On the day guide

Welcome to the EACR Virtual Conference 'Signaling Circuits in Cancer'! This page brings together all the information you’ll need while attending this EACR Virtual Conference. 

Quick Links

• Scientific Programme
• Virtual Poster Discussions Sessions
  • ​Session 1 Posters
  • Session 2 Posters
• Digital Abstracts and Posters (Login required for access)
• Participant List (Password protected - participants will receive the password at the start of the conference)
• Code of Conduct
• Social media: Post about the event on social media using the hashtag #eacrSignalingCircuits

Zoom

We run our EACR Virtual Conferences across two Zoom formats – Webinars (for the conference talks) and Meetings (for our poster discussion sessions). As an attendee during the webinar, you won’t be able to switch on your camera and will need to have your microphone enabled to ask questions. During the Poster Discussion Sessions, you will be in control of your own camera and microphone. You will need to have both switched on to get the most out of these sessions. 

Accessing the Webinar 

Approximately 24 hours before the start of each day of the conference, you should receive an email from Zoom with your link to access the conference webinar. As this is an automated email, it might be sorted into your junk folder. If you have not received your email by the morning of the conference, then please email Christopher.Iliffe@eacr.org. This webinar link is specific to you and should not be shared with anyone else. 

If you click on this link before the conference is due to start, you will see a holding screen. Once EACR has started the webinar, the system will automatically move you into the conference space. If you need to leave the conference, you can rejoin later using the same link. 

Asking Questions

There are two ways that you can ask questions to our speakers during the conference talks.

If you want to ask your question live, then please use the ‘Raise Hand’ button. This might be located at the top or bottom of your screen. The Chair will invite you to ask your question, and the EACR will enable your microphone.

If you do not want to ask your question live, then use the Q&A box. This might be found at the bottom of your screen. You will have the option to ask your question anonymously if that is your preference. The Chair will then read questions from the Q&A box on your behalf.

After the conference you will receive an email with a link to a short survey. Please give us your feedback so that we can make improvements for future conferences. After you have completed the survey, you will be able to download and print a Certificate of Attendance. 

Virtual Poster Discussion Sessions

Tuesday 13 February, 17:20-18:20 CET
Wednesday 14 February, 12:30-13:30 CET

The Poster Discussion Sessions are scheduled to take place at the end of Day 1 and the beginning of Day 2 of the conference. They will each be held as a seperate Zoom meeting. You will receive the links to join these meetings in the email sent to you a week before the conference. During the Virtual Poster Discussion Sessions, each poster presenter will have their very own 'Breakout Room' where they will be displaying their poster. All attendees will have full control over their camera and microphone, be able to communicate using the chat, and navigate across the breakout rooms to view each poster and talk to the poster presenter.

When you first enter the meeting, you will go straight to the “Lobby”. EACR staff will be there throughout the session should you have any questions. Details of each of the posters on display in the session and their relevant breakout rooms will also be shown on the screen in this main area. You can also access the list of posters via our Online Abstract Book and through our ‘On the Day’ guide (you can find the lists further down this page!).

Conference participants are invited to join any of the rooms to browse the posters, discuss the work on show and make new connections. To navigate to a specific breakout room, click on the ‘Breakout Room’ button and then on the specific room you would like to join. Zoom will then move you to that breakout room. Keep in mind that each poster discussion session only lasts 1 hour, so make sure you leave yourself plenty of time to browse!

If you are a Poster Presenter, you will have your own designated breakout room which corresponds to your poster number. This space is entirely yours and can be used to present your research however you think is best! We recommend sharing your poster as a PowerPoint slide or presentation. 

Feedback from our previous Virtual Poster Discussion Sessions:

"The poster sessions were extremely well-organised and interactive. This type of session provides a very inspiring platform to interact with other people working in the field more openly and facilitates great scientific exchange."

"I felt fully involved in the conference most especially during the breakout session where I was able to present my work and also get to discuss it with other great minds."

"The virtual social and networking experiences provided me with valuable connections and insights that I wouldn’t have been able to gain otherwise."

