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Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens is one of 9 UCL scientists shortlisted for a grant, as part of an international team, led by Dr Martin Pule (UCL Cancer Institute and a founder of Autolus) and Dr Catherine Bollard (George Washington University Children鈥檚 National Hospital), and in collaboration with the UCL Translational Research Office. The proposal targets 鈥�鈥�. The CNIE will contribute through our nature-inspired (complex) systems engineering approach (CNIE Theme 4), as we will explore whether treatment effectiveness can be boosted by modulating the tumour microenvironment 鈥� which can inhibit T cell therapies but is yet to be suitably studied in children鈥檚 cancers. This is a very out-of-the-box idea, but it鈥檚 great to be able to work in an interdisciplinary team with clinicians and mathematicians. Dr Matthew Chin, Research Fellow in the CNIE, has made the development of these ideas and the ensuing broadening collaboration possible.

皇家华人as particularly successful in this call, as UCL scientists featured in 6 of the 11 shortlisted teams, out of 170 submissions across 61 countries. Cancer Grand Challenges is funded by Cancer Research UK and the US National Cancer Institute. The team will now receive seed funding to help develop a full proposal. More details can be found on the main 皇家华人ebsite here.