
ESR 1: Comparing tumour phylogenies
from single cell data versus bulk sequencing data

Supervisor: Florian Markowetz
Host Institution: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom


Early Stage Researcher: Michael Schneider
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ESR 2: The mechanisms of coding
and non-coding oncogenic alterations

Supervisor: Nuria Lopez-Bigas
Host Institution: Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain


Early Stage Researcher: Hania Kranas
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ESR 3: Identification of drivers of relapse and metastasis

Supervisor: Nuria Lopez-Bigas
Host Institution: Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain

ESR 4: Estimating tumour phylogenies
from single-cell SNV and CNA data

Supervisor: Niko Beerenwinkel
Host Institution: ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland

ESR 5: Evolutionary history of circulating tumor cells
and distant metastases

Supervisor: Ewa Szczurek
Host Institution: University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

ESR 6: Identification and impact
of clonal and subclonal driver alterations on cancer progression

Supervisor: Francesca Ciccarelli
Host Institution: King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

ESR 7: Inferring tumour Evolution and Migration

Supervisor: Niko Beerenwinkel
Host Institution: ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland

ESR 8: Models and inference
for single-cell sequencing and tumour evolution
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Supervisor: Jens Lagergren
Host Institution: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

ESR 9: Evolution of drug resistance on genetic and phenotypic levels

Supervisor: Ewa Szczurek
Host Institution: University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

ESR 10: Driver events, evolutionary dynamics and interplay
with the external environment across cancer types

Supervisor: Francesca Ciccarelli
Host Institution: King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

ESR 11: Estimation of tumour growth rates from NGS data

Supervisor: David Posada
Host Institution: University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

ESR 12: Mutational patterns and models within tumours

Supervisor: David Posada
Host Institution: University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

ESR 13: Integrated image and genomics

Supervisor: Yinyin Yuan
Host Institution: The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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ESR 14: Spatial genetics and transcriptomics of pancreatic cancer

Supervisor: Florian Markowetz
Host Institution: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

ESR 15: Reconciling tumour trees
and multiple tumour progression models
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Supervisor: Jens Lagergren
Host Institution: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden















