Every year the centre has a retreat where all employees come together to exchange scientific ideas over a two and half day program. The retreat also involves social activities.

The retreat is used as a platform to announce CanCell paper awards for selected research articles published during the previous year, in addition to a communicator of the year award for outreach activities.

1. ALFY localizes to early endosomes and cellular protrusions to facilitate directional cell migration. Søreng K, Pankiv S, Bergsmark C, Haugsten EM, Dahl AK, de la Ballina LR, Yamamoto A, Lystad AH, Simonsen A.J Cell Sci. 2022 Feb 15;135(4):jcs259138. doi: 10.1242/jcs.259138. Epub 2022 Feb 18.PMID: 35099014

2. The phosphoinositide coincidence detector Phafin2 promotes macropinocytosis by coordinating actin organisation at forming macropinosomes. Schink KO, Tan KW, Spangenberg H, Martorana D, Sneeggen M, Stévenin V, Enninga J, Campsteijn C, Raiborg C, Stenmark H.Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 12;12(1):6577. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26775-x.PMID: 34772942

3. Strategies to inhibit FGFR4 V550L-driven rhabdomyosarcoma. Fiorito E, Szybowska P, Haugsten EM, Kostas M, Øy GF, Wiedlocha A, Singh S, Nakken S, Mælandsmo GM, Fletcher JA, Meza-Zepeda LA, Wesche J.Br J Cancer. 2022 Nov;127(11):1939-1953. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01973-6. Epub 2022 Sep 12.PMID: 36097178

Pilar Ayuda-Durán was selected for the communicator of the year award. Pilar has been involved in a number of outreach activities over the years. She is the founder and president of the society for Spanish Researchers in Norway and in that capacity she regularly organizes a public outreach activity 'science tapas' with current and relevant topics. She is also involved in organizing international conferences. She was awarded a prize for her participation in the initiative for International day for Girls and Women in Science (11th Feb) by ASEICA, the Spanish association for cancer research, in 2022.