Research Award for project on Prostate cancer

Joanna Triscott, this year's winner of the Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Research Award 2020 of the Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern © zvg / Courtesy of Joanna Triscott This year's Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Research Award of the Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) of the University of Bern goes to Joanna Triscott. It will be awarded today on the "Day of BioMedical Research". Joanna Triscott receives the award, which is endowed with CHF 30,000, for her research on metabolic vulnerabilities in advanced prostate cancer. An estimated 1 in 7 men in Europe will develop prostate cancer by the age of 60, with many worsening to untreatable disease. Unlike other cancer types, prostate cancer is heavily influenced by androgen hormone signaling. Androgens activate a molecule called Androgen Receptor (AR) that strongly influence the metabolic state of prostate cells to favour cellular growth and survival. Standard treatment strategies for prostate cancer involve blocking AR using multiple approaches, including hormone reducing surgery and AR targeting drugs.