Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
Cancer Genomics, Multiomics and Computational Biology
Essen, Germany : 12 - 14 May 2026
Scientific programme
To download and print the programme, use the links below.
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
REGISTRATION & WELCOME LUNCH (lunch at 12:00)
CONFERENCE WELCOME
SESSION 1
EMBO Young Investigator Opening Keynote
Nick McGranahan University College London, UK
Q&A: 13:40-13:55
Elsa Bernard Gustave Roussy, France
Q&A: 14:15-14:25
Proffered Paper 1
Q&A: 14:35-14:40
EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & SOLO TRAVELLER MEET-UP
Ewa Szczurek Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Q&A: 15:40-15:50
Francesca Ciccarelli The Francis Crick Institute, UK
Q&A: 16:10-16:20
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
NETWORKING QUIZ
WELCOME RECEPTION
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
EARLY POSTER VIEWING
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
SESSION 2
Society for Functional Precision Medicine Speaker
Jesse Boehm Broad Institute, USA
'Evaluating therapeutic efficacy using rapid ex vivo high dimensional morphology profiling'
Q&A: 09:20-09:30
Proffered Paper 2
Q&A: 09:40-09:45
Eduard Porta Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Spain
Q&A: 10:05-10:15
Jessica Zucman Rossi University Paris Descartes, France
Q&A: 10:35-10:45
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Yardena Samuels Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Q&A: 11:35-11:45
Proffered Paper 3
Q&A: 11:55-12:00
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
LUNCH
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee
SESSION 3
Nuria Lopez-Bigas Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain
Q&A: 15:20-15:30
Proffered Paper 4
Q&A: 15:40-15:45
Proffered Paper 5
Q&A: 15:55-16:00
Elaine Mardis Institute for Genomic Medicine, USA
'PEDIA_BRAIN: A resource for investigating pediatric brain cancer etiology'
Q&A: 16:20-16:30
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Jamie Blundell University of Cambridge, UK
Q&A: 17:20-17:30
Andrea Sottoriva Human Technopole, Italy
'Artificial Intelligence + mechanistic modelling to measure unknown biology'
Q&A: 17:50-18:00
Meet the Scientific Programme Committee
The committee members will reflect on the conference so far before each providing insight into their personal and professional experiences of their routes into scientific leadership.
Scheduled to end at 18:45
CONFERENCE DINNER (optional ticketed event)
The Conference Dinner will take place at the nearby Kiepenkerl Restaurant. Optional ticketed event.
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
EARLY POSTER VIEWING
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
SESSION 4
Raza Ali CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK
Q&A: 09:20-09:30
Itay Tirosh Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
'The spatial organization of cancer cell states'
Q&A: 09:50-10:00
Proffered Paper 6
Q&A: 10:10-10:15
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Mor Nitzan The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
'Decoding layers of spatial and temporal organization in multicellular systems'
Q&A: 11:05-11:15
EMBO Closing Keynote Lecture
Carlos Caldas Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and University of Cambridge, UK
Q&A: 11:45-12:00
SUMMARY & CLOSE
DEPART
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
16 March 2026
Abstract submission deadline:
16 March 2026
Registration and Payment deadline:
13 April 2026
