Program
Symposium Flyer
Thursday, October 17, 2019
08:40 OPENING REMARKS
09:00-10:30 IMMUNOTHERAPY I
Chairs: Justus Duyster, Susana Minguet
09:00-09:30 “Novel pathways of immune modulation and immune resistance in cancer” Philipp Beckhove, Regensburg, Germany
09:30-10:00 “Exploration of novel radiotherapy/immunotherapy combinations for enhanced local and systemic tumor control” Gabriele Niedermann, Freiburg, Germany
10:00-10:30 “Lessons from T cell exhaustion for successful immunotherapies” Bertram Bengsch, Freiburg, Germany
10:30-10:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:50-12:20 IMMUNOTHERAPY II
Chairs: Brigitte Strahm, Robert Thimme
10:50-11:20 “From molecular insights into TCR signaling to rational design of novel CAR receptors” Susana Minguet, Freiburg, Germany
11:20-11:50 “Academic experience in the implementation of CAR T cell trials in hematological and oncological childhood diseases” Franco Locatelli, Rome, Italy
11:50-12:20 “How to elucidate the mysteries of rhabdoid tumors” Franck Bourdeaut, Paris, France
12:20-13:20 LUNCH
13:20-14:50 CANCER SYSTEMS MEDICINE AND BIOMARKERS
Chairs: Martin Werner, Melanie Börries
13:20-13:50 “Gastric cancer ‒ landscape and horizon” Laura H Tang, New York, USA
13:50-14:20 “Making big data work in real world cancer drug discovery and adaptive therapy” Bissan Al-Lazikani, London, UK
14:20-14:35 “Circulating tumor DNA for personalized outcome prediction in cancer patients” Florian Scherer, Freiburg, Germany
14:35-14:50 “Diagnostic therapy prediction ‒ opportunities and challenges of cfDNA-based biomarkers” Silke Lassmann, Freiburg, Germany
14:50-15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00-16:00 POSTER SESSION I
16:00-18:00 ADVANCED IMAGING AND RADIATION THERAPY
Chairs: Anca-Ligia Grosu, Jürgen Hennig
16:00-16:20 “Imaging for Radiation Therapy Planning and Monitoring” Constantinos Zamboglou, Freiburg, Germany
16:20-16:50 “Imaging in oncology: Establishing novel biomarkers in precision medicine” Maurius Mayerhöfer, Vienna, Austria
16:50-17:20 “Translational theranostics” Johannes Czernin, Los Angeles, USA
17:20-17:40 “Advances in oncologic imaging ‒ beyond data acquisition” Elmar M. Merkle, Basel, Switzerland
17:40-18:00 “Targeted biomolecules for imaging and radionuclide therapy” Matthias Eder, Freiburg, Germany
18:00 EVENING RECEPTION
19:00 SPEAKERS‘ DINNER
Friday, October 18, 2019
09:00-10:30 ONCOGENES AND SIGNALING
Chairs: Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Ian Frew
09:00-09:30 “Breast tumor heterogeneity: Act locally, think globally” Mohamed Bentires-Alj, Basel, Switzerland
09:30-10:00 “Tyrosine phosphatase PTPN11/SHP2 as a target for treatment of mutant KRAS-driven cancers” Dietrich Rueß, Freiburg, Germany
10:00-10:30 “Harnessing new insights into the BRAF signaling network for novel therapeutic concepts” Tilman Brummer, Freiburg, Germany
10:30-10:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:50-12:50 MEDICAL EPIGENETICS IN CANCER
Chairs: Michael Lübbert, Marc Timmers
10:50-11:20 “Oncohistones: how to transform the cell’s symphony into non-harmonious rap” Nada Jabado, Montreal, Canada
11:20-11:50 “Targeting chromatin complexes in cancer” Scott Armstrong, Boston, USA
11:50-12:20 “Abnormal promoter DNA methylation in cancer – a driver for tumor initiation and the role of aging in cancer risk” Steve Baylin, Baltimore, USA
12:20-12:50 “The histone methyltransferase KMT9 blocks growth of castration- and enzalutamide-resistant prostate cancer” Roland Schüle, Freiburg, Germany
12:50-13:40 LUNCH
13:40-14:40 POSTER SESSION II
14:40-16:10 PSYCHOONCOLOGY
Chairs: Claas Lahmann, Joachim Weis
14:40-15:10 “Targeting stress to improve cancer treatment” Erica Sloan, Parkville, Australia
15:10-15:40 “Cancer Survivorship ‒ requirements for psychooncological care needs?” Anja Mehnert, Leipzig, Germany
15:40-16:10 “Managing cancer and living meaningfully: The psychological dimensions of early palliative care” Gary Rodin, Toronto, Canada
16:10-16:20 COFFEE BREAK
16:20-18:10 ONCOGENES AND TUMOR BIOLOGY
Chairs: Robert Zeiser, Christoph Peters
16:20-16:50 “Functions and modes of action of long noncoding RNAs” Igor Ulitsky, Rehovot, Israel
16:50-17:20 “The dark matter of the cancer genome ‒ mutations and RNAs of the non-coding space” Sven Diederichs, Freiburg, Germany
17:20-17:50 “Dissecting pancreatic cancer evolution using forward and reverse genetics in mice” Roland Rad, Munich, Germany
17:50-18:20 “Oncogenic signaling and immune evasion” Robert Zeiser, Freiburg, Germany