Alan Parker

@alanlparker

PI & cancer researcher . Group tweets . Virologist. Gene Therapist. board member. Atheist. Dad. Squash

Cardiff Univeristy
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Joined March 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 25

    Some great recent coverage from our generous funders of our rapidly progressing research . These are exciting times in the team.

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    Pls RT funding call OPEN until April 23rd for projects of up to £30,000! Our iGrants represent innovation, projects that implement great ideas, involve patients & public,influence policy & practice, & invest in the future. Apply here

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  3. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    Great to welcome Marius to our group today, join from lab for 3 months to kickstart an exciting collaboration between our groups. Let’s hope his luggage catches up soon! Huge thanks to Wellcome Trust ISSF mobility & skills funding for making this happen!

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  4. 20 hours ago

    Did you know are active in promoting opportunities? Mention status in cover letter & taken into account when deciding on whether to review

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  5. Mar 29

    Argh, when the reviews for a paper are great, but one reviewer questions novelty based on the virus already being published, then cites a paper about a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIRUS! Paper in important journal now lost due to LAZY REVIEWING. Absolutely disgraceful.

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  6. Retweeted
    Mar 27

    “I love being able to dictate my own research. That brings a whole new level of excitement - being able to pursue my own ideas.” Dr Alan Parker leads a team at Cardiff University working on developing designer viruses to treat cancer.

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  7. Retweeted
    Mar 26

    Did you spot Dr Alan Parker on facebook page last week? Find out more about the exciting work of Alan and his fab team here:

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  8. Mar 24

    In the final instalment of our CRUK socia media piece about the research in our lab, we discuss our desire to translate our findings into trials within 5 years. Increasingly I think we will

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  9. Mar 23

    Home after a wonderful 3 days at the spring school. Great talks & networking, enthusiastic and engaged students & an inspiring setting. Thanks to the organisers for the invite and their hard work putting on an awesome event

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  10. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    .' discussing how to manufacture and . After 15 years in academia at , Steve transitioned successfully to big pharma.

    Steve Howe discussing how to manufacture gene therapies, at the ESGCT and BSGCT Spring School, Pembroke College, Oxford
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  11. Mar 23

    The Cancer Research UK Instagram story about our lab and research we conduct continues... final thrilling instalment tonight (I believe...)

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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    What is your favorite virus? Adenoviruses are Alan Parker's favorite ones in targeting cancer. Let's see how he "trains" them to become cancer killing machines

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  13. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    Really interesting talk discussing how viruses can be trained to be forces for good rather than destruction using the wonderful film ‘How to train your dragon’ as an analogy

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  14. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    Loving these talks on oncolytic viruses by two great communicators

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  15. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    . Len Seymour discussing how to make viruses that only multiply in and kill cells: virotherapy.

    Len Seymour discussing how to make viruses that only multiply in and kill cancer cells, at the ESGCT and BSGCT Spring School
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  16. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    Alan is kicking off Day 3 of Spring school explaining how the lab use viruses to fight

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  17. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    . from teaching us how to train "dragon" viruses to kill cells: virotherapy.

    Alan Parker from Cardiff uni teaching us how to train "dragon" viruses to kill cancer cells, at the ESGCT and BSGCT Spring School in Pembroke College, Oxford
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  18. Retweeted
    Mar 22

    Alan is one of our many amazing cancer researchers in

    March is . Right now, researchers like Dr Alan Parker are looking for new ways to treat this type of cancer.
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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 22

    March is . Right now, researchers like Dr Alan Parker are looking for new ways to treat this type of cancer.

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  20. Retweeted
    Mar 22

    Did you see that guy who was doing user research in a lab coat? Well THIS is an ACTUAL scientist who does proper scientific research for a living! Well done - awesome work 👍🏼

    As it's , we thought we'd share some amazing research is doing to find more effective treatments for the disease:
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