Maria M.Caffarel Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain

Monday 08 June 2026

Time	Session

12:30 13:45	Networking Event for Early-Career Researchers (open to EACR Early Career & Student Members, pre-registration required) Networking Event - Table hosts AlexandraBoitor Moderator European Association for Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom AmaiaLujambio Moderator The Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchUnited States GeorgiosSflomos Moderator EPFLSwitzerland GuillaumeJacquemet Moderator Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland HenriettButz Moderator National Institute of OncologyHungary Maria M.Caffarel Moderator Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain MariangelaRusso Moderator University of TorinoItaly MatheusHenriqueDias Moderator Princess Máxima CenterNetherlands MeravCohen Moderator Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael MichaelKilian Moderator Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States MircoJ.Friedrich Moderator German Cancer Research Center and HI-STEM GmbHGermany Natalie Scholes Moderator Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)Netherlands SandraBlanco Benavente Moderator Universidad de SalamancaSpain ShaliniVasudevRao Moderator Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom YaaraOren Moderator Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael Career Development Area

Time

Session

12:30

13:45

Networking Event for Early-Career Researchers

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

Networking Event - Table hosts

AlexandraBoitor Moderator European Association for Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom

AmaiaLujambio Moderator The Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchUnited States

GeorgiosSflomos Moderator EPFLSwitzerland

GuillaumeJacquemet Moderator Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland

HenriettButz Moderator National Institute of OncologyHungary

Maria M.Caffarel Moderator Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain

MariangelaRusso Moderator University of TorinoItaly

MatheusHenriqueDias Moderator Princess Máxima CenterNetherlands

MeravCohen Moderator Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael

MichaelKilian Moderator Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States

MircoJ.Friedrich Moderator German Cancer Research Center and HI-STEM GmbHGermany

Natalie Scholes Moderator Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)Netherlands

SandraBlanco Benavente Moderator Universidad de SalamancaSpain

ShaliniVasudevRao Moderator Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom

YaaraOren Moderator Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael

Career Development Area

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Time	Session

09:20 10:55	Symposium: Immune Activation beyond T cells Room P1+2+3 Maria M.Caffarel Co-Chair Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain RenatoOstuni Co-Chair San Raffaele Scientific Institute Italy Molecular and spatial control of immune microenvironments in pancreatic cancer RenatoOstuni Speaker San Raffaele Scientific Institute Italy Proffered Paper: Targeting inflammation in the tumour microenvironment by blocking Oncostatin M cytokine signalling: Implications in response to immunotherapy EACR26-1506 EACR26-1506 Maria M.Caffarel Oral Presenter Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain Determinants of B cell function in cancer YuliyaPylayeva-Gupta Speaker UNC School of MedicineUnited States Proffered Paper: Comprehensive Profiling of Metastatic MSS Colorectal Cancer Reveals B-Cell Involvement and Metabolic Reprogramming Associated with Anti–PD-L1 Treatment Benefit EACR26-1073 EACR26-1073 ElenaBenidovskaya Oral Presenter UCLouvain/IRECBelgium Triggering innate lymphocytes with real and virtual cues for cancer immunotherapy CamillaJandus Speaker Jandus LabSwitzerland Room P1+2+3
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 3: Navigating a career in Academia and Industry AnnaBabayan Moderator IlluminaGermany 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 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 7: Establishing interdisciplinary collaborations in early independent careers Maria M.Caffarel Moderator Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain Career Development Area
18:15 18:40	Posters in the Spotlight II - Wednesday Spotlight Theatre Maria M.Caffarel Moderator Biogipuzkoa Health Research InstituteSpain Mapping Tumour Promoting and Restrictive Subpopulations of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma EACR26-0015 EACR26-0015 YihanXu Poster Spotlight Cancer Research UK Manchester InstituteUnited Kingdom Targeting mitochondrial fragmentation overcomes proteasome inhibitor resistance in multiple myeloma EACR26-1031 EACR26-1031 NicolaAmodio Poster Spotlight Magna Graeci University of CatanzaroItaly Decoupling tumor entry from antigen recognition reveals a distinct early phase of T cell infiltration EACR26-0779 EACR26-0779 CamielGobel Poster Spotlight UMC UtrechtNetherlands Lipid Desaturation as a Metabolic Checkpoint for T cell Immunity Suppression in Liver Cancer EACR26-1625 EACR26-1625 NicolaeCiobu Zubenco Poster Spotlight Columbia UniversityUnited States Pancreatic cancer cell adaptation to mechanical compressive stress reveals a targetable vulnerability and synergistic effect of SRC and PI3K inhibitors EACR26-1915 EACR26-1915 JulieGuillermet-Guibert Poster Spotlight CRCT, Inserm/CNRS/UTFrance Room P1+2+3