Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series - Panagiotis (Takis) Karras, PhD, group leader at the ULB and the IJB, Belgium. Title: “Dissecting intratumor heterogeneity in melanoma ecosystems”
| Dates: | 18 March 2025 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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| Speaker: | Panagiotis (Takis) Karras |
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Introducing the next speaker for the Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series: be Panagiotis (Takis) Karras, PhD, group leader at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Institut Jules Bordet (IJB), Belgium
Hosted by Dr Kerrie Marie
Title: “Dissecting intratumor heterogeneity in melanoma ecosystems”
Biosketch: Panagiotis (Takis) Karras is a newly appointed group leader at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Institut Jules Bordet (IJB) in Belgium. He received his diploma in Biological Applications and Technologies and an MSc in Biotechnology from the University of Ioannina in Greece. Following his training in Greece, he pursued a PhD at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid, where he worked in the Melanoma Group under the guidance of M.S. Soengas, studying various aspects of melanoma metastasis. Driven to expand his expertise, Takis joined the VIB Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Jean-Christophe Marine. There, he developed innovative projects to address key questions about cellular plasticity in evolving melanoma ecosystems, specifically investigating how distinct cell states contribute to tumor growth and metastatic spread. He has published extensively in top-tier journals such as Nature, Cell, Cancer Cell, and Science, and has received several fellowships and awards recognizing his impactful contributions to cancer research. His lab focuses on non-genetic mechanisms driving metastasis and the influence of environmental factors in this process, utilizing novel genetic models alongside single cell approaches and human specimens.
Speaker
Panagiotis (Takis) Karras
Role: Professor
Organisation: Université Libre de Bruxelles
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