The European Association for Cancer Research
Advancing cancer research - from basic research to prevention, treatment and care
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EACR-20
Registrations can now be made for EACR-20 with a special Early- Rate for EACR members.
The conference will provide a forum for basic, translational and clinical researchers to discuss all aspects of cancer research. Our effort will be to highlight the latest discoveries and trends across the fast moving entire spectrum of cancer research. Special emphasis will be made to ensure that the programme incorporates sessions for young cancer researchers.
- 5-8 July 2008
- Lyon, France
- Further information
Report of the EACR19 conference held in Budapest 2006
Invitations to meetings from EACR Sustaining Members and Sponsors
Cancer Degradome Symposium
- 8 - 9 October 2008
- Royal Institute of British Architects, London
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EACR Sponsored Meetings
Discovering new worlds in medicine: towards nanoapplication in cancer prevention and treatment
- 23 May 2008
- Genoa, Italy
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Cancer Research Summer School on “New Developments in Translational Cancer Research”
- 18 - 19 June 2008
- Nottingham, UK
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1-day International EACR/BACR Symposium “Cancer Drug Discovery, Development and Evaluation”
- 20 June 2008
- Nottingham, UK
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Systems Biology of Cancer Signaling Networks, Modeling and Clinical Implications
- September 2-3 2008
- Rehovot, Israel
- For further details: Lesley.Braaf@weizmann.ac.il
Reports from EACR Sponsored Meetings
Other meetings
XXth International Pigment Cell Conference IPCC2008 conjoined with Vth International Melanoma Research Congress IMRC2008
- 7 - 12 May 2008
- Royton Sapporo, Japan
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6th Annual International Meeting on Cancer Immunotherapy
- 15 - 16 May 2008
- Convention Center Mainz, Germany
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First European Course in vivo Preclinical Assays in Cancer Therapy
- 19th - 21st May 2008
- The Institut Curie, France
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Cellular Immortality & Cancer: From Telomerase to Cancer Stem Cells
- 3 June 2008
- Stratford upon Avon, UK
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Beatson International Cancer Conference - Cell Growth, Metabolism and Cancer
- 15 - 18 June 2008
- Glasgow, Scotland
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British Neuro-Oncology Society Annual Meeting
- 25 - 27 June 2008
- Preston, UK
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International Lung Cancer Conference
- 9 - 12 July 2008
- Liverpool, UK
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The 2008 World Cancer Congress
- 27-31 August 2008
- Geneva
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11th European Worksop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Solid Tumours
- 6-9 September 2008
- Bilbao, Spain
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NCRI Cancer Conference
- 5th - 8th October 2008
- The ICC, Birmingham, UK
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Recent advances in cancer immunotherapy with an emphasis on vaccines
- 9 - 11 October 2008
- Athens, Greece
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8th International Conference of Anticancer Research
- 17 - 22 October 2008
- Kos, Greece
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9th European Congress of Chemotherapy and the 16th Mediterranean Congress of Chemotherapy
- 8 – 11 November 2008
- Istanbul, Turkey
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EACR Members’ Survey 2008
If you missed the e-mail asking you to complete the 2008 EACR Members’ Survey, please visit the ‘View newsletters and publications’ page in the Members Area where there is a link to the questionnaire.
EACR-20 Registration - Members Late-Rate open until 2 June 2008
Registration is now open for EACR-20 with an excellent ‘late-rate’ for EACR Members. Late Rate payments must be made before 2 June 2008.
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How to apply for a Meeting Bursary to attend EACR-20
Meeting Bursary applications will be evaluated on 23 April 2008 and all applicants will be notified as soon as possible around the middle of May 2008.
Jobs and Study Opportunities
Postdoctoral position available
The package includes a competitive salary 36.000 euros/year, managerial and scientific training and a number of benefits.
IFOM-IEO Campus, Milan, Italy
For further information >Cancer Research Opportunities at IRCC (Italy) for post-docs and a junior P.I.
The Division of Molecular Oncology at the Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC) invites applications for three post-doctoral positions, to study the function of Met and the semaphorins in cancer progression, with particular interest for identifying the implicated molecular mechanisms and developing molecular tools to target these pathways in human tumors. In addition, we welcome applications for one tenure-track position reserved to young independent investigators, with outstanding qualification in this field.
Post-Doctoral Position, The Immunotherapy & Gene Therapy Unit
The Immunotherapy & Gene Therapy Unit seeks a candidate with experience in immunology to study regulatory T cells expansion, conversion and inactivation in tumor bearers using a variety of mixed bone marrow chimeras as well as gene shut down in bone marrow donors.