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Virtual event, Worldwide : 6 - 7 December 2022
To download and print the programme, use the links below.
Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
Welcome to Day 1
Christoph Klein
Session 1 - Dormancy
Chair: Julio Aguirre-Ghiso
Laura Vera Ramirez GENYO-University of Granada, Spain
“Disseminated dormant breast cancer cells maintain redox homeostasis through organelle turnover and metabolic adaptation”
Q&A: 13:25 - 13:45
Julio Aguirre-Ghiso Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
"Single-cell analysis of early disseminated cancer cells identifies a tissue resident macrophage-driven mesenchymal-like dormancy program that suppresses metastasis"
Q&A: 14:05 - 14:25
15-minute break
Session 2 - Metabolism
Chair: Sarah-Maria Fendt
Sarah-Maria Fendt VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Belgium
"Nutrient dependencies of metastasis formation"
Q&A: 15:00 - 15:20
Marco Montagner University of Padua, Italy
Proffered Paper 1: "EphB6 Regulates TFEB-Lysosomal Pathway and Survival of Disseminated Indolent Breast Cancer Cells"
Q&A: 15:30 - 15:40
Zeinab Homayed Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), France
Proffered Paper 2: "Early dissemination highly enhances liver metastasis development in mouse models for intestinal tumorigenesis"
Q&A: 15:50 - 16:00
15-minute break
Srinivas Malladi UT Southwestern Medical Centre, USA
"Targetable vulnerabilities of latent breast cancer brain metastatic cells"
Q&A: 16:35 - 16:55
Poster Spotlights
3 top abstracts presented as 3-minute flash talks
End of Day 1 Webinar
Once the Webinar has ended we will take a 15-minute break before we begin our Virtual Poster Discussion Session 1
Virtual Poster Discussion Session 1
An informal and interactive 'virtual' opportunity for participants to browse the posters and make new connections. This 60-minute session will be delivered through the Zoom Meeting platform.
Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
Virtual Poster Discussion Session 2
An informal and interactive 'virtual' opportunity for participants to browse the posters and make new connections. This 60-minute session will be delivered through the Zoom Meeting platform.
30-minute transition break
Welcome to Day 2
Session 3 - Cancer evolution, plasticity and progression
Chair: Christoph Klein
Christoph Klein University of Regensburg, Germany
"Cellular plasticity during metastatic colony formation in patients"
Q&A: 14:25 - 14:45
Adrià Cañellas IRB Barcelona, Spain
Proffered Paper 3: "Metastatic recurrence in colorectal cancer arises from residual EMP1+ cells"
Q&A: 14:55 - 15:05
10-minute break
Harald Schuhwerk University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany
Proffered Paper 4: "ZEB1 suspends anti-tumor immune defenses in colorectal cancer by tuning the functional diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)"
Q&A: 15:25 - 15:35
Cathrin Brisken EPFL, Switzerland & The Institute of Cancer Research, UK
"Epithelial mesenchymal plasticity and control of ER+ breast cancer dormancy"
Q&A: 15:55 - 16:15
15-minute break
Session 4 - Immunology
Chair: Cyrus Ghajar
Ana Luisa Correia Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal
"Revisiting NK cell immunity to prevent metastasis"
Q&A: 16:50 - 17:10
Cyrus Ghajar Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
"Understanding and overcoming disseminated tumor cell immune evasion"
Q&A: 17:30 - 17:50
10-minute break
Discussion Forum
Chistoph Klein, Sarah-Maria Fendt, Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Cyrus Ghajar
"How to translate emerging findings for the prevention of lethal metastatic disease"
End of Day 2 Summary
Travel Grant application deadline:
24 October 2022
Abstract submission deadline:
24 October 2022
Registration deadline:
21 November 2022
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