Short research stays at the Center for Oncological Research in Belgium for Milica Zivanic and Albert Espona

APACHE's PhD student Milica Zivanic and Postdoctoral Fellow Albert Espona have just renurned from a 1.5 and a 1-month Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM), respectively, at the Center for Oncological Research of the University of Antwerpern in Belgium.

Under the supervision of Dr. Abraham Lin, Milica has characterized the immunogenic and immunomodulatory effects of alginate-based plasma-treated hydrogels (PTHs) for cancer therapy, by primarily analizing different cell surface markers that play a role in immune responses.

Albert, on the other hand, has evaluatee the potential anticancer effect of 4 plasma-treated hydrogel formulations on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in Ovo, using the human pancreatic cell line Mia PaCa-2, in collaboration with Dr. Angela Privat Maldonado.

Both Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) have been carried out thanks to the funding offered by COST Action  PlasTHER, CA20114.