SamanthaGeorge Institute of Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom

Dr Samantha George is a honorary researcher at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. Their work focuses on interactions within the tumour microenvironment, with a particular interest in macrophage-mediated regulation of tumour invasion and metastasis.

Sunday 07 June 2026

Time	Session

14:00 15:40	Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Fully Booked) (pre-selected participants only; UPDATE: this session is fully booked) GeorgiosSflomos Chair EPFLSwitzerland Welcome Message GeorgiosSflomos Chair EPFLSwitzerland Therapeutic OVERactivation of oncogenic signaling as a cancer treatment strategy MatheusHenriqueDias Speaker Princess Máxima CenterNetherlands Proffered Paper 1: Lipid-associated macrophages in amoeboid cancer cell dissemination EACR26-1833 EACR26-1833 SamanthaLaurenGeorge Oral Presenter Institute of Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom Proffered Paper 2: Spatial/single-cell profiling of Tfh niches and CD8 exhaustion in glofitamab resistance EACR26-0682 EACR26-0682 PaulMarcoux Oral Presenter CRCT - INSERMFrance Raising from the ashes of treatment – understanding and targeting persister cells YaaraOren Speaker Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael Room F1+2+3

Time

Session

14:00

15:40

Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Fully Booked)

(pre-selected participants only; UPDATE: this session is fully booked)

GeorgiosSflomos Chair EPFLSwitzerland

Welcome Message

GeorgiosSflomos Chair EPFLSwitzerland
Therapeutic OVERactivation of oncogenic signaling as a cancer treatment strategy

MatheusHenriqueDias Speaker Princess Máxima CenterNetherlands
Proffered Paper 1: Lipid-associated macrophages in amoeboid cancer cell dissemination

EACR26-1833

EACR26-1833

SamanthaLaurenGeorge Oral Presenter Institute of Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom
Proffered Paper 2: Spatial/single-cell profiling of Tfh niches and CD8 exhaustion in glofitamab resistance

EACR26-0682

EACR26-0682

PaulMarcoux Oral Presenter CRCT - INSERMFrance
Raising from the ashes of treatment – understanding and targeting persister cells

YaaraOren Speaker Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael

Room F1+2+3