ISLB 2026

Meet The Speakers

ISLB 2026 brings together the innovators and rising leaders who are defining the next decade of liquid biopsy. Our speakers represent the forefront of scientific discovery, clinical translation and technological advancement. Each contributing a unique perspective with exceptional insights and bold ideas at the congress.

Maria Arechederra

Workshop Biological Fluids: Pre-analytical Issues

Maria Arechederra

CIMA-Universidad de Navarra

Spain

Beatriz Bellosillo

Hospital del Mar

Spain

Jacob Berchuck

Emory University School of Medicine

United States

Silvia Calabuig

University of Valencia

Spain

Jenna Canzoniero

Johns Hopkins

United States

Massimo Cristofanilli

Weill Cornell

United States

Partha Das

JnJ

United States

Marta Dueñas

CIEMAT Madrid

Spain

Tasneem Habib-Ishaq

AstraZeneca

United States

Michal Harel

OncoHost

United States

Dennis Horgan

European Alliance for Perosnalised Medicine

Belgium

Ola Khorshid

National Cancer Institute, Cairo University

Egypt

Rafael Lopez Lopez

Hospital Clinico de Santiago de Compostela

Spain

Fernando Lopez-Rios

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Spain

Nuria Malats

Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

Spain

Clara Montagut

Hospital del Mar Barcelona

Spain

Luis Montuenga

University of Navarra

Spain

Laura Muinelo

Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela Fidis

Spain

Jean Francois Pouliot

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

United States

Chamindie Punyadeera

Griffith University

Australia

Kevin Puylaert

Sophia Genetics

Switzerland

Luca Quagliata

Thermo Fischer

Swiss

Mary Redman

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

United States

Alessandro Russo

Humanitas University

Italy

Edgardo Santos

The Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation

United States

Daniel Stover

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

United States

Roberto Borea

Ohio State University

United States

Alfonso Calvo

CIMA, UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA

Spain

David Gandara

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

United States

Paul Hofman

IHU RespirERA

France

Han Wei Hou

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore

Daniel Kim

University of California

United States

Natasha Leighl

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Canada

Evi Lianidou

University of Athens

Greece

Sergio Marchini

IRCCS, Humanitas Research Hospital

Italy

Miguel Angel Molina

Hospital Universitario Dexeus

Spain

Manuel Ottaviano

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

Klaus Pantel

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

Germany

Bruna Pellini

Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute

United States

Jason Porter

Guardant Health

United States

Carolina Reduzzi

Weill Cornell Medicine

United States

Atocha Romero

Hospital Puerta De Hierro

Spain

Claudia Scimone

University of Naples, Federico II

Italy

Nikolas Stoecklein

University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Germany

Noelia Tarazona

INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute

Spain

Mathias Uhlén

KTH School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology

Sweden

Marc Van den Bulcke

Sciensano

Belgium

Kenneth Witwer

Johns Hopkins University

United States

Javier de Castro

Hospital La Paz, Madrid

Spain

Aya El Halali

University of Hong Kong

China

Paola Gazzaniga

University Sapienza

Italy

Eloisa Jantus Lewintre

Awards Lecture, European Research Projects in Liquid Biopsy & Workshop Biological Fluids

Umberto Malapelle

Awards Lecture & Next-Generation Liquid Biopsy

Clara Mayo

Next-Generation Liquid Biopsy

Luis Raez

Preferred Oral Abstract Session

Christian Rolfo

Stakeholder Workshop

María José Serrano

Evolving and Future Methodologies in Liquid Biopsy

Yüksel Ürün

Preferred Oral Abstract Session

Konstantinos Venetis

Workshop Biological Fluids

Jacob Berchuck

Emory University School of Medicine

United States

Jenna Canzoniero

Johns Hopkins

United States

Javier de Castro

Hospital La Paz, Madrid

Spain

Nicola Fusco

European Institute of Oncology

Italy

David Gandara

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

United States

Paola Gazzaniga

University Sapienza

Italy

Aya El Halali

University of Hong Kong

China

Paul Hofman

IHU RespirERA

France

Natasha Leighl

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Canada

Eloisa Jantus Lewintre

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain

Umberto Malapelle

University Of Naples- Federico II

Italy

Clara Mayo

Hospital Universitario Dexeus. Pangaea Oncology Laboratory

Spain

Luis Raez

Memorial Cancer Institute/Florida Atlantic University

United States

Christian Rolfo

Diane Nye and Michael Rayden Chair in Innovative Cancer Research

United States

María José Serrano

University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

Spain

Yüksel Ürün

Ankara University School of Medicine; Department of Medical Oncology

Turkey

Konstantinos Venetis

IEO - European Institute of Oncology

Italy

Paul Hofman

IHU RespirERA

France

Evi Lianidou

University of Athens

Greece

Natasha Leighl

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Canada