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PhD Defense Mladen Marinković 08.07.2024.

Dr Mladen Marinković defended his PhD Thesis:

“Evaluation of Prognostic and Predictive Clinical and Molecular Markers in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Planning and Simultaneous Integrated Boost”

at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia, on July 08, 2024.

The thesis was performed as a crucial project output, highlighting the success of Dr Mladen Marinkovic and his mentors Prof. Suzana Stojanović-Rundić, Prof. Nataša Maksimović and STEPUPIORS Coordinator Dr Milena Čavić, the Committee Members Prof. Velimir Marković, Prof. Aleksandra Đurić-Stefanović, Prof. Vesna Plešinac Karapandžić, Prof. Nebojša Manojlović and Dr Radmila Janković, and the whole STEPUPIORS project team.

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The 6-year long work on the thesis yielded:

️6 scientific publications
2 invited lectures
️16 published abstracts
️3 new PhD theses derived from the initiated scientific and clinical topic
6 new project applications

️ and as a scientific crown, 1 Horizon Europe project.

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STEPUPIORS at TRANSLACORE Biobanking Training School

Aleksandra Stanojevic MSc attended a training school on biobanking in Izmir, Turkey on June 10-12, 2024, organized by the Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, as a part of the collaboration with the TRANSLACORE COST Action. During the training, she exchanged experiences on sample management and discussed the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of biobank systems. Establishment of the first IORS biobank is one of the main project goals, and this training enabled an insight into various possible settings and biobank management systems.

https://translacore.eu/event/training-school-on-biobanking-1

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STEPUPIORS in the Cancer Researcher Magazine of the European Association for Cancer Research

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STEPUPIORS at InSiGHT Meeting 2024

The 10th Biennial Meeting of InSiGHT was organized by the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumors in Barcelona from June 19 to 22, 2024. The meeting focused on topics relevant to professionals involved in treating patients with gastrointestinal hereditary tumors. Dr. Marija Đorđić Crnogorac and Dr. Ana Damjanović Veličković represented STEPUPIORS at the meeting. Dr Đorđić Crnogorac presented the results on patient testing at the Genetic Counseling Center of the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia in an abstract titled “Hereditary colorectal cancer – first report on mutational profile in Serbia.”

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STEPUPIORS at BelBi2024 Congress

Dr Miljana Tanic attended the 5th Belgrade Bioinformatics Conference – BelBi2024 held in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 17-20, 2024. She presented a Flash Talk with latest STEPUPIORS project results as a poster presentation:

Navigating ELSI for FAIR multiomics data management within STEPUPIORS international rectal cancer project

Dr Tanic highlighted the roadmap and examples for navigating the complex ELSI landscape required for FAIR biomedical and multi-omics data management in accordance with the applicable regulatory provisions relating to the protection of personal data and to medical confidentiality.

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STEPUPIORS at EACR2024 Congress

The STEPUPIORS team participated in multiple activities at the fantastic and science-packed EACR2024 congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 10-13, 2024 organized by the European Association for Cancer Research.

Ana Đurić presented a project abstract “Expanding the Landscape of Professional Project Management to Support Cancer Research in Serbia” and attended the EuCanImage Horizon 2020 Project Workshop: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Multi-Country Cancer Imaging.

Milena Cavic participated in the inaugural EACR Women in Leadership Workshop and represented the national affiliated Serbian Association for Cancer Research (SDIR).

Plans for the future project Summer School on Liquid Biopsy which will be held in October 2024 in Athens were developed in detail with professor Evi Lianidou from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Hellenic Society for Liquid Biopsy.

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STEPUPIORS in "Miloje Vasić" Veliko Gradište High School News

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Workshops in Serbian high schools

Ana Damjanović, Aleksandra Stanojević and Ana Đurić held inspiring workshops in two high schools, Miloje Vasić in Veliko Gradište and Mladost in Petrovac na Mlavi on May 13, 2024. During the workshops, STEPUPIORS researchers discussed with the 2nd and 3rd grade pupils and their teachers about healthy lifestyles and the challenges scientists and clinicians face in the battle against cancer. The STEPUPIORS team emphasized the importance of the engagement of new young generations of researchers in Serbia in this important fight.

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STEPUPIORS visit to CeGaT

Dr Ana Đurić Ex Mariokov and Dr Milena Cavic performed a stakeholder visit to the R&I Company CeGaT GmbH in Tubingen, Germany on May 17, 2024, alongside selected clinicians and researchers from Serbia. CeGaT staff presented their facilities and the wide range of their activities in the field of genetic diagnostics, genetic counseling and diseases diagnostics. Possibilities for collaboration in the field of translational oncology regarding sequencing services, liquid biopsy, immune cell profiling and different research and pharma solutions were also outlined.

The visit opened up new opportunities for joint project applications between the IORS and successful R&I companies with a great impact on the benefit of Serbian cancer patients.

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May 2024 Project Activities

May 2024 was a successful congress month for the participants of the STEPUPIORS project.

Dr Suzana Stojanovic-Rundic and Dr Mladen Marinkovic attended the ESTRO 2024 Congress organized by the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology titled: Radiation Oncology: Bridging the Care Gap, Glasgow, UK.

Dr Radmila Jankovic and Dr Jelena Spasic gave lectures at the CUMO2024 Congress organized by the Montenegro Society for Medical Oncology in Budva, Montenegro.

Dr Mladen Marinkovic gave a lecture at the 2nd National Oncology Congress held in Nis, Serbia.

Dr Teresa Botta-Orfila presented a collaborative abstract: “International Collaborative Biobanking: Shaping the future together” at the Europe Biobank Week Congress 2024 held in Vienna, Austria.

Dr Marija Đorđić Crnogorac presented a project abstract and Dr Ana Krivokuca presented a lecture at the 15th International Symposium on Variants in the Genome, held in Porto, Portugal

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