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, […]
A database dilemma… Episode 4 of “Swamped?”
Our heroes embark on a new research project, and Data Gator is on the brink of a ground-breaking discovery! But is it all too good to be true? Enter our HEAP researcher Chiara, who shares tips on managing her scientific data and introduces Gator to standardised case report forms, metadata catalogues and unique researcher identifiers. […]
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 – DNA markers, ageing and lifestyle
How does age, and lifestyle factors such as drugs, hormones, smoking, and nutrition, affect our DNA? In his contribution to the HEAP symposium highlights series, Martin Widschwendter, Director of the European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening (EUTOPS) Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria, presents his research into DNA markers that are changed by both genetic and […]