EACR Junior & Senior Investigator Awards
EACR Junior and Senior Investigator Awards
The highest scoring abstract submitted to the IACR annual conference from both
These awardees present their research in the final IACR session and receive complimentary registration from the EACR and an IACR stipend to attend the EACR biannual conference.
Free membership to the EACR
Individuals with full IACR membership, receive free membership to the EACR of which the IACR is an affiliated national society. IACR members benefit from full membership of the EACR, free of charge. The EACR provides a wide variety of services to support its community of members, including reduced registration fees for Congresses and Conferences (in-person or virtual), free registration to ‘Meet the Expert’ and ‘How to…’ webinars, facilitate communications and collaborations within the cancer research community, the opportunity to apply for bursaries and fellowships and join the EACR Book Club.
EACR Award Winners From Previous IACR Conferences
58th IACR Cork 2022
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Ms. Eimear Mylod, TTMI
Investigating the utility of CX3CR1 antagonism to promote NK cell migration towards tumour in obesity associated cancer
EACR Senior Prize Winner
Dr. Daniela Ottaviani, RCSI
Cdk12 as a novel therapeutic target in endocrine therapy resistant Breast Cancer
57th IACR Virtual Conference 2021
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Maria Davern, TCD
Novel insights into immune-independent functions of immune checkpoint inhibitors in oesophageal adenocarcinoma; potential implications for overcoming chemoresistance to first-line chemotherapy regimens
EACR Senior Prize Winner
Oliver Treacy, NUIG
Sugar high: Does the sialic acid profile of cancer-associated fibroblasts induce a more tumour-permissive microenvironment?
56th IACR Galway 2020
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Neil Conlon, DCU
Pre-clinical rationale for combination of Neratinib and Dasatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer.
EACR Senior Prize Winner
Manuela Salvucci
Integrated multi-omics analysis from multi-region resections reveals further fine-grained taxonomiies of colorectal cancer (CRC).
55th IACR Belfast 2019
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Lisa Dwane, RCSI
Functional genomic screening identifies the deubiquitinase USP11 as a novel regulator of ERα transcription in Breast Cancer
EACR Senior Prize Winner
Dr. Sara Charmsaz, RCSI
RNA-Methylation in ER-Positive Breast Cancer
54th IACR Dublin 2018
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Naoise Synnott, UCD
Mutant p53 as A Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Preclinical Investigation with the Anti-p53 Drug, PK11007
EACR Senior Prize Winner
Martin Barr, TCD
XRCC6BP1: A key DNA repair gene in
53rd IACR Kilkenny 2017
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Damir Vareslija, RCSI
Translating NextGen sequencing to the clinic: Targeting actionable genes enriched in breast cancer brain metastases
EACR Senior Prize Winner
Maria
Serum response factor as a novel targeted therapy for
52nd IACR Cork 2016
EACR Junior Prize Winner
Manuela Salvucci, RCSI
Translational application of a mathematical model of apoptotic caspase activation provides a prognostic biomarker in stage III colorectal cancer
EACR Senior Prize Winner
SJ Furney, UCD
Mutation-specific interactions between ultraviolet radiation and melanoma
51st IACR Galway 2015
EACR Junior Prize Winner
J Brown, NUIG
Rational design and validation of a TIP60 Histone acetyl transferase inhibitor for the treatment of breast cancer subtypes
EACR Senior Prize Winner
A Ryan, NUIG
Targeting colon cancer cell NF-kappaB promotes an anti-tumour M1-like macrophage phenotype and inhibits peritoneal metastasis
2020 EACR Award Winners – Neil Conlon (Junior), Prof. Amanda McCann, Manuela Salvucci (Senior)
EACR Senior Investigator 2019 Dr. Sara Charmsaz with Prof. Amanda McCann
EACR Junior Investigator 2019 Lisa Dwane with Prof. Amanda McCann
EACR Senior & Junior Investigators 2018 Dr. Martin Barr (L) and Dr Naoise Synott (R)
EACR Free Membership
The IACR is an affiliated national society and its members benefit from full membership of the EACR.
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