Arkaitz Carracedo Perez CIC bioGUNESpain

Monday 08 June 2026

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Separate pre-registration required) MatheusHenriqueDias Chair Princess Máxima CenterNetherlands Immune-controlled signaling niches drive tissue physiology and cancer MeravCohen Speaker Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael Proffered Paper 8: Intestinal zonation constrains driver mutation selection and shapes tumour evolution in colorectal cancer EACR26-0547 EACR26-0547 RahelehAmirkhah Oral Presenter Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom The LEAD/DEAL tandem in the cancer research career path Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Keynote Speaker CIC bioGUNESpain Room F1+2+3
14:00 15:15	Top Abstracts Room P1+2+3 Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Chair CIC bioGUNESpain Integration of stress response biology multi-omic datasets decodes prostate cancer dynamic disease progression and places IRE1 activity at the epicentre of acquired treatment resistance EACR26-1391 EACR26-1391 DimitriosDoultsinos Oral Presenter University of OxfordUnited Kingdom Temporal progression of the liver immune microenvironment during breast cancer metastasis EACR26-1906 EACR26-1906 CatarinaBarbosa-Matos Oral Presenter Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Portugal Simple cell geometry metrics reveal cancer cell diversity and plasticity and guide combination therapy EACR26-0589 EACR26-0589 HadrienDe Blander Oral Presenter KU Leuven- VIBBelgium Protective PROTACs exploit cancer-specific E3 ligase defects to increase the therapeutic window of anticancer drugs EACR26-2000 EACR26-2000 LuciaSimon-Carrasco Oral Presenter CABIMER Spain Questions & Answers Room P1+2+3

Tuesday 09 June 2026

Time	Session

13:45 15:00	Career Development Session 1A (open to EACR Early Career & Student Members, pre-registration required) Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Coordinator CIC bioGUNESpain TABLE 1: Working at the interface between basic research and method development GuillaumeJacquemet Moderator Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland TABLE 2: From fundamental science to translational impact ReneBernards Moderator Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)Netherlands TABLE 3: How to build your own network Jaccovan Rheenen Moderator Netherlands Cancer InstituteNetherlands TABLE 4: A career at the intersection between cell biology and oncology VictoriaSanz-Moreno Moderator The Institute of Cancer Research LondonUnited Kingdom TABLE 5: New challenges in cancer research YardenaSamuels Moderator Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael TABLE 6: How to start your lab GiuliaBiffi Moderator Cancer Research UK, Cambridge InstituteUnited Kingdom TABLE 7: How to become a bioinformatician, the most desired postdoc MarcosMalumbres Moderator Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)Spain TABLE 8: Challenges of being a clinician scientist: Successfully balancing clinical and academic duties MircoJ.Friedrich Moderator German Cancer Research Center and HI-STEM GmbHGermany TABLE 9: How to build a successful lab environment EduardBatlle Moderator Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)Spain TABLE 10: How to make smart career choices: choosing questions, environments, and collaborations for long-term impact Johanna AJoyce Moderator Ludwig Institute for Cancer ResearchSwitzerland TABLE 11: Current challenges in academia: tips to survive ChiaraAmbrogio Moderator University of TorinoItaly TABLE 12: Tips and tricks to publish your work I-MeiSiu Moderator Cancer DiscoveryUnited States TABLE 13: From performing research to supporting researchers: navigating career transitions IanLewis Moderator Worldwide Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom TABLE 14: ERC funding opportunities for starting or establishing a research group in the EU or Associated Countries VeronicaCaraffini Moderator European Research Council Executive AgencyBelgium TABLE 15: What is needed to break the glass ceiling? Jennie R.Lill Moderator AmgenUnited States TABLE 16: Leveraging a postdoc in the US and returning back to Europe to initiate your own research programme Vince KornélGrolmusz Moderator National Institute of OncologyHungary Career Development Area

Time

Session

13:45

15:00

Career Development Session 1A

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

Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Coordinator CIC bioGUNESpain

TABLE 1: Working at the interface between basic research and method development

GuillaumeJacquemet Moderator Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland
TABLE 2: From fundamental science to translational impact

ReneBernards Moderator Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)Netherlands
TABLE 3: How to build your own network

Jaccovan Rheenen Moderator Netherlands Cancer InstituteNetherlands
TABLE 4: A career at the intersection between cell biology and oncology

VictoriaSanz-Moreno Moderator The Institute of Cancer Research LondonUnited Kingdom
TABLE 5: New challenges in cancer research

YardenaSamuels Moderator Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael
TABLE 6: How to start your lab

GiuliaBiffi Moderator Cancer Research UK, Cambridge InstituteUnited Kingdom
TABLE 7: How to become a bioinformatician, the most desired postdoc

MarcosMalumbres Moderator Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)Spain
TABLE 8: Challenges of being a clinician scientist: Successfully balancing clinical and academic duties

MircoJ.Friedrich Moderator German Cancer Research Center and HI-STEM GmbHGermany
TABLE 9: How to build a successful lab environment

EduardBatlle Moderator Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)Spain
TABLE 10: How to make smart career choices: choosing questions, environments, and collaborations for long-term impact

Johanna AJoyce Moderator Ludwig Institute for Cancer ResearchSwitzerland
TABLE 11: Current challenges in academia: tips to survive

ChiaraAmbrogio Moderator University of TorinoItaly
TABLE 12: Tips and tricks to publish your work

I-MeiSiu Moderator Cancer DiscoveryUnited States
TABLE 13: From performing research to supporting researchers: navigating career transitions

IanLewis Moderator Worldwide Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom
TABLE 14: ERC funding opportunities for starting or establishing a research group in the EU or Associated Countries

VeronicaCaraffini Moderator European Research Council Executive AgencyBelgium
TABLE 15: What is needed to break the glass ceiling?

Jennie R.Lill Moderator AmgenUnited States
TABLE 16: Leveraging a postdoc in the US and returning back to Europe to initiate your own research programme

Vince KornélGrolmusz Moderator National Institute of OncologyHungary

Career Development Area

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Time	Session

11:35 13:10	Symposium: Ageing and Cancer Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Co-Chair CIC bioGUNESpain MatheusHenriqueDias Co-Chair Princess Máxima CenterNetherlands A Complex TIME: the role of the aging tumor immune microenvironment in tumor progression Ashani T.Weeraratna Speaker John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthUnited States Proffered Paper: Aging triggers an immunosuppressive senescent microenvironment promoting lung cancer development and metastasis EACR26-1640 EACR26-1640 MUNOZ-ESPINDANIEL Oral Presenter University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom Intersection of tumorigenesis and aging-associated decline in lung regenerative potential TuomasTammela Speaker The Tuomas Tammela LabUnited States Proffered Paper: XP-C deficiency drives universal mutator phenotypes across cancer types and orchestrates cellular sensitivity to bulky DNA adducts EACR26-0279 EACR26-0279 FatemehRajabi Oral Presenter IGRFrance Ageing and cancer: mechanistic links GuidoKroemer Speaker The Kroemer LabFrance Room F6+7+8
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 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 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 2: Efficient and caring mentorship: how to make your research team flourish? Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Moderator CIC bioGUNESpain Career Development Area