Alicia L. Bruzos

Alicia L. Bruzos is a researcher affiliated with the University of Caen in Normandy, France. She presented an invitational seminar on contagious cancers in marine bivalves at the Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie on December 12, 2023. Her work focuses on transmissible cancers (hemic neoplasia) in cockles, clams, and mussels, which spread via live cancer cell transmission between hosts. This research provides unique insights into cancer development and metastasis mechanisms in marine organisms. Her presentation highlighted the latest findings in this field, emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary implications of these diseases.

• Research Interests: Contagious cancers, marine bivalve immunology, metastasis mechanisms, microbial ecology, disease transmission dynamics.