Delighted and honored to have hosted the 3rd PROMINENT Retreat in Barcelona.
The @cancergrand.bsky.social project led by Allan Balmain, Paul Brennan and Nuria Lopez-Bigas, is progressing thanks to the excellent science being performed by all the teams. Great meeting and best participants!
📢 PAPER ALERT!
Cross-ancestral GWAS of >19k head & neck cancer cases & >38k controls identifies 29 new risk signals
🌍 First to use diverse global populations
🧬 TP53 variant → ~40% lower risk
🛡️ Distinct HLA/HPV patterns
📖 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#DiversityInResearch #HNSCC #GWAS
🧬Big news! 🚨Level up your research skills with our course on Cancer Genomic Epidemiology.
🗓️Date: 16-18 Feb 2026. Perfect for researchers, bioinformaticians, epidemiologists coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/cancer...
