User stories: Cancer

A researcher positioning subject for Magnetic Resonance imaging at Euro-BioImaging's MMMI Italian Node.

September 11, 2025

Spotlight - Altered lipid metabolism as a stress reaction to acid tumour microenvironment and a driver of metastasis in osteosarcoma

New insights into the altered lipid metabolism of osteosarcoma Acidity is a key player in cancer progression, modelling a microenvironment that prevents immune surveillance…

Dr. Vámosi's group and Dr. Huntošová's team at the facility in Debrecen.

September 10, 2025

Using FLIM to target breast cancer

Euro-BioImaging’s Cellular Imaging Hungary Node (University of Debrecen, Hungary) was happy to host Dr. Veronika Huntošová of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and…

T1 maps measured in rats bearing C6 brain tumor

September 8, 2025

Spotlight - Cyclodextrin-Based Organic Radical Contrast Agents for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Contrast agents (CA) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are widely used in clinical practice to improve diagnostic accuracy. Despite the success of gadolinium (III)-chelate-based…

August 27, 2025

Multiplex imaging of lymph nodes: How Euro-BioImaging is advancing cancer research through the canSERV funding

The immune system plays an important role in fighting cancer but can also be a pathway of metastasis – therefore it is very important…

April 24, 2025

Shedding light on colorectal cancer progression

Colorectal cancer deaths are rising among young adults. Rabe’ah Almahassneh, a PhD student from the University of Valencia who is developing her research work…

March 10, 2025

Cutting-edge cancer metabolism studies at CAPI Node

Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but it also hides a scientific secret. Right in the historic city centre, the…

Exemplary image of the tumor microenvironment visualized with intravital microscopy.

May 23, 2023

Intravital microscopy supports progress in nanomedicine and immunotherapy

Understanding how immune cells interact with different medications within the disease environment is at the heart of Alexandros Marios Sofias research interest. He is…

Spatial distribution of cholesterol on a prostatic normal (left) and a cancer (right) sample.

September 1, 2022

Mapping cholesterol in tissue to better understand prostate cancer

How does prostate cancer become aggressive and life-threating? That is a question that Maria K. Andersen, post-doc researcher at the…

Figure 1: Chiara and Faba look at images acquired by using the high-throughput microscope at EMBL’s ALMF. Photo copyright EMBL PhotoLab/Massimo Del Prete.

April 20, 2022

Where do SupraMolecular Attack Particles come from?

Chiara Cassioli, a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Siena, is passionate about basic research. Her quest to discover how immune cells communicate within…

September 21, 2021

Understanding and Fighting Cancer: Endogenous DNA single-strand breaks in cancer

Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of…

September 21, 2021

Understanding and Fighting Cancer: Phospholipid imaging to prevent ineffective chemotherapy

Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance…

September 21, 2021

Understanding and Fighting Cancer: Applications of Virtual Histology at the Phase Contrast Imaging Node in Trieste

Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of…

Setting up the second phase of screening at Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node. Photo copyright: EMBL/Kinga Lubowiecka

November 10, 2020

Conducting interdisciplinary transnational research in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult for researchers to travel from one country to another, slowing down cross-border cooperation. It has forced…