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.
EACR Award Winners From Previous IACR Conferences
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
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