Poster Discussion Session 1: Tuesday 13 February 2024

17:20 – 18:20 CET

Posters on display:

Poster 01 - Paolo Armando Gagliardi, ‘PIK3CA H1047R mutation triggers ERK-activity waves, regulating proliferation and chemotherapy resistance’

Poster 02 – Evangelia Papadimitriou, ‘Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta 1 expression and activity negatively associate with lung carcinogenesis and angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo’

Poster 03 - Naiara Perurena Aizcorbe, ‘EZH2 Inhibitors Create a Dependency on YAP for Survival in HER2+ Breast Cancers’

Poster 04 - Catarina Almeida-Ferreira, ‘Impact of Atmospheric Plasma on the Migration and Survival Factor in Breast Cancer Cells’

Poster 05 - Sourav Banerjee, ‘First-in-class brain-penetrant pleiotropic small molecule targets proliferation and stemness of glioma’

Poster 06 - Michael Blank, ‘SMURF2 and Ubiquitin Signaling: Unraveling Links to Epigenetic and Epitranscriptomic Regulation, Genome Stability and Cancer’

Poster 07 – Nauf Bou Antoun. ‘PHLDA1 restores chemosensitivity in human cervical cancer cell lines’

Poster 08 - Paula Cadenas, ‘Tumor cell secretome plasticity in sensitive and resistant human leukemic cells. Role of p38 MAPK as a link between immunity and drug resistance’

Poster 09 - Ilona Barbara Csordás. ‘Ionizing radiation actively influences the miRNA profile of bone marrow-derived extracellular vesicles by deregulating RNA-binding proteins’

Poster 10 – Rossella De Florian Fania, ‘Identification of molecules that restore the function of the RAS-GAP DAB2IP in cancer; an approach based on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated endogenous protein tagging’

Poster 11 – Oxana Denisova, ‘Protein phosphatase PP2A in medulloblastoma growth’

Poster 12 – Maite Emaldi, ‘PTPN11/SHP2 as a therapeutic target in high-risk neuroblastoma’

Poster 13 - Hans-Ake Fabricius ‘Glycans can prevent cancer progression and chemoresistance’

Poster 18 - Kha Wai Hon, ‘Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Molecular Pathways in MS17-treated SW620 Colon Cancer Cells’

This session will end at 18:20 CET so please make sure you give yourself enough time to browse each of the posters on display!

Poster Discussion Session 2: Wednesday 14 February 2024

12:30 – 13:30 CET

Before the main programme of scientific talks on Day 2 we will hold our second 60-minute ‘Virtual Poster Discussion Session’, showcasing even more posters submitted for the conference. Please make sure you have received the link to this meeting and that you have joined the session by 12:30 CET.

Posters on display: 

Poster 14 - Mariana Feijó, ‘Periprostatic adipose tissue exposed to the endocrine disruptor tributyltin changes the plasticity of human prostate cells towards a cancer progression-phenotype’

Poster 15 – Lara Fonseca, ‘Escherichia coli “bioactive metabolites” modulate prostate cancer cells’ plasticity altering survival, oxidative stress and metabolism’

Poster 16 - Fabrizio Fontana, ‘Exploring the role of extracellular vesicles in ovarian cancer metastasis’

Poster 17 - Aliye Ezgi Güleç Taşkıran, ‘A mechanistic evaluation of the differential response of SW480 and SW620 colon carcinoma cell lines to L-Glutamine Starvation’

Poster 19 – Ghamartaj Hossein, ‘Enhancing Ovarian Cancer Stem Cell Enrichment Through Cost-Effective 3D Culture and Targeted Inhibition of Key Signaling Pathways’

Poster 20 – Levi Kopp, ‘Off-target activity analysis of FRS2-targeted small molecule F2iC7 reveals potential vulnerabilities in malignant medulloblastoma’

Poster 21 – Ejlal Mahgoub, ‘Targeting KLF8 and Autophagy to Inhibit Focal Adhesion Turnover, Suppress Tumor Cell Motility, and Inhibit Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer’

Poster 22 – Lan Nguyen, ‘Systems Analysis of Signalling Network Rewiring Identifies Cell Type-selective Therapeutic Strategies for FGFR4-driven Cancers’

Poster 23 – Sofia Ramos, ‘Coordinated Expression of Genes Related to Redox status and Ca2+ homeostasis: Implications for Breast Cancer Patient Survival’

Poster 24 - Mukund Sharma ‘Convergence of RAS and PP2A activity on epigenetic gene regulation’

Poster 25 – George Zachos, ‘A mechanism for activation of the abscission checkpoint in response to chromatin bridges in human cells’

Poster 26 – Ying Cao, ‘Neural stemness represents the core property of cancer (tumorigenic) cells’

This session will end at 13:30 CET so please make sure you give yourself enough time to browse each of the posters on display!

There will then be a 30-minute break before we move over to Zoom Webinar for our second day of scientific talks.