TANDEM

Collaborative projects at the intersection between basic and clinical research

TANDEM projects are collaborative cancer research programs at the intersection between basic and clinical research.

Scientists and clinicians work together to translate findings from basic research into novel cancer therapies, or to develop biomarkers.

TANDEM 2024

Basal cell carcinoma – Prof. Santiago Carmona (UNIGE) and Dr. François Kuonen (CHUV)

Colorectal cancer – Prof. Tatiana Petrova (UNIL) and Dr. Thibaud Koessler (HUG)

Pleural carcinosis – Prof. Jean Yannis Perentes (CHUV) and Dr. Michal Bassani-Sternberg (UNIL)

Lung cancer – Prof. Ren-Wang Peng PhD (INSEL), Prof. Adrian Ochsenbein (INSEL) and Dr. Sabine Schmid (INSEL)

Acute myeloid leukemia – Prof. Andreas Holbro (USB) and Prof. Lukas Jeker (UNIBAS)

Sarcoma – Dr. Antonia Digklia (CHUV) and Dr. Melita Irving (CHUV/UNIL)

Bladder cancer – Dr. Laurent Derré (UNIL) and Dr. Ilaria Lucca (CHUV)

Breast cancer – Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj (UNIBAS) and Prof. Walter Paul Weber (USB)

TANDEM 2023

Ovarian cancer – Dr. Intidhar Labidi-Galy (HUG) and Dr. Sven Rottenberg (UNIBE)

Prostate cancer – Prof. Mark Rubin (UNIBE) and Dr. Silke Gillessen Sommer (IOSI)

Lung cancer – Prof. Charna Dibner (UNIGE), Prof. Alfredo Addeo (HUG) and Dr. Wolfram Karenovics (HUG)

Lymphatic cancer organoids – Prof. Elisa Oricchio (EPFL) and Dr. Anne Cairoli (CHUV)

Brain tumors (Glioblastoma) – Prof. Denis Migliorini (UNIGE) and Dr. Gioele La Manno (EPFL)

Head and neck cancer surgery – Prof. Christian Simon (CHUV) and Prof. Christophe Moser (EPFL)

TANDEM 2022

Small cell lung cancer – Prof. Michele de Palma (EPFL) and Dr. Nahal Mansouri (CHUV)

Microscopy in translational immuno-oncology – Dr. Virginie Hamel (UNIGE) and Dr. Benita Wolf (CHUV)

Lung cancer (Adenocarcinoma) – Prof. Giovanni Ciriello (UNIL) and Dr. Igor Letovanec (CHUV)

Bladder cancer – Prof. Marianna Kruithof-de Julio (UNIBE) and Dr. Bernhard Kiss (INSEL)

Colorectal cancer – Prof. Dr. Michael Scharl (USZ) and Prof. Dr. Isabelle Arnold Wallén (UZH)

Pediatric leukemia – Prof. Camilla Jandus (UNIGE), Dr. Francesco Ceppi and Prof. George Coukos (CHUV)