AnnaBabayan IlluminaGermany

Anna is the staff Cancer Research Marketing Manager at Illumina. Her aim is to enable researchers to use established and emerging NGS applications to bring cancer research to the next level. Currently she is focusing on enabling Multiomic studies by providing internal and external education. Before joining Illumina, Anna worked as R&D scientist at QIAGEN. She has a PhD from University of Hamburg, Germany and worked as a PostDoc at the Institute of Tumor Biology at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. She focused on translational cancer research and liquid biopsy. Anna was involved in the IMI consortium Cancer-ID and has authored >10 peer-reviewed journal articles and a chapter in World Cancer Report 2020.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Time	Session

13:45 15:00	Career Development Session 2A (open to EACR Early Career & Student Members, pre-registration required) ElisaOricchio Coordinator ISREC-EPFLSwitzerland TABLE 1: How to make your research impactful and transferable to the clinic Silvia Marsoni Moderator Silvia Marsoni LabItaly TABLE 2: Efficient and caring mentorship: how to make your research team flourish? Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Moderator CIC bioGUNESpain TABLE 4: Building Equitable Research Careers for Women CarolineDive Moderator CRUK Cancer Biomarker CentreUnited Kingdom TABLE 5: Tips and tricks to publish your work SteveMao Moderator Cancer CellUnited States TABLE 6: How do you know when you are ready to start your own lab? MartaKovatcheva Moderator IFOMItaly TABLE 7: Establishing interdisciplinary collaborations in early independent careers Maria M.Caffarel Moderator Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain TABLE 8: Navigating the transition from academia to publishing Siddhi Maniyar Moderator Molecular Oncology, FEBS PressGermany TABLE 9: Scientists and patient advocacy Marisol S.Soengas Moderator Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)Spain TABLE 10: How to start your lab and make it successful SandraBlanco Benavente Moderator Universidad de SalamancaSpain TABLE 11: What is needed to break the glass ceiling for women in science? AnaCuenda Moderator National Centre of Biotecnology (CNB-CSIC)Spain TABLE 12: Challenges of being a clinician scientist: Successfully balancing clinical and academic duties DanielKirschenbaum Moderator Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)Germany TABLE 13: Career transition to industry To beannounced Moderator NWM TESTING TABLE 14: Funding opportunities NicolaHawkes Moderator Worldwide Cancer ResearchUnited States TABLE 15: Funding opportunities AmaiaLujambio Moderator The Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchUnited States TABLE 3: Navigating a career in Academia and Industry AnnaBabayan Moderator IlluminaGermany Career Development Area

Time

Session

13:45

15:00

Career Development Session 2A

(open to EACR Early Career & Student Members, pre-registration required)

ElisaOricchio Coordinator ISREC-EPFLSwitzerland

TABLE 1: How to make your research impactful and transferable to the clinic

Silvia Marsoni Moderator Silvia Marsoni LabItaly
TABLE 2: Efficient and caring mentorship: how to make your research team flourish?

Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Moderator CIC bioGUNESpain
TABLE 4: Building Equitable Research Careers for Women

CarolineDive Moderator CRUK Cancer Biomarker CentreUnited Kingdom
TABLE 5: Tips and tricks to publish your work

SteveMao Moderator Cancer CellUnited States
TABLE 6: How do you know when you are ready to start your own lab?

MartaKovatcheva Moderator IFOMItaly
TABLE 7: Establishing interdisciplinary collaborations in early independent careers

Maria M.Caffarel Moderator Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain
TABLE 8: Navigating the transition from academia to publishing

Siddhi Maniyar Moderator Molecular Oncology, FEBS PressGermany
TABLE 9: Scientists and patient advocacy

Marisol S.Soengas Moderator Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)Spain
TABLE 10: How to start your lab and make it successful

SandraBlanco Benavente Moderator Universidad de SalamancaSpain
TABLE 11: What is needed to break the glass ceiling for women in science?

AnaCuenda Moderator National Centre of Biotecnology (CNB-CSIC)Spain
TABLE 12: Challenges of being a clinician scientist: Successfully balancing clinical and academic duties

DanielKirschenbaum Moderator Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)Germany
TABLE 13: Career transition to industry

To beannounced Moderator NWM TESTING
TABLE 14: Funding opportunities

NicolaHawkes Moderator Worldwide Cancer ResearchUnited States
TABLE 15: Funding opportunities

AmaiaLujambio Moderator The Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchUnited States
TABLE 3: Navigating a career in Academia and Industry

AnnaBabayan Moderator IlluminaGermany

Career Development Area