Cancer Biology & Immunology Researcher | MSc. Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University Interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of cancer biology, cancer immunology, molecular biology, and multi-omics. My research interests focus on T-cell biology, tumor–immune interactions, tumor microenvironment, immune cell plasticity, and molecular mechanisms shaping cancer progression and therapeutic response. I combine computational analysis, literature-based research, and hypothesis-driven approaches to investigate regulatory mechanisms in cancer and immunity, with a growing focus on integrating these approaches with experimental cancer research. I am also engaged in Open Science, preprints, open-source research tools, and community peer review, with an interest in reproducible and accessible biomedical research.

I am at the end of my PhD (at least I hope ;-) ), focusing on melanoma in my research. As I have some food intolerances, I started to be very interested by dietetics and nutrition - and I am starting with a bachelor program in this field in September 2025. Otherwise, I am a lot into dancing and sporting (climbing, hiking, snowboarding, running, yoga,...), I usually need a lot of physical activity, both indoors and outdoors. I am a scout and I love being in the nature. During my studies (and thanks to Erasmus), I've been living in Bergen (Norway), Rome, and Pisa (both in Italy).

Ivana Lukáčová