AGORA Cancer Research Center
AGORA was inspired by the vision that the integration of progress in cancer research into clinical practice can be accelerated by bringing together interdisciplinary research teams of clinicians, cancer biologists, immunologists, bio-informaticians and bio-engineers. Initiated by the ISREC Foundation in 2013, the AGORA building was opened in 2018. The functioning of this translational cancer research center reflects a partnership between the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE).
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Events

AGORA PRS Seminar | May 27th
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FameLab Event in Lausanne | May 28
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Lola and John Grace Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Research, Prof. Scott Lowe | June 5th
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Ludwig Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Joe Yeong Poh Sheng | June 12th
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Ludwig Distinguished Lecture, Prof. Chris Goodnow | June 19th
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ISREC-SCCL Symposium 2025 | September 1–4
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AGORA Tumor Microenvironment Journal Club
Latest publications
Tumor antigens preferentially derive from unmutated genomic sequences in melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer.
Apavaloaei A, Zhao Q, Hesnard L, (…), Bassani-Sternberg M, Thibault P, Perreault C
Nature cancer – 2025 May 22
Age-associated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide decline drives CAR-T cell failure
Hope HC, de Sostoa J, Ginefra, (…), Coukos G, Migliorini D, Vannini N
Nature Cancer – 2025 May 20
Genetic modeling of ELP1-associated Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma identifies MDM2 as a selective therapeutic target.
Ahmad ST, Li Y, Garcia-Lopez J, (…), Kutscher LM, Lin H, Northcott PA
Cancer cell – 2025 May 14
Transcriptome analysis of archived tumors by Visium, GeoMx DSP, and Chromium reveals patient heterogeneity.
Dong Y, Saglietti C, Bayard Q, (…), Gottardo R, Homicsko K, Madissoon E
Nature communications – 2025 May 12
Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 primes group-3 medulloblastomas for cuproptosis.
Dang D, Deogharkar A, McKolay J, (…), Simoes-Costa M, Northcott PA, Venneti S
Cancer cell – 2025 May 12