At the invitation of Jan Škoda from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University and Jaroslav Štěrba, Scientific Director of NICR, Professor Michael D. Hogarty, a leading American pediatric oncologist and researcher from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, visited Brno.

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) took place from April 17–22 in San Diego. This year’s theme, “Precision, Partnership, Purpose: Advancing Cancer Science to Save Lives Globally,” reflected the extraordinary advances in cancer research, as well as their expected impacts for patients across the globe. Several NICR research groups also presented their findings.