Introducing the ILCA Fellowship Programme, a prestigious initiative designed to provide funding and support for talented individuals to conduct groundbreaking research in the field of liver cancer.
The International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) is thrilled to offer this unique fellowship programme, which aims to foster scientific innovation and contribute to the ever-evolving landscape of liver cancer science. As a fellow, you will have the chance to pursue your research interests, collaborate with leading experts in the field, and make significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of liver cancer.
This programme is tailored specifically for young scientists, providing a platform to showcase your talent and expand your knowledge.
The purpose of the ILCA Fellowship Programme is to:
- Encourage young investigators to pursue a career in liver cancer research
- Develop the potential of outstanding young scientists and encourage research in liver cancer disciplines
- Foster career development for individuals performing research in a liver cancer-related area and who have shown commitment to excellence at an early stage of their research study
- Help progress ILCA’s mission to lead a global community of physicians, scientists and allied professionals through education and research with the goal to better prevent and treat liver cancer
- Promote science through the support of young researchers
To be awarded with the grant of the ILCA Fellowship Programme candidates are expected to:
ILCA Fellowship 2023 Awardee
Congratulations to the ILCA Fellowship 2023 Awardee!
ILCA is pleased to announce that Mohamed-Reda Benmebarek, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD, has been awarded the ILCA Fellowship 2023.
ILCA will support his research on “Anti-VEGF treatment enhances immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced immune responses by targeting B and regulatory T cells ”.
ILCA Fellowship 2022 Awardee
Congratulations to the ILCA Fellowship 2022 Awardee!
ILCA is pleased to announce that Marko Zaki, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from Minia University, Minia, Egypt, has been awarded the ILCA Fellowship 2022/2023.
ILCA will support his research on “TP53 and the anti-tumour immunity; the role of TP53 downstream target PSRC1 in switching the “cold” tumours into “hot” ”. The ultimate goal of this project is
1-Immunophenotyping of the HCC cohort to link PSRC1 tissue expression, with its related secretome, with the immune, infiltrate within the tumour.
2-Functional characterisation of PSRC1-mediated immune cell recruitment in HCC.
3-In-depth study of the mechanisticand immunomodulatoryfunctions of PSRC1 downstream of TP53 mutation.
ILCA Fellowship 2021 Awardee
Congratulations to the ILCA Fellowship 2021 Awardee!
ILCA is pleased to announce that Benjamin Ruf, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA, has been awarded the ILCA Fellowship 2021.
ILCA will support his research on “Elucidating the role of mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAITs) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using spatial transcriptomic analysis by combining CODEX and single-cell RNA-sequencing”. The ultimate goal of this project is to understand the function of these cells and then develop MAIT-directed therapies to treat patients with liver cancer.
Discover a bit more about our ILCA Fellowship 2021 awardee
Stay tuned for future ILCA Fellowship Programmes available!
ILCA Fellowship 2020 Awardee
Congratulations to the ILCA Fellowship 2020 Awardee!
ILCA is pleased to announce that Aveline Filliol, Postdoctoral Research Scientist from the Columbia University, USA, has been awarded the ILCA Fellowship 2020.
ILCA will support her research on “Deciphering the role of hepatic stellate cell-derived myofibroblasts in hepatocellular carcinoma”. Aveline Filliol will be working on determining the role of hepatic stellate cell-derived myofibroblasts in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Discover a bit more about our ILCA Fellowship 2020 awardee
Through the Fellowship Programme, ILCA supports research in all liver cancer-related disciplines by encouraging young Scientifics to develop their career in liver cancer research. This year ILCA Fellowship Programme 2020 is supported by an Educational Grant from:
Stay tuned for future ILCA Fellowship Programmes available!
ILCA Fellowship 2019 Awardee
Congratulations to the ILCA Fellowship 2019 Awardee!
ILCA is pleased to announce that Dr. Jin Lee, from the Department of Pathology of the School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, was awarded the ILCA Fellowship 2019.
ILCA will support her research on Immunotherapeutic Target on Unique Mitotic Spindle in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Can you please tell us a bit about your research project?
Despite microtubule-binding compound being widely used as a chemotherapeutic in the treatment of various cancers, it has shown disappointing results in liver cancer, since it extensively affects normal cells. Specifically targeting mitosis in cancer cells is considered as a preferred strategy. For this purpose, I am working on study to know whether immune cells can target specifically proliferating cancer cells through unique mitosis machinery and what mechanism they have.
For my objectives, I will successfully complete this project with a goal to discover a novel target of HCC and propose a new therapeutic strategy for treatment humans with HCC. I hope this work will contribute in clinic finally.
Why did you get involved in this type of research?
There is nothing nicer than knowing. My pleasure was to discover the undiscovered things and this led me to do basic science research. So far human beings have been suffering from many types of cancer. I believed in basic science is fundamentally essential to the study of the medicine and it is the key of the drug discovery especially for cancer. For this reason, I did get involved in cell biology research and want to know about how tumour cells communicate with other type of cells in tumour microenvironment.
How will the ILCA grant help you?
I am so grateful that ILCA will support my research. It is an honor to receive this prestigious fellowship. The ILCA grant will encourage me to pursue science and to increase self-motivation. It will be a milestone for the next chapter of my career as an independent scientist.
ILCA Fellowship 2018 Awardee
Congratulations to the ILCA Fellowship 2018 Awardee!
ILCA is pleased to announce that Dr. Stefanie Hectors, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was awarded the ILCA Fellowship 2018.
ILCA is supporting her research on Quantitative MRI for Noninvasive Prediction of Gene Signatures in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.