Cancer Cell Plasticity: Cracking the Code of Adaptation and Survival

Virtual Event : 2 - 3 December 2025

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

13:00

WELCOME TO DAY ONE

Chair: Cédric Blanpain

13:05

Mark Dawson Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

'A rare cell state underpins the immune tolerant persister cell following CAR T-cell therapy in B-ALL'

Q&A 13:25-13:35

13:35

Direna Alonso-Curbelo IRB Barcelona, Spain

Q&A 13:55-14:05

14:05

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A 14:15-14:20

14:20

FLASH TALKS 1

A selection of high-scoring abstracts presented as 3 minute flash talks.

14:35

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Chair: Dana Pe'er

14:50

Raphael Rodriguez Institut Curie, France

'Chemical control of cell adaptation'

Q&A 15:10-15:20

15:20

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A 15:30-15:35

15:35

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A 15:45-15:50

15:50

REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:05

Adrienne A. Boire Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, USA

'Metabolic Reprogramming of Metastases in the Central Nervous System'

Q&A: 16:25-16:35

16:35

FLASH TALKS 2

A selection of high-scoring abstracts presented as 3 minute flash talks.

16:50

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

13:00

WELCOME TO DAY TWO

Chair: Eduard Batlle

13:05

Ilaria Malanchi Francis Crick Institute, UK

'Emergency granulopoiesis and cancer progression'

Q&A 13:25-13:35

13:35

Cassandra Burdziak Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, USA

'The environment-plasticity axis in tumor progression'

Q&A 13:55-14:05

14:05

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A 14:15-14:20

14:20

FLASH TALKS 3

A selection of high-scoring abstracts presented as 3 minute flash talks.

14:35

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Chair: Chris Marine

14:50

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A 15:00-15:05

15:05

The EMBO Keynote Lecture

Eduard Batlle IRB Barcelona, Spain

'Plasticity, therapy resistance and immune evasion in metastatic colorectal cancer'

Q&A 15:25-15:35

15:35

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A: 15:45-15:50

15:50

REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:05

Frederic de Sauvage Genentech, USA

'Tumor cell plasticity in colon cancer'

Q&A 16:25-16:35

16:35

FLASH TALKS 4

A selection of high-scoring abstracts presented as 3 minute flash talks.

16:50

DISCUSSION SESSION

Chris Marine, Cedric Blanpain, Dana Pe'er, Eduard Batlle

'Examining the importance of phenotypic plasticity as a driver of cancer evolution'

17:30

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

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