ESMO has the pleasure to announce the next ESMO Translational Research Unit Visit which will be held at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) the Netherlands, France from the 29th of March to 1st April, 2010. Prof. E.G. Elisabeth de Vries, ESMO Award winner 2009 will supervise the visit.

This visit is focused on Translational Research including:

• Aim to teach young oncologists all about carrying out and enjoying translational research.
• Fellows will be shown around the facilities.
• Explained about the hurdles and how to tackle them.
• Meet preclinical and clinical people and make them even more motivated for Translational research.
• The above will be illustrated through the following themes of the day: Molecular imaging, Long term toxicity and early (pre)clinical trials, Microenvironment, infiltration and metastasis of tumor cells and several aspects of gynecological oncological trials.

We received a large number of applications from high quality candidates, who were selected by the Fellowship and Award Committee on a competitive basis considering clinical/laboratory experience, publications and motivation letter.

ESMO would like to congratulate the young oncologists selected:

Family Name	First Name	Country
Singh	Navneet	India
Akgul Babacan	Nalan	Turkey
Bilyk	Olena	Ukraine
Tamas	Karin Rita	Hungary
Kamal	Saini	Belgium
Karam	Aida Amelia	France
De Sanctis	Rita	Italy

 

We are certain that the participants will gain crucial practical information on how translational research is performed.