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Celebrated around the world, this date was chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision on May 17, 1990, to no longer consider homosexuality as a mental illness. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo mark the occasion, the Office for Equality (VPH-WINC) invites you to visit the exhibition “LGBTIQphobic Discrimination Around the World, in Europe, and in Switzerland” on the flat space in front of the library at the Rolex Learning Center, from 13 May 2026. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis exhibition highlights the meanings of the letters in the LGBTQIA+ acronym, as well as content documenting the state of LGBTIQphobic discrimination on a global, European, and Swiss scale. The exhibition incorporates scientific data from various research institutions, such as the NGO ILGA and Unisanté. Visitors will have the opportunity to reflect and engage through interactive elements while discovering or deepening their knowledge on the subject.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPlease feel free to share this message or spread the word!<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "IDAHOBIT written on an Rainbow background", "creation_date": "2026-05-12T17:03:22", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-12T17:24:09", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "RLC G1 231", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20G1%20231", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "Bureau de l'égalité (VPH-WINC-DEI)", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "IDAHOBIT; 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In this talk, I will present our recent advances in 3D single-molecule tracking of dynamics and super-resolution imaging of nanoscale structures throughout mammalian cells, and showcase applications of our approaches for cellular imaging. I will describe our developments of light sheet microscopy platforms that reduce fluorescence background, photobleaching, and the risk of photodamaging sensitive samples. Combined with point spread function (PSF) engineering for nanoscale localization of individual molecules in 3D, deep learning for analysis of overlapping emitters, and a novel 3D nanoprinted microfluidic chip for environmental control, these platforms enable whole-cell multi-target 3D single-molecule super-resolution imaging with improved accuracy, precision, and imaging speed. I will also highlight our recent developments and applications of dCas9-based labels that enable flexible, long-term tracking of endogenous, non-repetitive genomic loci in live human cells with excellent spatiotemporal resolution. Using this approach, we demonstrate correlative tracking of gene dynamics and transcription for improved understanding of gene regulation. I will further showcase studies of disease mechanisms and novel therapies for the premature aging disorder Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. Together, these imaging technologies provide a versatile toolkit for quantitative studies of molecular dynamics, nanoscale structures, and molecular mechanisms, enabling new insights into a broad range of chemical, biological, and biomedical questions related to cellular function and pathogenesis.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio: </strong>Dr. Gustavsson joined the faculty at Rice University in 2020 as a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research and the Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator Chair. At Rice, she founded and serves as Director of the Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences. Her research group strives to gain detailed information about cellular nanoscale structures, dynamics, and molecular mechanisms by designing and applying innovative and versatile optical imaging tools. Dr. Gustavsson received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her graduate work focused on studying rhythms and dynamic responses in single cells by combining and optimizing techniques such as fluorescence microscopy, optical tweezers, and microfluidics. Upon completion of her graduate work, Dr. Gustavsson joined the group of Nobel Laureate W. E. Moerner at Stanford University as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research focused on the development and application of 3D single-molecule super-resolution microscopy for cellular imaging and included the implementation of light sheet illumination for optical sectioning of mammalian cells. Her work has been recognized with multiple honors, awards, and fellowships, most notably the FEBS Journal Richard Perham Prize, the 3-year Swedish Research Council International Postdoctoral Fellowship, the PicoQuant Young Investigator Award, the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, the CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Members Award, the Scialog: Advancing Bioimaging Fellowship, the Edward S. and Fofo Lewis Chemistry Research Award, the NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA), and the NSF CAREER Award.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>The seminar is followed by an aperitif. </strong>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-13T13:52:19", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-22T10:54:26", "link_label": "Registration", "link_url": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepcadZ0LZTP-BpVwOnH2ljz6z4CtAFbXxIkfEL0Mpio-vrqQ/viewform?usp=header", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BM 5202", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Anna-Karin Gustavsson", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://imaging.epfl.ch/\">Center for Imaging</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/cecilia.carron\">Cecilia Carron</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120768/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/284/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71885, "title": "Eveline Mayner's Public Defense", "slug": "eveline-mayner-s-public-defense", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/eveline-mayner-s-public-defense", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-29", "end_date": "2026-05-29", "start_time": "04:00:00", "end_time": "22:00:00", "description": "<p>Two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as