XIX Cancer Research KI Retreat
The XIX Cancer Research KI retreat takes place May 23-24, 2022 at Djurönäset in the Stockholm archipelago, gathering Cancer Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital for an annual joint scientific meeting.
About the retreat:
The XIX Cancer Research KI retreat takes place May 23-24, 2022 at Djurönäset in the Stockholm archipelago, gathering Cancer Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital for an annual joint scientific meeting. The retreat is open for all KI students, post-docs and supervisors with an interest in cancer research and in the Cancer Research KI program, its current and future activities.
The program will include invited international keynote lectures and presentations of exciting research projects in cancer biology, clinical cancer research, cancer care research and cancer epidemiology. Keynote speakers include Professor William C. Hahn from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Nobel Prize winner Sir Gregory Winter from the University of Cambridge and Associate Professor Christina Curtis from Stanford University.
Recap
The retreat gathered 264 participants from 16 KI departments. It was open to KI/KUH students, post-docs, researchers, principal investigators, and healthcare professionals with an interest in cancer research and the current and future activities of Cancer Research KI. A general satisfaction from the retreat was rated 4.74/5.
The retreat ended with a poster prize announcement for the best posters. This year the winners are:
The 1st prize is given to Poster #12 Peng Cui, Understanding the causes of tumor heterogeneity in neuroblastoma and pheochromocytoma to identify new therapeutic targets.
The 2nd prize is given to Poster #8 Lola Boutin, Gamma Delta T cell recognition and activation potential in Medulloblastoma model.
The 3rd prize is given to Poster #80 Alejandro Lastra Romero, A biphasic inflammatory response in the hippocampus after irradiation of juvenile mouse brain.