triple negative breast cancer

Professor Sophia Karagiannis

Anita, with light hair and a turquoise top, posing for photos in her office. Behind her is a large plant, and window with a skyscraper view of London.

Using AI to understand how triple negative breast cancer responds to treatment

Professor Anita Grigoriadis

Photos of Victoria Sanz Moreno, a woman blonde curly hair in a bob, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits.

Identifying new ways to prevent and treat secondary breast cancer

Professor Victoria Sanz-Moreno

A photo of Jihong Zhu, a man wearing a black outfit, glasses and a lanyard, working in a lab. On either side of him are robotic arms. He is holding a pink shirt up to the hand at the end of one of the arms. A sign in the background says 'Robot-Assisted Living Lab'.

Creating a robotic assistant to help everyone access breast screening

Dr Jihong Zhu

Luca, with short dark hair, tortoise pattern glasses, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits with the lab in the background.

Understanding how hidden breast cancer cells survive treatment

Professor Luca Magnani

Andrew Lord and Chris Tutt, posing for photos together in the BCN corridor at the London ICR.

Developing more effective treatments for breast cancer

Professor Chris Lord and Professor Andrew Tutt

Hallways in the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, at the Institute of Cancer Research, London.

Finding better treatments for lobular breast cancer

Photos of John Sammut a man with dark hair and glasses, smiling, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits.

Improving our understanding of how triple negative breast cancer responds to treatment

Dr Stephen Sammut

Esther, with dark hair and eyes, blue eyeshadow in a white lab coat posing for portraits with the laboratory in the background.

Understanding how triple negative breast cancer hides from the immune system

Dr Esther Arwert

Clare Isacke, with short brown hair, hazel eyes, and stud earrings, in a white BCN lab coat, posing for portraits in a white lab coat with the lab in the background.

Targeting non-cancer cells to stop secondary breast cancer

Professor Clare Isacke

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