Translational Research Unit Visits Reports
Find the list of participants from the past visits and read their report.
2012 Translation Research Unit Visits
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Topic: Lost in Translation: how to find your way
Date: 21-23 November 2012
Participants:
- Alfaar Ahmad, Egypt
- Altavilla Amelia, Italy
- Gogia Ajay, India
- Lambertini Matteo, Italy
- Linga Vijay, India
- Loong Herbert, Hong Kong
- Risi Emanuela, Italy
- Salvatore Lisa, Italy
- Vasile Enrico, Italy
Southern Sweden Cancer Center, Lund, Sweden
Topic: Translational Oncology - from bioinformatics to clinical informatics; focus on hereditary, breast cancer, melanoma and sarcoma
Date: 24-27 April 2012
Participants:
- Branislav Bystricky, Slovak Republic
- Mustafa El-Sherify, Egypt
- Indranil Ghosh, India
- Donna Graham, Ireland
- Hassan Hameed, UK
- Ravindran Kanesvaran, Singapore
- Jan Oldenburg, Norway
- Paul-Martin Putora, Switzerland
- Enrico Vasile, Italy
Institut de cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Topic: Integration of molecular medicine into clinical trials.
Date: 6-9 February 2012
Participants:
- Chiara Cremolini, Italy
- Rodrigo Dienstmann, Spain
- Serge Dohmen, The Netherlands
- Anna Lisa Gentile, Italy
- Georgis Papaxoinis, Greece
- Grigorijs Plakhins, Latvia
- Gihan Ratnayake, UK
- Rodrigo Rovere, Brazil
- Elisa Zanardi, Italy
2011 Translation Research Unit Visits
The European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Topic: Circulating endothelial cells and progenitors as biomarkers in anti-angiogenic therapy of cancer
Date: 12-14 October 2011
Participants:
- Miguel Angel Berciano Guerrero, Spain;
- Paolo Carli, Italy;
- Viacheslav Chubenko, Russia;
- Louise Catherine Connell, Ireland;
- Ibolya Czegle, Hungary;
- Nikolaos Pistamaltzian, Greece;
- Miroslawa Puskulluoglu, Poland;
- Joanna Stanislawiak, Poland
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Bellinzona, Switzerland
Topic: Translational studies and new drug development in Oncology: The importance of the laboratory-clinical interface.
Date: 10-13 October 2011
Participants:
- Samia Arifi, Morocco;
- Ahitagani Biswas, India;
- Dzianis Kazakevich, Belarus
- Dimitrios Krikelis, Greece
- Laura Noto, Italy
- Sheila Piva, Italy
- Federica Recine, Italy
- Diego Reis, Belgium
- Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, Mexico
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: An introduction to Translational Research in Oncology
Date: 27-29 April 2011
Participants:
- Daniela Adua, Italy
- Ramon Andrade De Mello, Portugal
- Alfonso De Stefano, Italy
- Kathryn Field, Australia
- Lorenzo Fornaro, Italy
- Xinmei Kang, China
- Manuel Rodrigues, France
- Lieke Simkens, the Netherlands
- Valentina Sini, Italy
- Manpreet Singh Tiwana, India
2010 Translation Research Unit Visits
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Topic: New avenues in Translational Research:
- Translational research in glioblastomamouse models (Pathology)
- Translational radiation oncology research in head and neck cancer (Radiotherapy)
- Breast cancer: a search for new biomarkers (Medical Oncology, Nuclear Medicine)
- New tracers and therapeutic antibodies in oncology (Nuclear Medicine)
- Sarcoma research: from mouse and men (Medical Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology)
- From bench to bedside: early clinical trials (Medical Oncology)
Date: 2-4 November 2010
Participants:
- Mehmet Artac, Turkey
- Jose David Gomez Rangel, Mexico
- Paolo Grassi, Italy
- Sameh Hashem, Jordan
- Andrea Necchi, Italy
- Ahmed Salem, Jordan
The Molekulare Krebsforschungszentrum of the Charité (MKFZ), Berlin, Germany
Topic: Translational cancer research: the laboratory-clinical interface at the MKFZ
Date: 27-29 October 2010
Participants:
- Riyad Bendardaf, Libya
- Alexander Druy, Russia
- Aiza Jamil, Pakistan
- Teresa Mele, Italy
- Hudhaifah Shaker, UK
- Sergiu Ungureanu, Moldova
- Gustavo Werutsky, Brazil
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands
Topic: Translational Research illustrated through the following themes: Molecular imaging, Long term toxicity and early (pre)clinical trials, Microenvironment, infiltration and metastasis of tumour cells and several aspects of gynaecological oncology trials
Date: 29 March to 1 April 2010
Participants:
- Nalan Akgul Babacan, Turkey
- Olena Bilyk, Ukraine
- Rita De Sanctis, Italy
- Kamal Saini, Belgium
- Aida Amelia Karam, France
- Navneet Singh, India
- Karin Tamas, Hungary