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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AGORA PRS Seminar | June 23rd

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PhD Thesis Defense | June 24th

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Lola and John Grace Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Research, Dr. Jun Yang | June 25th

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Prof. Johanna Joyce begins term as President of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)

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Combinatorial delivery of low-dose radiotherapy and immunotherapy to patients with immune-excluded tumors enhances CD8+ T cell functionality.

Ochoa-de-Olza M, Rayroux N, Imbimbo M, (…), Coukos G, Herrera FG, Dangaj Laniti D

Clinical cancer research – 2026 Apr 17

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Tumor-targeted interferon-α gene therapy for glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial.

Gentner B, Eoli M, Farina F, (…), Russo C, Ciceri F, Naldini L

Nature medicine – 2026 Jun 1

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New Leadership at UNIL Department of Fundamental Oncology

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Checkpoint blockade and the stem-like T cell trade-off.

Mazet JM, Joyce JA

Molecular oncology – 2026 Apr 20

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Professor Michal Bassani-Sternberg awarded the Robert Wenner Prize 2026

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Resolving sensitivity, specificity and signal contamination in Xenium spatial transcriptomics.

Bilous M, Buszta D, Bac J, (…), Peters S, Homicsko K, Gottardo R

Nature methods – 2026 Apr 30

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Join AGORA PhD & Postdoc Association

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Insights into a long life without cancer: The case of the bowhead whale.

Paniagua I, Joyce JA

Molecular oncology – 2026 Apr 10

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Precision medicine’s inevitable trajectory toward rare-disease-sized cohorts: implications for machine learning and deep learning.

Janowczyk A, Merkler D, Michielin O, Madabhushi A

The Lancet. Digital health – 2026 Jun 15

Expert opinion on burning questions in cancer myeloid cell biology.

Guerriero JL, Merad M, Ginhoux F, (…), Barry ST, Varner JA, Gabrilovich DI

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer – 2026 Jun 3

Tumor-targeted interferon-α gene therapy for glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial.

Gentner B, Eoli M, Farina F, (…), Russo C, Ciceri F, Naldini L

Nature medicine – 2026 Jun 1

Selection of human hematopoietic stem cells bearing the intended functional edit by transient AND-gate reporters.

Canarutto D, Fiumara M, Venkatesan V, (…), Genovese P, Ferrari S, Naldini L

Nature biotechnology – 2026 Jun 1

Pan-cancer single-cell atlases of mouse and human tumor-associated dendritic cells.

Caro AA, Kancheva D, Hadadi E, (…), Lambrechts D, Coosemans A, Laoui D

Nature communications – 2026 May 30