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Teams

Team science on a global scale

We back world-class, multidisciplinary teams to come together, think differently and make radical progress against cancer.

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Breaking boundaries in science

Cancer is a universal challenge, posing tough, complex problems to researchers, clinicians and people living with the disease. Solving these problems demands tenacity, creativity and worldwide collaboration. Our teams rise above the boundaries of geography and discipline to take these challenges on and propel our understanding of cancer to new places.

Thank you to our global network of partners and funders for their support of our teams: the Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK, Institut National Du Cancer, the Dutch Cancer Society, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and KiKa (Children Cancer Free Foundation).

INVESTMENT
TO DATE:

$400m+

TEAMS
FUNDED:

16

INVESTIGATORS AND
COLLABORATORS:

1,200+

COUNTRIES INVOLVED:

16

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Team name

IMAXT

Focus:
3D tumour mapping (I)

Find a way of mapping tumours at the molecular and cellular level 

By developing the world’s first virtual reality map of cancer – an entirely new way to study a tumour – IMAXT could revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of people with the disease.

Team led by

Professor Greg Hannon, Principal Investigator, IMAXT

Professor Greg Hannon, Team Lead

Senior Group Leader, CRUK Cambridge Institute

IMAXT