The latest publications from the HEAP project
The first half of 2023 has seen HEAP publications on a wide range of topics, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), tools to help researchers ensure their data is FAIR, some surprising insights into epigenetic changes caused by the HPV virus in cervical cancer patients, and an original approach to understanding how to communicate the exposome concept, […]
HEAP symposium – Epigenetics and personalised preventative medicine
Can we predict someone’s risk of developing cancer by looking at their DNA markers? In her contribution to the HEAP symposium highlights series, Chiara Herzog, Postdoctoral researcher. European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening (EUTOPS) Institute, University of Innsbruck, presents the HEAP Lifestyle cohort, and her research into risk identification (WID) for breast or ovarian cancers […]
HEAP symposium – The exposome and cancer research
Dr. Zisis Kozlakidis is the Head of Laboratory Services and Biobanking at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO). He has significant expertise in the field of biobanking, and has served as President of ISBER. In his contribution to the HEAP Symposium highlights series, he traces the history of the exposome concept and its […]