Prof. Cédric Blanpain has been elected as a new member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Founded in 1780, this Academy is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. Its members are selected through a competitive process that recognizes individuals for their excellence, leadership, and their preeminent contribution to their discipline and to society.
Cédric Blanpain receives the Fondation ARC Leopold Griffuel Award for basic research
On April 18, 2024, Prof Cédric Blanpain received the 52th Fondation ARC Leopold Griffuel Award for basic research.
This award is one of the most prestigious in the field of scientific research, and the first prize of cancer research in Europe.
ULB press release (in French)
Fondation ARC press release (in French)
A scientific Télévie seminar takes place at Erasme campus
Prof. Blanpain supports Télévie research on Belgian TV at this occasion : RTL info reporting
Pourra-t-on, un jour, éradiquer le cancer du sein ?
Will we ever be able to get rid of breast cancer? Alexandra Van Keymeulen, Maître de recherche FNRS in the laboratory, tries to answer the question in a podcast.
“Un monde dans lequel on ne meurt plus du cancer est possible”
Prof. Cédric Blanpain has been invited to give his opinion as part of the newspaper article prepared on the theme “A world in which we no longer die of cancer is possible”.
Un monde dans lequel on ne meurt plus du cancer est possible. Ludivine Ponciau. Le Vif L’Express, janvier 2024, p. 12-23.
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“Science, Conscience et Progrès : avancées majeures de la recherche sur le cancer avec Cédric Blanpain”
On December 9th, Cédric Blanpain was the guest of the broadcast”Les éclaireurs” on RTBF, Belgian french-speaking TV and radio channel.
The recording is freely available via this page.
Publication in Nature 2023 : The extracellular matrix dictates regional competence for tumour initiation.
The extracellular matrix dictates regional competence for tumour initiation.
Bansaccal N, Vieugue P, Sarate R, Song Y, Minguijon E, Miroshnikova YA, Zeuschner D, Collin A, Allard J, Engelman D, Delaunois AL, Liagre M, de Groote L, Timmerman E, Van Haver D, Impens F, Salmon I, Wickström SA, Sifrim A, Blanpain C.
Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7988):828-835. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06740-y. Epub 2023 Nov 15.
Pubmed – PDF
Press highlights
ULB press release
RTBF
L’Echo
Le Soir
La Libre Belgique
Fondation contre le cancer
Daily Science
RTBF (broadcast “Les éclaireurs”)
Professor Blanpain elevated to the rank of baron by the King of the Belgians
On November 14, during the ceremony of granting noble favors, Professor Blanpain was elevated to the rank of baron by the King of the Belgians. He received this prestigious noble favor for his research work against cancer.
Press highlights
La Monarchie belge
Le Soir Mag
La Libre Belgique
L’Avenir
7sur7
VRT
Best Gordon Research Conferences presentation of the year in biology
Professor Blanpain was awarded the prize for the best presentation of the year in the field of biology by the Gordon Research Conferences attendees (regardless the conference).
Gordon Research Conferences is an international forum which organizes dozens of conferences in this field every year.
Cancer Grand Challenges : Prof. Blanpain’s team selected
The team led by Prof. Blanpain has been shortlisted with 11 others teams for the last step of the Grand Challenges award.
The Plasticity-Tx project aims to construct a catalogue of cell states to uncover the mechanisms that drive cancer cell plasticity and reveal new therapeutic approaches against cancer.
Official announcement
Press release of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (in French)