Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
EACR-AstraZeneca Cancer Epigenetics
Virtual Event, Worldwide : 5 - 6 December 2023
Scientific Programme
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Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
WELCOME TO DAY ONE
Kristian Helin and Ho Man Chan
TARGETING EPIGENETICS IN CANCER: SESSION 1
Chair: Mark Dawson
Ricky Johnstone Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
'Targeting epigenetic regulators of transcription in cancer'
Q&A 13:30 - 13:55
Celine Vallot Institut Curie, Paris, France
'Epigenetic targeting of chemoresistance in cancer'
Q&A 14:15 - 14:30
Refreshment Break
Chair: Ho Man Chan
Eytan Stein MSKCC, New York, USA
'Novel epigenetic therapies for acute myeloid leukemia'
Q&A 15:05 - 15:20
Proffered Paper 1
Q&A 15:30 - 15:40
Proffered Paper 2
Q&A 15:50 - 16:00
Refreshment break
Chair: Jingwen Zhang
Melissa Pappalardi GSK, Philadelphia, USA
'Development of new inhibitors of DNA methylation'
Q&A 16:35 - 16:50
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
END OF DAY 1 WEBINAR
VIRTUAL POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
VIRTUAL POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
WELCOME TO DAY TWO
Kristian Helin and Ho Man Chan
TARGETING EPIGENETICS IN CANCER: SESSION 2
Chair: Mark Dawson
Oliver Raush Storm Therapeutics Ltd, Cambridge, UK
'Inhibition of RNA modifying enzymes for the treatment of cancer'
Q&A 14:25 - 14:40
Proffered Paper 3
Q&A 14:50 - 15:00
Refreshment Break
Chair: Jingwen Zhang
Proffered Paper 4
Q&A 15:25 - 15:35
Cigall Kadoch Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
'Role of SWI / SNF mutations in cancer'
Q&A 15:55 - 16:10
Refreshment Break
Chair: Cigall Kadoch
Ernesto Guccione EG Lab, Mount Sinai, New York, USA
'Precision medicine in solid tumors'
Q&A 16:45 - 16:55
Sangeeta Goswami MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
‘Combined use of epigenetic and immunotherapies in cancer’.
Q&A 17:15 - 17:30
DISCUSSION SESSION
'How to use Epigenetic Therapies in Cancer' and 'What epigenomic features need to be routinely measured in clinical protocol? Has this been done already? If not, why not?'
This will be an open forum with SPC members and speakers, Kristian, Ho Man, Eytan, Sangeeta and Celine
SUMMARY AND CLOSE
Kristian Helin and Ho Man Chan
Key dates
Abstract submission deadline:
09 October 2023
Registration deadline:
13 November 2023
Histone and DNA. Image credit: Eric de Vries for Dawson lab
