2020

Published on January 1st 2020 | By Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska

Our study on high-order drug combinations to treat colorectal carcinoma and its activity is available now in open access in Molecular Oncology and gains major media attention: Tribune de Geneve (https://www.tdg.ch/decouverte-majeure-dans-le-traitement-dun-cancer-482861877739), Unige Press release (https://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/en/2020/traitement-contre-le-cancer-colorectal-la-combinaison-gagnante/), TV Leman Bleu (https://www.lemanbleu.ch/Scripts/Modules/CustomView/List.aspx?idn=9990&name=CategorySearch&Category=591), Le Journal (https://www.unige.ch/lejournal/presse/archives/chimiotherapies/)
Our research gains attention of specialists - see beyond the abstract release: https://www.urotoday.com/recent-abstracts/urologic-oncology/renal-cancer/122174-identification-of-low-dose-multidrug-combinations-for-sunitinib-naive-and-pre-treated-renal-cell-carcinoma-beyond-the-abstract.html
Lea Blanc and Romain Absolonne sucessfully defended their master theses. Congratulations!
Bob Berndsen, co-supervised by Prof. Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska and Prof. Arjan W. Griffioen, defended his PhD today in Amsterdam in a great style. Congratulations Bob!!!!
Our results on integration of phenotypic search with phosphoproteomic profiling of active kinases for optimization of drug mixtures in published under open access: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/9/2697. Highlighed by UroToday: https://www.urotoday.com/recent-abstracts/urologic-oncology/renal-cancer/124933-integrating-phenotypic-search-and-phosphoproteomic-profiling-of-active-kinases-for-optimization-of-drug-mixtures-for-rcc-treatment.html.
We welcome our new master students in the lab: Lea Blanc, Sahar Boss and Romain Absolonne
George M. Ramzy published his first paper in our lab. Congratulations! https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/6/1423
Interview of Prof E. Allemann and Prof. P. Nowak-Sliwinska published in the Swiss news journal 24 heures (23 May 2020): Cellules dé cvag et placenta pour réduir es tests sur l'animal. Zoom sur les alternatives à l'expérimentation in vivo, entre atouts et limites
Our study on drug-drug interactions in chemotherapeutic cocktails is now available: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/11/2614
Check the movie created by Sahar Boss, Arbenita Dervishaj and Camille Paccard on colorectal cancer: https://ispso.unige.ch/labs/NOWAK/files/15_vulgarisation.mp4
George M. Ramzy published his first paper in our lab. Congratulations! https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/6/1423
Marloes Zoetemelk defended her PhD thesis on 28th of February 2020. Congratulations!
Prof. Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska and Prof. Patrick Meraldi in an interview for Radio Television Swiss:https://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/cqfd/11118908-une-nouvelle-strategie-contre-les-cellules-cancereuses-10-03-2020.html?mediaShare=1