In June 13-14, 2024 the 5th General Assembly (GA) of the Oncobiome Project has been held in the Karolinska Institute organized by the local Partners, Dr Lars Engstrand and his team. The GA was preceded by five lectures open to the general audience held by experts on the field of microbiome, metabolism and cancer: Dr Dusko Ehrlich, Dr gianluca Ianiro, Dr Christoph Stein-Thöringer, Dr Ulrik Ringborg and Dr Willem De Vos.
After this successful opening and the Steering Committee meeting to overview the current status of the Project, the GA has finally started with the presence of about 40 members. Sections were organized either according to the investigated cancers in the Project or by specific issues, such as the omics analysis and the database creation. In the evening, a social dinner has been offered to the participants at the Haga Bottega where they had the opportunity to continue their discussion in a pleasant atmosphere. The second and conclusive day during the Scientific Advisory Board meeting, the members of Oncobiome have organized a tour of the Institute and smaller working groups dedicated to specific topics such as the computational aspects of the ONCOBIOME project.
