Career Development Session 1A

09/06/2026 13:45 15:00

Career Development Area

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

Arkaitz Carracedo Perez Coordinator CIC bioGUNESpain

Time	Session

13:45 15:00	TABLE 1: Working at the interface between basic research and method development GuillaumeJacquemet Moderator Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland Career Development Area	TABLE 2: From fundamental science to translational impact ReneBernards Moderator Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)Netherlands Career Development Area	TABLE 3: How to build your own network Jaccovan Rheenen Moderator Netherlands Cancer InstituteNetherlands Career Development Area	TABLE 4: A career at the intersection between cell biology and oncology VictoriaSanz-Moreno Moderator The Institute of Cancer Research LondonUnited Kingdom Career Development Area	TABLE 5: New challenges in cancer research YardenaSamuels Moderator Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael Career Development Area	TABLE 6: How to start your lab GiuliaBiffi Moderator Cancer Research UK, Cambridge InstituteUnited Kingdom Career Development Area	TABLE 7: How to become a bioinformatician, the most desired postdoc MarcosMalumbres Moderator Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)Spain Career Development Area	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 Career Development Area	TABLE 9: How to build a successful lab environment EduardBatlle Moderator Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)Spain Career Development Area	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 Career Development Area	TABLE 11: Current challenges in academia: tips to survive ChiaraAmbrogio Moderator University of TorinoItaly Career Development Area	TABLE 12: Tips and tricks to publish your work I-MeiSiu Moderator Cancer DiscoveryUnited States Career Development Area	TABLE 13: From performing research to supporting researchers: navigating career transitions IanLewis Moderator Worldwide Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom Career Development Area	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 Career Development Area	TABLE 15: What is needed to break the glass ceiling? Jennie R.Lill Moderator AmgenUnited States Career Development Area	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