Twelfth Annual ENBDC Workshop: Methods in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer

Abstract

The twelfth annual workshop of the European Network for Breast Development and Cancer focused on methods in mammary gland biology and breast cancer, was scheduled to take place on March 26–28, 2020, in Weggis, Switzerland. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was rescheduled twice and eventually happened as a virtual meeting on April 22 and 23, 2021. The main topics of the meeting were branching and development of the mammary gland, tumor microenvironment, circulating tumor cells, tumor dormancy and breast cancer metastasis. Novel and unpublished findings related to these topics were presented, with a particular focus on the methods used to obtain them. Virtual poster sessions were a success, with many constructive and fruitful interactions between researchers and covered many areas of mammary gland biology and breast cancer.

Thirteenth Annual ENBDC Workshop: Methods in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer

“…The previous ENBDC Twelfth Annual Workshop held in 2021 was a virtual event [ 1 ] which allowed for more participants to join and whose success stoked the planning for the Thirteenth ENBDC Workshop which was organised without knowing whether it would be held virtually or in person. ENBDC has also started an online monthly progress report in the same spirit and with the same goals as its Weggis annual workshop.…”