Women in CanCell celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

11 February is marked as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Pilar Ayuda-Durán from the Enserink group and Rojyar Khezri from the Rusten group are participating in events celebrating the day.

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Pilar will participate in an activity organized by ASEICA (the Spanish association for cancer research) called “ Conócelas ”. They have gathered more than 220 women involved in cancer research to connect them with high schools and university classes in order to give visibility to women doing cancer research.

Rojyar will be giving a talk in " The First Global Symposium of Kurdish Women in Science ". The Symposium consists of speakers from all over world and it will be held in Kurdish as it is designed especially for Kurdish Girls and Women as audience, in order to inspire them to take up higher education and follow their own path. In addition, Rojyar will feature on a special EMBO cover to mark the day.

At CanCell, we take this opportunity to look back at the publications from 2021 where the women researchers featured as first authors.

Caroline Dillard: Race ^V12 ; scrib ^{- / -} Tumors: A Cooperative Oncogenesis Model Fueled by Tumor / Host Interactions
Iwona Grad: Discovery of novel candidates for anti-liposarcoma therapies by medium-scale high-throughput drug screening
Rojyar Khezri: Host autophagy mediates organ wasting and nutrient mobilization for tumor growth
Ana Lapao: Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy
Roza B. Lemma: Chromatin occupancy and target genes of the haematopoietic master transcription factor MYB
Patrycja Szybowska: Negative Regulation of FGFR (Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor) Signaling
Aurora K Vikan: Efficacy and Selectivity of FGF2-Saporin Cytosolically Delivered by PCI in Cells Overexpressing FGFR1
Yan Zhen: Sealing holes in cellular membranes

The CanCell Equality Forum which focuses on multilateralism and integration works actively towards gender equality as well.

Published Feb. 9, 2022 6:28 PM - Last modified Feb. 9, 2022 7:15 PM