A week in the life of a locked-down cancer researcher
A while ago, back when I was still a PhD student and over here in the UK, Brexit dominated the news (and in hindsight...
Lockdown: A Cancer Researcher’s Guide
The cancer research community is reacting and adapting to the restrictions placed on us by the COVID-19 outbreak. We’ve asked EACR members to contribute articles...
The robots are coming: will AI eventually take over the research lab?
Ray Kurzweil (the Futurist heading Google Engineering) said that at some point in the not too distant future, our entire surroundings will be imbued...
“I was really at the frontline” – Experiences of 7 Travel Fellows visiting 6...
EACR Travel Fellowships are co-sponsored by Worldwide Cancer Research and provide funds up to €3,000 to early-career cancer researchers. For more information on how...
PhD Life: The Triad for Success
Undertaking a PhD, especially in a new environment, can be a difficult task. New workplace, new people, new working environment and new ways of...
Goodbye Flat Biology 2019: A Participant’s View
The 4th EACR Goodbye Flat Biology Conference: Advancing 3D-based Models for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery | Berlin, Germany | 10-13 November 2019
As usual for...
Seed and Soil 2019: A Participant’s View
Participants from 36 countries from as far as Brazil, Australia, Malaysia and South Korea gathered in Berlin, Germany for the 2nd joint EACR-MRS Conference...
“Cancer doesn’t respect borders, so why should we?” Watch this TEDx talk on cancer...
In May this year, Professor Mark Lawler, a member of the EACR and IACR, gave a thought-provoking talk at TEDxQueensUniversityBelfast titled "Tackling Cancer Inequalities:...
“EACR Travel Fellowships are an invaluable opportunity” – Experiences from 5 EACR Travel Fellows
EACR Travel Fellowships are co-sponsored by Worldwide Cancer Research and provide funds up to €3,000 to early-career cancer researchers. For more information on how...
Nanotechnology in Cancer 2019: A Participant’s View
99 participants from 25 countries attended the EACR Conference on Nanotechnology in Cancer: Engineering for Oncology, at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK from 12-14 September...
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“This visit has been a step forward for my international PhD”:...
Roc Farriol-Duran is a PhD student at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Spain who received an EACR Travel Fellowship to visit and work at...