Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
Goodbye Flat Biology: Next Generation Cancer Models
Virtual event, Worldwide : 5 - 6 October 2021
Scientific Programme
To download and print the programme, use the links below.
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Welcome to Day 1
Scientific Programme Committee
Session 1
Chair: Emmanuel Donnadieu
Johanna Ivaska University of Turku, Finland
"Rigidity and ECM composition guided cancer progression"
Q&A: 13:25 - 13:45
Sponsor Introductions
Marianna Kruithof-de Julio Bern University, Switzerland
"Patient derived organoids in Precision Medicine"
Q&A: 14:10 - 14:30
5-minute break
Industry Symposium - Nexcelom
Martin Theiss
From assay setup to quantitative data - Image Cytometry for 3D assays
Break
coffee & stretching
Session 2
Chair: Valerie Weaver
'The EMBO Keynote Lecture'
Matthias Lütolf EFPL, Switzerland
"Engineering next-generation tumoroids"
Q&A: 15:40 - 16:00
5-minute break
Proffered Paper 1: David Bryant CRUK Beatson Institute, UK
"Regulation of prostate cancer metastasis by crosstalk between the sialomucin Podocalyxin and integrin signalling"
Q&A: 16:15 - 16:25
Proffered Paper 2: Florijn Dekkers Prinzess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Netherlands
"Behavioral-transcriptomic landscape of engineered T cells targeting human cancer organoids"
Q&A: 16:35 - 16:45
Industry Spotlight - Fluicell
Andreas Svanström, Ph.D
Advanced Heterogeneous Cell Culture Models
5-minute break
Jasmin Hunsrucker Merck KGaA, Germany
"3D Co-culture system representing the tumor microenvironment"
Q&A: 17:15 - 17:35
Poster Spotlights
3 top abstracts presented as 3-minute flash talks
'Meet the Speakers and Scientific Programme Committee'
An informal opportunity to meet and ask questions to the speakers and members of the Scientific Programme Committee.
Informal Gathering in 'Gather'
Informal opportunity for participants to browse posters, visit trade stands and network. The virtual exhibition hall and posters will remain open for 24 hours for you to browse at your leisure.
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Virtual Poster Discussion Session
Welcome to Day 2
Scientific Programme Committee
Session 3
Chair: Peter Friedl
Philippe Bousso Institut Pasteur, France
"Decoding the mode of action of tumor immunotherapies using intravital imaging"
Q&A: 14:25 - 14:45
5-minute break
Proffered Paper 3: Kendelle Murphy Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
"Intravital imaging technology guides FAK mediated priming in pancreatic cancer precision medicine according to Merlin status"
Q&A: 15:00 - 15:10
Proffered Paper 4: Patricia Pérez-Galán IDIBAPS, Spain
"Multi-cellular patient-derived non-Hodgkin lymphoma tumoroids: A tool to recapitulate tumor microenvironment, study disease biology and perform drug screening"
Q&A: 15:20 - 15:30
5-minute break
Industry Symposium - LGC Standards
Nirmal Perera
“Getting closer to in vivo with 3D cancer organoids”
Break
coffee & stretching
Session 4
Chair: Henriëtte Lanz
Danijela Vignjevic Marie Curie Institute, France
Cancer-associated fibroblasts actively compress cancer cells and modulate mechanotransduction
Q&A: 16:40 - 17:00
Industry Spotlight - UpNano
Aleks Ovsianikov
3D Printing and Biofabrication
5-minute break
Andrew Ewald John Hopkins Medicine, USA
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis
Q&A: 17:30 - 17:50
5-minute break
Meet the Expert Talk
Valerie Weaver UCSF, USA
An interactive session where our expert will share personal and professional experiences and advice.
END OF DAY 2 SUMMARY
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
01 September 2021
Abstract submission deadline:
17 August 2021
Registration and Payment deadline:
27 September 2021