a versatile platform at the intersection of fundamental physics and applied science. Their atomically thin nature gives rise to distinctive electronic and optical properties, while simultaneously enabling them to function as highly sensitive, readily integrable probes of their local environment. Advanced optical techniques, such as super-resolution microscopy, have opened new opportunities to interrogate these materials at the nanoscale, providing optical access to individual defect behaviors, exciton diffusion and recombination dynamics, and charge transport pathways. Such approaches not only deepen our understanding of intrinsic material behavior but also position 2D systems as powerful sensors capable of resolving local dielectric variations, electric and magnetic fields, and other environmental perturbations.<br>\r\nCentral to this work is hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a transparent, wide bandgap semiconductor that serves as a host for optically active defects. These defects function as reaction centers, single-photon emitters, and spatially resolved nanoscale sensors that can be readily integrated into electronic and photonic architectures. Owing to its optical transparency, chemical stability, and compatibility with diverse material platforms, hBN provides an exceptional foundation for optical sensing. Building upon this foundation, we explore material properties and present new methods for spatially resolved in situ optical imaging with hBN to advance dynamic, wide-field optical sensing.<br>\r\nWe investigate a previously reported class of emitters that arise from interactions between native hBN and organic solvents. These emitters are believed to originate from defect sites that bind transiently to solvent molecules. To study their behavior, we develop a platform for imaging the dynamics of these transient emitters while varying the electrochemical potential and applying electric fields with controlled orientations. By tracking the spectra of individual emitters, we enable multiplexed measurements that allow spatially resolved electrochemical imaging. Through systematic analysis, we rule out modulation mechanisms based on direct electric field effects or charge transfer. Instead, we identify a mechanism driven by changes in H⁺ concentration, which is modulated during the oxidation of trace water present in the solvent. This finding opens the possibility of using this platform for sensitive detection of H⁺ and trace water in methanol fuel cells, where such species critically influence operational efficiency.<br>\r\nIn the final part of the thesis, we focus on a well-characterized spin defect in hBN, the negatively charged boron vacancy, and explore strategies to enhance its photoluminescence (PL) through heterostructure engineering that facilitates energy and exciton transfer. We demonstrate the coupled structure’s improved utility in optical magnetometry compared to the defect by itself and discuss how improvements in PL could advance the development of wide-field optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) imaging using this spin defect. Using a defect in hBN would leverage 2D materials’ exceptional sensing capabilities and planar integrability.<br>\r\nOverall, this thesis aims to highlight the strengths of integrating 2D materials with optical sensing and to develop transferable techniques for introducing controlled stimuli, such as electrochemical potentials, electric fields, or electromagnetic waves, with high fidelity and minimal artifacts. These advances not only demonstrate the potential of hBN as a versatile sensing platform but also establish methodologies applicable to a wide range of low-dimensional material systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFor zoom:<br>\r\n Meeting ID: 611 3428 2068 Passcode: 952027</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-13T16:07:39", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-13T16:07:39", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ELA 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELA%201", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61134282068?pwd=zurg0qXVsUx4ln0hxCcrvjDCiHhwSx.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Eveline Mayner\r\n\r\nAleksandra Radenovic", "organizer": "Eveline Mayner", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "Public Defense", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120775/", "category": { "id": 4, "code": "DIVERS", "fr_label": "Autres types d’événement", "en_label": "Miscellaneous", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71892, "title": "Bacterial Immune Systems: From Molecular Mechanisms to Next-Generation Biotechnology", "slug": "bacterial-immune-systems-from-molecular-mechanisms", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/bacterial-immune-systems-from-molecular-mechanisms", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33210/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33210/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33210/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-26", "end_date": "2026-05-26", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "<p>Immense evolutionary pressure has driven bacteria to innovate a diverse arsenal of immune systems that defend against parasitic mobile genetic elements, including bacteriophages and plasmids. The study of these systems has proven extraordinarily fruitful for biotechnology: CRISPR-Cas9, originally discovered as a bacterial defense mechanism, has revolutionized genome editing and demonstrated the transformative potential of mining bacterial immunity for molecular tools.