Senior Lecturer in Childhood Cancer and Haematology at @UniofNewcastle @NU_Cancer, UK Haemato-oncology, genomics, epigenomics, structural variants
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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On #WorldCancerResearchDay, the group embraced #gold to support Children's Cancer North initiative #PaintTheToonGold to raise awareness for #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth.
Our efforts go beyond the lab when it comes to support #CancerResearch 🧬🧡
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This Blood Cancer Awareness Month, we stand alongside patients, families, clinicians and researchers working towards a future where blood cancers are detected earlier, treated and ultimately prevented
Every discovery starts with research at the bench.
#BloodCancerAwarenessMonth
ALT Thank you to Martin Newman for capturing our research in the lab.
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We’re glad to have participated in the 23rd CLR-UK Annual Meeting in Nottingham! It was a great opportunity to share our research, contribute to organising the meeting, exchange ideas, and network with fellow scientists working in childhood leukaemia research.
#CLRUK2026 #BCUK
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A multicultural lab group comes with so many advantages! We don’t only share valuable ideas and different prospective, but we also get to share traditional food and learn about each other's cultures.
Thanks @AAsayadi for introducing us to Arabic coffee and sharing sweet treats
ALT Arabic coffee, dates and traditional sweet treats.
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This week @Dr_AhlamQ has been preparing DNA for long-read sequencing. Historically, DNA is broken into 'chunks' to read the code. Long-read sequencing is newer technology for deciphering much longer stretches of DNA, providing in-depth information about leukaemia genetics.
ALT Dr Ahlam Alqahtani is carefully examining a tube containing DNA that has been extracted for long-read sequencing technologies.
ALT The long strands of DNA 'wrap-around' glass beads within the tube, enabling us to extract much longer DNA strands than traditional methods.
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Proud supervisor moment for Nick & @LetiziaM24 attending the MResPoster session and supporting Lucy and Kunwoo, amazing intercalating medics who worked with @LJRussell_Lab over the last 5 months on their research project. Best luck and AD MAIORA!
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Great conference this week, filled with inspiring talks and poster presentations from @NU_Cancer researchers. Congratulations to our PhD students, @phoebe__snow & @AAsayadi, recipients of PGR Outstanding Contribution Awards in recognition of their hard work and dedication.
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Thanks to Martin Newham for visiting the Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre and capturing the LEGEND team at work in the lab — including our data scientists!
Looking forward to sharing some of the photos on social media soon #ChildhoodCancerResearch #DataScience
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🧬 Fighting Paediatric Leukaemia with Epigenetics: 4-Year PhD Opportunity!
Want to push boundaries in cancer research using cutting-edge epigenomic technology?
We are seeking a dedicated PhD student to join the LEGEND group.
Full details at bit.ly/LEGEND_PhD
ALT The LEGEND group in the lab. From left to right: Dr Ahlam Alqahtani, Dr Nicholas Brittain, Dr Letizia Marchetti, Camille Drai, Dr Lisa Russell (group leader), Ahmed Alsayadi, Phoebe Snow
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LJ Russell Lab retweeted
An amazing milestone!
Add in the gift aid & that's a whopping £333k raised in Ruby's memory for @cclguk.
Funding 5 vital research projects.
2/3 of the way to our total.
Thank you to everyone who's fundraiser/donated/cheered us on ❤️🙏😍
#teenagecancer
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Last week was an exciting one for the LEGEND Group! We attended @NUBiosciences NUBI Live, where Lisa and Phoebe gave talks, and Ahmed and Leti presented posters. Nick also presented in the @Nu_Cancer PMGI Symposium. Excellent science with plenty of engaging discussions!
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Very proud that LEGEND group technician, Camille Drai, won two prestigious Technican Awards.
Two awards, one incredible achievement!
Huge congratulations to NU Cancer’s Camille Drai on winning Outstanding Technician of the Year and Early Career Achievement at the Newcastle University Technician Awards 👏
#NUCancer #NewcastleUniversity #TechnicianAwards
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Had a blast attending an afterwork quiz organised by @nubiosciences PGR community fundraising for Children Cancer North. Third prize proved we are not only good at science and some of us got lucky at the raffle. Thank you for organising this, looking forward to the next event!
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Molly’s story is a powerful reminder of why we are committed to fighting leukaemia. Every donation supports better treatment development. bloodcancer.org.uk/get-invol… Not only does research continue to grow, but our @bloodcancer_uk project plant grows alongside it, a symbol of hope.
ALT A plant in a pot
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Shout out this #InternationalMensDay to Ahmed Alsayadi (@AAsayadi) and Nick Brittain — brilliant cancer researchers and all-round great humans. Your skill, drive, and good vibes make the LEGEND team what it is 💙
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We’re excited to welcome a talented new postdoctoral researcher, Monika Gonka, to the LEGEND group! She’ll be leading data-driven projects and supporting the team as a bioinformatics research assistant. Welcome aboard, Monika!
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Great Job Ahmed. Hope you both had a productive day and enjoyed hearing about research from other north east PGR students.
Had a great time networking at #NEPG2025 with my PhD colleague Phoebe Snow!
Proud to represent our LEGEND (Leukaemia EpiGenomic & ENhancer Dysregulation) group led by Dr Lisa Russell. @LJRussell_Lab
Loved sharing my poster and connecting with passionate researchers!
#phdlife
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I was welcomed to the lab meeting yesterday by this spooky bunch 🤪. Always up for a giggle and certainly made my day 😆
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Was privileged to be asked to speak at this years Molecular Haemopoiesis Conference #molhaem2025 and share the findings of how super-enhancers contribute to leukaemia development.
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