Warm congratulations to Dr. Carolina Hager on the successful defense of her PhD thesis. This remarkable achievement is the culmination of years of dedication, curiosity, and hard work. We are delighted to celebrate this important milestone and extend our best wishes for continued success and fulfillment in her future endeavors.

This year, for the 20th anniversary of the team, our annual lab scientific meeting was in Rabat In Marrocco, 5 days of intensive discussion and this year we were happy to have Dr Nancy Hynes as guest of honor to share with us pieces of wisdom about managing our carriers and about writing grants!

Cinzia holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and brings broad experience in Translational Research, including application of multiplex imaging-based drug screenings and establishment of living biobanks for the development of human-derived in vitro cancer models.Driven to improve cancer care and patient outcomes, she will focus on the development of advanced functional assays and the establishment of precision…

Juliane defended her thesis few days ago. We wish you all the best, Dr!

Nicolas brilliantly defended his thesis last week. All the best for the next steps in your career, Dr!

Claire is a pharmacist, holding a PharmD from the University of Bordeaux and a Master degree in Toxicology from Université Paris Descartes. She began her research path in neuroscience, studying individual susceptibility to addiction in Nadia Benturquia’s lab in Paris. She then specialized in cancer research through a PhD in neuro-oncology within Thomas Daubon’s group…

Congratulations to Madhuri and all co-authors for their publication on glucocorticoid receptor in EMBO Molecular Medecine. An article is available on the university website, please follow the link: https://biomedizin.unibas.ch/en/communication/details/new-study-reveals-glucocorticoid-receptor-activation-suppresses-estrogen-receptor-signaling-and-reduces-metastatic-burden-bentires-alj-lab The article is available in OPEN access here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44321-025-00342-z