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EACR-AACR-ASPIC Tumor Microenvironment: “This conference was an embodiment of the crème...
Over 600 people from 48 countries met in Lisbon for the first EACR-AACR Basic & Translation Research Conference, which was centred around the Tumor...
A Matter of Life or Death 2020: “Extremely Inspiring”
125 people from 29 countries including New Zealand, Malaysia and India all met in the stunning Centro Congressi Giovanni XIII in Bergamo, Italy for...
EACR member awarded Sjöberg Prize for decisive discoveries about cell growth
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sjöberg Prize 2020 of one million US dollars to Michael N. Hall (Biozentrum,...
Goodbye Flat Biology 2019: “Walking out of Goodbye Flat Biology I...
178 participants from 29 countries met at Harnack House in Berlin, Germany for the 4th EACR Goodbye Flat Biology Conference - Advancing 3D-based Models...
“Cancer doesn’t respect borders, so why should we?” Watch this TEDx...
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:...
Seed and Soil 2019: “An amazing meeting with high quality speakers”
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...
Nanotechnology in Cancer 2019: “A wonderful platform to learn”
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...
670 and Counting: the Scientist Tackling Gender Bias on Wikipedia
According to the Women in Red, "a gender-gap bridging project on Wikipedia", there are 1.5 million English biographies on Wikipedia. Less than 20% of...
Reporting back from Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs
180 participants from 28 countries gathered in Barcelona from 11-13 March 2019 for the second EACR Conference Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs,...
News Summary: CancerSEEK blood test, immune system vs. CRISPR
CancerSEEK blood test detects 8 common cancers
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University have trialled a blood test, CancerSEEK, that could identify non-metastastic cancers in the...
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Antoinette van Weverwijk receives an EACR-AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowship
Antoinette van Weverwijk has been announced as the 2025 recipient of an EACR-AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowship, funding that is awarded for a period of up...