Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
AD | Cancer cells produce abnormal, shortened sugar chains on their surface, whereas healthy cells don't. A glycobiologist named Paula Videira and her team spent 25 years asking why, and that question has now led to an antibody that can target a sugar signature found on around 80% of tumours. Videira and her team are now a finalist in the European Inventor Award 2026 run by the European Patent Office! @TheEPO #InventorAward
Find out more about the other equally incredible finalists and vote for the Popular Prize here: epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award
Plus you can watch the ceremony live on 2 July over on my YouTube channel.
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
Video edited and produced by Dr Becky Smethurst
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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AD | Cancer cells produce abnormal, shortened sugar chains on their surface, whereas healthy cells don't. A glycobiologist named Paula Videira and her team spent 25 years asking why, and that question has now led to an antibody that can target a sugar signature found on around 80% of tumours. Videira and her team are now a finalist in the European Inventor Award 2026 run by the European Patent Office! @TheEPO #InventorAward
Find out more about the other equally incredible finalists and vote for the Popular Prize here: epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award
Plus you can watch the ceremony live on 2 July over on my YouTube channel.
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
Video edited and produced by Dr Becky Smethurst
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📚 My book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): lnk.to/DrBecky
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👕 My merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): dr-becky.teemill.com
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🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive
---
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video!
---
👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
drbecky.uk.com
