Category: Research
New Research Grants Round Announced by Big C
Jul 26th, 2021
An invitation for new research grant applications has been announced by local cancer charity, Big C. The is the first investment in grant awards by the charity since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. A total of £100,000 will be awarded in late 2021 to a minimum of two, three-y... read more ->
Call out for study participants – Help in COVID Study
May 5th, 2021
During COVID-19 lockdowns in England, people have been asked to stay at home, with rapid changes in healthcare access. A&E departments and GP surgeries have seen significantly fewer people, leading to concerns that people are not seeking help when needed. Late diagnoses of serious conditions, li... read more ->
International Day for Women and Girls in Science: An Interview with Dee Hayward
Feb 11th, 2021
Thursday 11 February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which recognises the critical role women and girls play in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). To commemorate the day, we spoke with Dee Hayward, a first-year PhD student whose studentship has been funded b... read more ->
Research News Update: Scientists discover way to stop spread of devastating childhood cancer
Jul 28th, 2020
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children with bone cancer, and save lives. read more ->
International Women and Girls in Science Day: An Interview with Nancy Teng
Feb 10th, 2020
Tuesday 11 February is International Women and Girls in Science Day, which recognises the critical role women and girls play in the sciences. To commemorate the day, Big C spoke with Nancy Teng, a current PhD student at the Quadram Institute whose studentship has been funded by Big C. Since 2019, Na... read more ->
Official Launch of Big C Funded Integrated Theatre at NNUH
Jul 8th, 2019
An event was held last week (Thursday 4 July) to officially launch an integrated theatre at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) which features some of the most up to date technology in the country for patients undergoing bowel, oesophageal, gastric (stomach) thoracic and gynecologica... read more ->
Major local cancer research and equipment grants announced by Big C
Feb 6th, 2019
Norfolk’s cancer charity Big C, has announced major grant awards for cancer research and equipment projects taking place at the Norwich Research Park, totalling over £280,000, which brings the total to over £1 million awarded by the charity over the past three years. read more ->
Science Series: Big C funded PhD student on his future as a cancer researcher
Nov 9th, 2018
Big C are passionate about training up the future generations of cancer researchers. We believe in moving forward in research and encouraging education and further study into the subject is vital. Met Aleks Gontarczyk. He’s in the final stages of his Big C funded PhD into cancer research – w... read more ->
Science Series: Dr Darrell Green says : “Donate to a local charity with a world changing vision like Big C”
Oct 15th, 2018
Next up in our science series – we’ve been talking to Dr Darrell Green, a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia who is soon to take up the position of Lecturer in Medicine at the University, about the work he is undertaking in childhood bone cancer and about one very importa... read more ->
Science Series: Dr Lindsay Hall talks about Big C funded research into cancer happening in Norfolk
Oct 2nd, 2018
Dr Lindsay Hall says: “For many years, we have known that what we eat affects the risk of getting breast cancer later in life. However, in recent years there is also some evidence that the bacteria which naturally live in our gut can also have an impact on surviving breast cancer.” read more ->