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| Novel treatment regimen shows value in frail patients with multiple myeloma |
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| Multiple myeloma is a disease usually affecting older patients who are often frail, according to the International Myeloma Frailty Index. The outcome of frail patients is poor mainly because many discontinue treatment due to toxicity. To address this issue, a national team led by Sonya Zweegman, Professor of Hematology, investigated a novel treatment regimen with an expected low-toxicity profile in a prospective phase II clinical trial. |
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| White Ribbon tour |
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| The White Ribbon tour brings attention to lung cancer and raises money for research into better treatments. At the end, the White Ribbon was presented to oncological surgeon Geert Kazemier and pulmonologist Annemarie Becker-Commissaris. |
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| Read more about the tour (in Dutch) |
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| European Fair Pricing Network |
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| The Dutch Cancer Society decided to unite European cancer societies and research institutes to establish the European Fair Pricing Network (EFPN). EFPN aims to secure fairer prices of cancer medicines while upkeeping the innovation pipeline and timely access for patients to promising new medicines. |
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| Tracking down hard-to-find cancer |
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| Surgeon Els Nieveen van Dijkum was recently appointed professor of endocrine surgery. She is dedicated to patients with so-called neuroendocrine tumors, a rare form of cancer that is not always easy to find. Her inaugural lecture is on September 9th. |
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| Variability within tumors predicts survival rates of patients with cancer |
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| Researchers at Cancer Center Amsterdam have developed a method to measure the variability of chromosomal aberrations in tumor cells, or heterogeneity. After calculating the heterogeneity for tumors of 11,534 patients, they found that patients with a high heterogeneity have a worse prognosis. This research was published today in Nature Communications. |
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| Cancer Center Amsterdam call 2021 |
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| The Cancer Center Amsterdam Call 2021 is now open for submission. One of the main goals this year is to stimulate early career researchers (<10 years post PhD) with highly innovative ideas. The proposed projects will be judged on potential and innovation and should not be ready to submit for funding elsewhere. Deadline for preproposals: June 1st, 2021. |
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| Call for proposals Lymph&Co Foundation |
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| The aim of this call is to fund groundbraking translational research on malignant lymphoma, malignant lymphoid neoplasia and related malignant blood diseases (particularly lymphoid disorders). The deadline for submitting the pre-proposals is on 8 June 2021. |
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| NWO Talent Programme Vici awards |
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| These enable senior researchers to create their own research group, often in anticipation of a tenured professorship. Grants are worth up to € 1.5 million each over five years. Deadline for pre-proposals is 29 April, deadline for full proposals: 21 September 2021. |
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| European Commission (EC) – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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| The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship (previously ‘Individual Fellowship’) under Horizon Europe will open mid-May. External deadline: 15 September. Changes from the H2020 programme can be found here. Research Grant Support (RGS) and the AMC Postdoc Network are organizing a Masterclass on 14 & 15 July from 9:00-10:30; please find more info and registration here. Internal support is available to fellows applying to join Amsterdam UMC (both AMC and VUmc locations) from abroad and for those applying for a Global Fellowship. |
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| Contact research grant support for more information |
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| New round call 'NWA Science Communication' |
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| NWO has published the second call for proposals for science communication in the context of the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA).The call “NWA Science Communication 2021-2022” strengthens the connection between science and society by providing funding for a wide spectrum of projects. The budget available for the call is 3 million euros. Deadline: September 21th. |
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| Cancer Center Amsterdam awards ceremony |
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| Each year, the Cancer Center Amsterdam grants an award for the best publication and the best thesis. In addition, a clinical/societal impact award is granted. This year, the award ceremony will be held online, on June 17th, 17.00-18.00h. All winners will present their research in a short presentation, so join us all! |
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| EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasonography) virtual live from Amsterdam |
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| 24th annual course - 11 June 2021 (13.00-17.40h). The program is designed for gastroenterologists, gastroenterologists-in-training, and nurses. |
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| 4th Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity Annual Symposium: 'The current and next pandamic' |
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| The title of the 4th AII Annual Symposium is "The current and next pandemic". Please join online on June 24, 13.00 - 18.00 hrs. |
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| Scientific English writing workshop - Postdoc Network Amsterdam UMC |
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| This two-part (June 14th and June 21st, 09.00-11.30) online workshop will help you develop your scientific writing skills. In the first session, we cover the basics of writing a clear manuscript and how to create figures and tables that support your results (rather than confuse your reader). In the second session, participants are invited to share examples of their own writing, figures, and/or tables for constructive feedback in a friendly setting. |
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| BioBusiness Summer School |
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| The summer school is an introductory course for academics who are contemplating a career switch to industry and young professionals in their first industry jobs. The course is taking place from 28 June – 2 July 2021 in Amsterdam. Registration deadline: June 6th. |
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| PhD defence B.F. Westendorp - May 28 |
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| "Intestinal fibroblasts in inflammation and cancer"
The results from this thesis provide exciting insights into the crucial roles of intestinal fibroblasts in stem cell maintenance and cancer development, directed by important signaling pathways such as the Hedgehog pathway, which can eventually lead to more targeted therapies in the treatment of colorectal cancer.
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| PhD defence M. Buijs - May 28 |
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| "Optical coherence tomography OCT and irreversible electroporation IRE in the diagnosis and treatment of renal masses. Towards a minimally invasive approach" |
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| PhD defence Z. Wang - June 1 |
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"Radiograph-based organ dose reconstruction for childhood cancer survivors with long-term follow-up"
We provided solutions for accurate organ dose reconstruction for childhood cancer survivors treated in the 2D radiation treatment (RT) planning era, which results can be used to investigate relationships between the delivered dose to patient specific regions and the (late) adverse effects that happen to later because of radiation toxicity in childhood cancer survivors with long-term follow-up. |
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| PhD defence B. El Hassouni - June 1 |
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"Novel therapeutics in pancreatic cancer treatment"
Preclinical research on potential pancreatic cancer treatments that will hopefully contribute to the development of novel therapies. |
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| PhD defence C.V.M. Verhagen - June 2 |
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| "Precision medicine in head and neck cancer |DNA repair genotyping and functional defects" |
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| PhD defence C.G. Brahm - June 3 |
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"Improving the standard of care in glioblastoma: novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches"
There is a clinically unmet need for more effective treatments for glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor found in adults. This thesis describes novel therapeutic approaches and alternative treatment strategies for patients with glioblastoma. |
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| Highlighted vacancies in Cancer research |
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- Internship position for a motivated MSc student at the Angiogenesis laboratory - view vacancy
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