Welcome to Day 1

Session 1: Visualizing early cancer in the tissue and organ contexts

Chair: Daniele Regge

Frauke Alves Max Planck Institute, Germany

"Multiscale imaging strategies for preclinical evaluation of novel therapeutic and diagnostic concepts in cancer"

Q&A: 13:25 - 13:45

Sponsor Introductions

Vasilis Ntziachristos Helmholtz Centre Munich (HMGU) & Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

"Optoacoustics and cancer"

Q&A: 14:10 - 14:30

5-minute break

SYMPOSIUM - 10X GENOMICS

Koen De Gelas 10x Genomics

"Single cell and spatial transcriptomic methods to understand Cancer"

Break

coffee & stretching

Session 2: Revealing cancer heterogeneity across scales

Chair: Heinz-Peter Schlemmer

Jacky Goetz INSERM U1109, France

"Tracking the last steps of tumor metastasis at high resolution"

Q&A: 15:40 - 16:00

5-minute break

Hayri Emrah Balcıoğlu

Proffered Paper 1: "TME Analyzer: a novel multi-dimensional visualization and analysis tool to identify immune contexture-based predictors in tumors"

Q&A: 16:15 - 16:25

Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA

Proffered Paper 2: "High-resolution intravital microscopy reveals the plastic behavior of disseminated dormant cells and their niches"

Q&A: 16:35 - 16:45

Industry Spotlight - Indica Labs

Kate Lillard Tunstall, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, Indica Labs

"Spatially-resolved profiling of the tumour microenvironment using multiplexed tissue image analysis and deep learning."

5-minute break

Vicky Goh King's College London, UK

"Imaging cancer heterogeneity in clinical practice"

Q&A: 17:15 - 17:35

Poster Spotlights

3 top abstracts presented as 3 minute flash talks

Networking Reception

In the Gather online platform

An informal opportunity to browse the posters, meet our sponsors and make new connections. Bring your own drink to recreate the feel of an in-person EACR conference!

Virtual Poster Discussion Session

In the Gather online platform

WELCOME TO DAY 2

INTRODUCION TO EUCANIMAGE

Karim Lekadir University of Barcelona, Spain

Session 3: Predicting and monitoring response to treatment

Chair: Erik Sahai

Regina Beets-Tan NKI, Netherlands

"Better imaging leads to better treatment and outcome"

Q&A: 14:35 - 14:55

5-minute break

Jovana Panic Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Proffered Paper 3: "MRI-based radiomics to predict tumor response in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer in a multicenter study: model development and external validation."

Q&A: 15:10 - 15:20

Giorgia Zambito Erasmus MC, Netherlands

Proffered Paper 4: "Fluorinated PLGA-PEG-mannose nanoparticles for tumor-associated macrophage detection by optical imaging and MRI"

Q&A: 15:30 - 15:40

5-minute break

SYMPOSIUM - NANOSTRING

Jessica Roelands LUMC Netherlands

"Reconstructing colorectal cancer tumorigenesis with digital spatial profiling"

Break

coffee & stretching

Session 4: Evaluating the extent and spread of disease

Chair: Laura Mezzanotte

Julie Sutcliffe University of California, USA

"Molecularly targeted imaging and treatment via the integrin α(v)β(6)"

Q&A: 16:50 - 17:10

10-minute break

Heinz-Peter Schlemmer DKFZ, Germany

"Whole body imaging methods for deduction of tumour spreading"

Q&A: 17:40 - 18:00

5-minute break

Discussion Forum

A multidisciplinary exchange considering the opportunities and challenges of cancer imaging from basic research to translation into clinics.

END OF DAY 2 SUMMARY