<br>\r\nYet the diversity of bacterial defense extends far beyond CRISPR. Bacteria have evolved numerous strategies to recognize and destroy foreign DNA, many of which remain poorly understood at the mechanistic level. A central question is how these systems distinguish self from non-self — and how the underlying molecular logic of DNA targeting is encoded in protein structure and biochemistry. We combine cryo-electron microscopy, quantitative biochemistry, and in vivo genomics to characterize newly discovered defense systems and dissect their targeting mechanisms. This work is revealing unexpected principles of foreign DNA recognition, with implications both for our understanding of bacterial immunity and for the development of next-generation biotechnological tools for genome editing and beyond.</p>", "image_description": "Bravo", "creation_date": "2026-05-18T10:59:28", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-18T10:59:28", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "SV 1717", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Jack Bravo, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)", "organizer": "Melanie Blokesch", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120785/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/53/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71898, "title": "Assistive Technology Challenge Prototype Showcase", "slug": "assistive-technology-challenge-prototype-showcase", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/assistive-technology-challenge-prototype-showcase", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33216/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33216/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33216/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-28", "end_date": "2026-05-28", "start_time": "12:30:00", "end_time": "14:30:00", "description": "<p>The ATC (Assistive Technology Challenge : <a href=\"https://make.epfl.ch/projects/56/make-epfl-assistive-technologies-challenge-56\">EPFL Assistive Techn... - Project - MAKE</a>) welcomes you to discover this year's six prototypes designed by the students' teams ! 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Several award programs are available:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Breakthrough Awards</strong> supports promising research that has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer. The Breakthrough Award is structured with four different funding levels. Each level has a defined research scope :\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><u>Funding Level 1</u>: Innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that is in the earliest stages of idea development or is an untested theory that addresses an important problem.</li>\r\n\t\t<li><u>Funding Level 2</u>: Research that is already supported by substantial preliminary or published data and strongly validates clinical translation in a well-defined context within the breast cancer landscape.</li>\r\n\t\t<li><u>Funding Level 3</u><strong>: </strong>Advanced translational studies with a high degree of project readiness.</li>\r\n\t\t<li><u>Funding Level 4</u><strong>: </strong>Large-scale projects that will transform and revolutionize the clinical management and/or prevention of breast cancer. Human clinical trials are required.</li>\r\n\t</ul>\r\n\t</li>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Clinical Research Extension Award</strong> aims to extend the data collection, follow-up, and analysis of breast cancer clinical research studies. Proposed research may entail a deeper molecular analysis of clinical samples, initiation of new correlative studies, biomarker validation, or continuing clinical follow-up of patients currently/previously enrolled in an open/ongoing or completed clinical trial.</li>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Era of Hope Scholar Award</strong> supports individuals early in their careers who have demonstrated significant potential to effect meaningful change in breast cancer. These individuals should be exceptionally talented scientists who have shown that they are the “best and brightest” in their field(s)</li>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award</strong> is designed to support large-scale, multidisciplinary and multi-institutional consortia that address major challenges in breast cancer through tightly integrated and collaborative research efforts. It enables up to five Principal Investigators, including a Consortium Director, to work within a coordinated framework where all project components are aligned toward a shared central hypothesis. The award specifically aims to foster innovative and paradigm-shifting approaches that go beyond the capabilities of individual laboratories, requiring strong integration across scientific, administrative, and logistical aspects, as well as the active involvement of breast cancer advocates and cross-disciplinary expertise.</li>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award</strong> is intended to provide successful applicants the time and resources needed to bring investigators and breast cancer advocates together to establish a consortium framework and conduct preliminary research to support application to a future, full Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award (pending availability of funds). This is a development award and is a separate mechanism from the full consortium award. Recipients of the FY26 Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award are expected to submit an application to compete for the full Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award anticipated to be offered in a future fiscal year(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\nAll applications must align with at least one BCRP Overarching Challenge. The FY26 BCRP Challenges are listed at the end of this announcement.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Funding</strong>: <br>\r\nBreakthrough 1: $750K - $1.25M<br>\r\nBreakthrough 2: $1.65M - $3.35M<br>\r\nBreakthrough 3: $5.6M - $7M<br>\r\nBreakthrough 4: max. $21M<br>\r\nClinical Research Extension: $7M - $8.4M<br>\r\nEra of Hope: max. $4.9M<br>\r\nTransformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award: max. $35M<br>\r\nTransformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award: max. $140K<br>\r\n<sub>Note: Cost caps are <strong><em>total costs (direct plus indirect costs).</em> </strong>In accordance with EPFL guidelines, budgets should include a 20% overhead, and the total budget must remain within the grant’s maximum allowable funding.