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MSc Oncology by Research Projects

In addition to the projects listed below, it can also be beneficial to review the list of DPhil projects being offered in the Department to identify those PIs who have capacity to take students.

Once you have identified a potential supervisor, you may contact them, but please note if you don't manage to make contact this will not hinder your application.  Not all PIs who advertise DPhil projects will have the capacity to take on MSc by Research students. You may list up to three projects/supervisors on your application. There is no need to upload a separate research proposal with your application. 

Title

Supervisor
Understanding how to effectively reprogram the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment to improve tumour responses while limiting toxicity Dr Monica Olcina
Functional genetic dissection of treatment-resistance in glioblastoma using live-cell imaging Dr Lucy Brooks
Dissecting the Roles of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and Key Underlying Signalling Pathways in Regulating Stemness in Pancreatic Cancer Dr Peter Wan
Engineering Macrophages as a Cellular Vaccine to Enhance Anti-Tumour Immunity Dr Ahmet Hazini
Dissecting Cancer Cell Heterogeneity and Immune Niches in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis Using Spatial Multi-omics Dr Peter Wan
Reversing T cell exhaustion through TXA2 pathway inhibition in cancer Dr Jie Yang
Mapping TXA2 signalling networks in T cell immunity Dr Jie Yang
Identifying Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Classical and Basal-like PDAC Through Patient-Derived Organoids Dr Peter Wan
Defining the Dendritic Cell Landscape in Human Pancreatic Cancer and Draining Lymph Nodes Dr Keaton Jones
Unravel the role of the extracellular N-nicotinamide methyl transferase (eNNMT) in the modulation of radioresistant prostate cancer (PC) tumour immune microenvironment (TIME) Dr Agata Carreira
Targeting transcription elongation to modulate the tumour immune microenvironment in prostate cancer

Dr Pedro Durao

Mutational Processes in Genomic and Exonic DNA in Colorectal Cancer

 Professor Ian Tomlinson
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