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WORLD CANCER RESEARCH DAY in 3D

Discovery, Prediction & Therapy insights with Patient Derived Cancer Models for Precision Oncology.

​By WORC.Community with ELSEVIER


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WORLD LEADING science and insight 

from leading oncology researchers!


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'ELSEVIER GENE Best Paper Award 2025' 

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KEY NOTE: Professor Marianna Kruithof-de Julio. 
12:05pm GMT/UTC

Marianna's personal focus at the University of Bern is on personalized medicine with particular interest in ex vivo tissue slices of GU cancers, organoid generation from patient specimens and patient derived xenografts and establishment of PDX from GU cancers and bone metastasis.

Talk Title:  'Multi-layer Stratified oncology platform utilizing transcriptomics, prostate cancer organoids and  modelling of drug response'.

As.Professor Heidi Haikala
12:25pm GMT/UTC


Co-Founder at Solid IO 

Solid IO replicates a patient’s tumor microenvironment, generating real-time insights into how cancers respond to immuno-oncology treatments. By combining our technology with bioengineering and AI, we enable precise, informed treatment decisions.
Talk title: ''Fully human model systems to study personalised anti tumour responses in lung cancer."

Dr Mhairi Morris
12:45 pm GMT/UTC

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University.

AWARD Winner for the 2025 WORC.Community Grant award! 

Talk title: 'TAMEing the breastModelling the obesogenic tumour microenvironment in breast cancer'

(how exercise affects tumour growth, metastasis and survival'

'Organoids for Oncology Drug Development'

Preclinical oncology drug development and validation services using tumor organoids and the HUB tumor organoid biobank. 1:05pm GMT/UTC

'Growth factors and cytokines for stem cells and organoids'
1:35pm GMT/UTC


Dr Zinaida Perova

1:45pm GMT/UTC

Project Lead, Cancer Models at European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI. Software development for the cancer research and oncology community with a focus on patient-derived cancer models. 

Talk Title: CancerModels.Org - An open global cancer research platform for patient-derived cancer models.

Dr Giovanni Blandino

2.05pm GMT/UTC

Head of Translational Oncology Research Unit  & Translation Research Coordinator.

CTC IFO/IRE, IRCSS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, ITALY.

Talk title: 'Looking for a 3D surrogate to predict precision oncology'.

Dr Elad Katz

2:25pm GMT/UTC

Founder, Navigate Precision Biology, UK.

Talk Title: 'Making the next step: how we can align cancer organoids with the needs of patients?'

Dr Meritxell Cutrona

2:45pm GMT/UTC

University of Bern -TOR (Translational Organoid Resource)

Talk Title: 'High Throughput screening and tumour organoids: The bricks for precision drug discovery and research'.

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WORD+2026! and WORD25 Xmas meet up!