Champalimaud Foundation Supports Metastasis Summer School

P.I.s from the Champalimaud Metastasis Programme in Portugal to participate in the Metafight-TUMIC-SFMET Metastasis Summer School.

In early September the Champalimaud Foundation was pleased to support the Metafight-TUMIC-SFMET Metastasis Summer School, in Portugal. Cancer specialists from Europe and the USA gathered in Sesimbra to discuss molecular and cellular dissection of the metastatic process in invasive tumours. In particular, the conference focused on the core invasive machinery, the cancer stem cell contribution to this process and the microenvironment for metastasis formation.

The leaders of all three Champalimaud Metastasis Programme laboratories were in Portugal to participate in the summer school. Raghu Kalluri, from Harvard Medical School, David Lyden, from Weill-Cornell Medical College, and Yibin Kang, from Princeton University represented the Foundation during the five days of meetings and seminars. In addition, the Foundation was happy to welcome all participants to a cocktail reception on Sunday, September 6th, at the construction site of the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown.

MetaFight – TUMIC - SFMET Summer School has the aim to encourage exchange of views and knowledge between scientists and in particular between students and post-docs involved in metastasis related research. More information on the metastasis summer school can be found at http://www.eurtd.com/mts-summerschool/.

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