ecDNA and the Genomic Chaos of Cancer

Virtual Event : 23 - 24 February 2027

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 23rd February 2027

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

12:00

WELCOME TO DAY ONE

12:05

Where are we now and where are we going?

Our Scientific Programme Committee - Paul Mischel, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani and Isidro Cortes-Ciriano - will open the conference by looking at the past, present and future of the field.

Session 1: New directions for mechanistic understanding of ecDNA biology

12:45

Carolin Sauer The Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Spain

'ecDNA as a dynamic biomarker for disease detection and monitoring from liquid biopsies'

Q&A: 13:05 - 13:15

13:15

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A: 13:25 - 13:30

13:30

REFRESHMENT BREAK

13:45

Agnel Sfeir MSKCC, USA

Q&A: 14:05 - 14:15

14:15

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A: 14:25 - 14:30

14:30

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A: 14:40 - 14:45

14:45

FLASH TALKS SESSION 1

15:00

REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:15

Kathy Burns Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA

Q&A: 15:35 - 15:45

15:45

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A: 15:55 - 16:00

16:00

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A: 16:10 - 16:15

16:15

FLASH TALKS SESSION 2

16:30

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

Wednesday 24th February 2027

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

12:00

WELCOME TO DAY TWO

Session 2: Learning from patients

12:05

Benjamin Werner Barts Cancer Institute, UK

'The structural fitness landscapes of extrachromosomal DNAs across human cancers'

Q&A: 12:25 - 12:35

12:35

Anton Henssen Max Delbruck Centre, Germany

Q&A: 12:55 - 13:05

13:05

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A: 13:15 - 13:20

13:20

REFRESHMENT BREAK

13:35

Nnennaya Kanu UCL, UK

'ecDNA emergence and persistence from early to late-stage lung cancer in TRACERx and PEACE'

Q&A: 13:55 - 14:05

14:05

Proffered Paper 7

Q&A: 14:15 - 14:20

14:20

FLASH TALKS SESSION 3

14:35

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 3: From mechanism to translation

14:50

Andrea Ventura MSKCC, USA

Q&A: 15:10 - 15:20

15:20

Proffered Paper 8

Q&A: 15:30 - 15:35

15:35

James Chen UTSW, USA

Q&A: 15:55 - 16:05

16:05

FLASH TALKS SESSION 4

16:20

DISCUSSION SESSION

17:00

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

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