GomisRoger IRB BarcelonaSpain

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Time	Session

11:35 13:10	Symposium: Tumour Dormancy BoitorAlexandra Co-Chair United Kingdom Luisa CorreiaAna Co-Chair Portugal Unravelling mechanisms of ER+ Breast cancer dormancy GomisRoger Speaker Spain Proffered Paper: Translational Reprogramming Drives Immune Evasion in Melanoma Persister Cells Through MIF Secretion EACR25-2481 EACR25-2481 SoumoyLaura Presenter France What makes a tissue favorable or not to metastasis? Luisa CorreiaAna Speaker Portugal Proffered Paper: Neuroblastoma metastatic cells adopt an embryonic diapause-like state in the fetal bone marrow driven by mTOR activity EACR25-0988 EACR25-0988 Castillo FerrerCamila Presenter France How host niche variations regulate disseminated cancer cell dormancy and awakening Aguirre-GhisoJulio A. Speaker United States Auditorium VIII
13:30 14:15	Career Discovery Session 2A (open to EACR Early Career & Student Members, pre-registration required) Carracedo PerezArkaitz Coordinator Spain OricchioElisa Coordinator Switzerland TABLE 1: How to build your own network RisquesRosana Moderator United States TABLE 2: Leadership: Experience in combining research with the direction of a research institute BardelliAlberto Moderator Italy TABLE 3: Leadership: Experience as a team leader and a research center science director MarineJean-Christophe Moderator Belgium TABLE 4: Life of a scientist between research and hospital SomervailleTim Moderator United Kingdom TABLE 6: How to build a successful lab environment WestermarckJukka Moderator Finland TABLE 7: How do you know when you are ready to start your own lab? TurajlicSamra Moderator United Kingdom TABLE 8: Challenges of setting up a new lab and establishing yourself as a PI in your home country after years abroad Luisa CorreiaAna Moderator Portugal TABLE 9: The challenges of starting your own lab VenkateshHumsa Moderator United States TABLE 10: ERC funding opportunities for starting or establishing a research group in the EU or Associated Countries CaraffiniVeronica Moderator TABLE 5: How to make your research impactful and transferable to the clinic GomisRoger Moderator Spain Career Discovery Area