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A PATHOLOGY SOP TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE ILC

The ELBCC Pathology working group published a landmark paper in MODERN PATHOLOGY to correctly diagnose  lobular vs ductal breast (NST) cancers. Check out the ELBCC website for a pdf version of the paper and the SOP.

INVASIVE RNA SIGNATURES ARE PROGNOSTIC IN HNSCC

Peter identified prognostic signatures based on collective invasive HNSCC tumoroids in Collagen  Published in ONCOGENE. A wonderful collaboration with Stefan Prekovic and his lab members next door.

YAP-BASED COLLECTIVE INVASION IN BREAST CANCER

After an initial quick conception it took a while, but here it is! Collective breast cancer invasion hinges on YAP-centered mechanotransduction cues. Published in NATURE COMMS. A team effort with the De Rooij and Khalil labs.

A PROGNOSTIC INVASION SIGNATURE FOR HNSCC

Peter’s first paper is out in ORAL ONCOLOGY REPORTS. Here we show that a keratin-based invasion signature of HNSCC organoids is prognostic in clinical cohorts. Invasion architecture and keratin profiles matter!

15 OCTOBER - THE INAUGURAL GLOBAL ILC AWARENESS DAY

We organised an afternoon Symposium in Utrecht together with Erasmus MC, NKI-AvL and Maastricht UMC colleagues. Open for all, this event was recorded and posted on YouTube PART1 and PART 2 . (in Dutch)

FLEXIBLE ILC CELLS ADAPT TO THE COLON MICROENVIRONMENT

Our team co-authors on this wonderful work published in J PATHOL where Gronewold et al. demonstrate restoration of junctional characteristics in metastatic ILC cells to the colon. Stromal signals at work??

Videos on YouTube

The ELBCC had its own designated YouTube Channel. Here you can find videos containing footage from the European Editions of the 2022 and 2024 ILC Symposia.

MECHANOCONTROL

A promotional video from the MechanoControl Consortium

ILC AWARENESS VIDEO

An ILC infomercial from a Rian, Sabine and Patrick

DYNAMI LECTURE 2024

The 2024 Leigh Pate Memorial Dynami Lecture by Patrick