</sub><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Duration</strong>: <br>\r\nBreakthrough 1: 3 years<br>\r\nBreakthrough 2: 3-4 years<br>\r\nBreakthrough 3: 4 years<br>\r\nBreakthrough 4: 4 years<br>\r\nClinical Research Extension: 4 years<br>\r\nEra of Hope: 4 years<br>\r\nTransformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award: 4 years<br>\r\nTransformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award: 1 year<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligibility: </strong>Applicants from international organizations or institutions are eligible to apply, and there are no citizenship restrictions. Programme-specific seniority levels are further defined <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=36241307&fileType=pdf\">here</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>How to Apply</strong>: Pre-applications are submitted through the <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/index.htm\">eBRAP platform</a>. They should contain contact information, a letter of intent, and a list of collaborators and key personnel as suggested on the platform. Full applications will be made via a Grants.gov workspace.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Pre-Application Deadline: </strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>12 June 2026, </strong>5:00 p.m. Eastern time\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough Award Level 3</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough Award Level 4</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award</li>\r\n\t</ul>\r\n\t</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>24 June 2026, </strong>5:00 p.m. Eastern time\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough Award Level 1-2</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Clinical Research Extension Award</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Era of Hope Scholar Award</li>\r\n\t</ul>\r\n\t</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Full Application Deadline</strong>: \r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>08 July 2026, </strong>11:59 p.m. Eastern time\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough Award Level 1-2</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Clinical Research Extension Award</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Era of Hope Scholar Award</li>\r\n\t</ul>\r\n\t</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>30 September 2026, </strong>11:59 p.m. Eastern time\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough Award Level 3</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough Award Level 4</li>\r\n\t\t<li>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award</li>\r\n\t</ul>\r\n\t</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Further information:</strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>To find the full program announcements and to start your pre-application see <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=705101\">here</a></li>\r\n\t<li>A useful summary of each call can be found <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=36241307&fileType=pdf\">here</a></li>\r\n\t<li>For questions about the eBRAP or Grants.gov platforms, contact the <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Research Office</a>.</li>\r\n\t<li>Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Numbers:\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough 1: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855304&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPBTA12</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough 2: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855304&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPBTA12</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough 3: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855250&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPBTA3</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Breakthrough 4: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855218&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPBTA4</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Clinical Research Extension: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855261&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPCREA</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Era of Hope: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855289&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPEOHS</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35853313&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPTBCCA</a></li>\r\n\t\t<li>Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award: <a href=\"https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ViewFile.htm?fileId=35855260&fileType=doc&otherMimeType=application/msword\">HT942526BCRPTBCCDA</a></li>\r\n\t</ul>\r\n\t</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>FY26 BCRP Overarching Challenges</strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Prevent breast cancer (primary prevention)</li>\r\n\t<li>Identify determinants of breast cancer initiation, risk, or susceptibility</li>\r\n\t<li>Distinguish deadly from non-deadly breast cancers</li>\r\n\t<li>Conquer the problems of overdiagnosis and overtreatment</li>\r\n\t<li>Identify what drives breast cancer growth; determine how to stop it</li>\r\n\t<li>Identify why some breast cancers become metastatic</li>\r\n\t<li>Determine why/how breast cancer cells lie dormant for years and then re-emerge; determine how to prevent lethal recurrence</li>\r\n\t<li>Revolutionize treatment regimens by replacing them with ones that do all of the following: improve survival, are more effective, and are less toxic</li>\r\n\t<li>Eliminate the mortality associated with metastatic breast cancer</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAlternatively, with adequate justification, applications may identify and address another overarching challenge related to <a href=\"https://cdmrp.health.mil/bcrp/pdfs/BreastCancerLandscape2025.pdf\">The Breast Cancer Landscape</a>. 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