Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
Cancer Genomics, Multiomics and Computational Biology
Bergamo, Italy : 30 April - 2 May 2024
Scientific programme
To download and print the programme, use the links below.
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
REGISTRATION & WELCOME LUNCH (lunch from 12:00)
CONFERENCE WELCOME
Session 1: Intersection of functional and immunogenomics for therapy
Chair: Carlos Caldas
OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE
Julian Downward Francis Crick Institute, UK
“Investigating the interplay between oncogenic signaling and tumour immune evasion in lung cancer”
Q&A: 13:40-13:55
Elaine Mardis Institute for Genomic Medicine, USA
“Oncolytic Viral Therapy Immunogenomics in adult GBM”
Q&A: 14:15-14:25
Diego Chowell Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Proffered Paper 1: "An immunogenetic basis for lung cancer risk"
Q&A: 14:35-14:40
EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & SOLO TRAVELLER MEET-UP
Chair: James Brenton
Elisa Oricchio EPFL, Switzerland
“Modulation of 3D chromatin structures to support tumor evolution"
Q&A: 15:40-15:50
Tancredi Massimo Pentimalli Max Delbruck Center, Germany
Proffered Paper 2: "Single cell-resolved multimodal atlas of a lung tumor in 3D"
Q&A: 16:00-16:05
Clare Puttick Francis Crick Institute, UK
Proffered Paper 3: "HLA disruption through genetic and non-genetic mechanisms is pervasive in lung and breast tumours"
Q&A: 16:15-16:20
Molecular Oncology: Call for Content
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM - biomodal
Dr Jacob Househam The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), UK
'Combined genetic and epigenetic analyses of a Lynch syndrome tumour'
NETWORKING QUIZ
Our fun, informal quiz offers conference participants the chance to make new connections on the first evening of the meeting.
WELCOME RECEPTION
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
EARLY POSTER VIEWING (with coffee & biscuits)
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT - Lunaphore Technologies
Clément Chavalier (Lunaphore, Switzerland) and Euplio Visco (ACD, Italy)
"True spatial multiomics: when RNA meets protein on the same section"
Session 2: Single cell cancer dissection
Chair: Núria López-Bigas
Ido Amit Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
“The power of ONE: Immunology in the age of single cell genomics”
Q&A: 09.20-09.30
Carlos Caldas Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, UK
“Dissecting breast cancer ecosystems at single cell level”
Q&A: 09:50-10:00
Efrat Shema Weizmann Institute, Israel
“Single-molecule and single-cell epigenetics: Decoding the epigenome for cancer research and diagnostics”
Q&A: 10:20-10:30
Fernando Perez University of Helsinki, Finland
Proffered Paper 4: "Machine learning to reveal the specifc cell-level spatial tumor microenvironment features across Ovarian Cancer clinico-molecular subtypes"
Q&A: 10:40-10:45
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Yardena Samuels Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
"Revisiting the Neoantigen Approach for Cancer Immunotherapy"
Q&A: 11:35-11:45
Daria Romanovskaia Center for Molecular Medicine, Austria
Proffered Paper 5: "Plasticity and epigenetic regulation of Ewing sarcoma cell states"
Q&A: 11:55-12:00
Sahil Sahni National Cancer Institute, USA
Proffered Paper 6: "Deactivation of ligand-receptor interactions enhancing lymphocyte infiltration drives melanoma resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade"
Q&A: 12:10-12:15
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
LUNCH
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
Session 3: Biomarkers for precision oncology
Chair: Elaine Mardis
Eytan Ruppin Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, USA
"Next generation precision oncology: From omics to slides"
Q&A: 15:20-15:30
Shira Sagie Weizmann Institute, Israel
Proffered Paper 7: "KRAS G12V neoantigen-specific therapy modalities development and assessment"
Q&A: 15:40-15:45
Francisco Martinez-Jimenez Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Spain | Hartwig Medical Foundation, Netherlands
"Unravelling the immunogenomic determinants of metastasis"
Q&A: 16:05-16:15
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Trevor Pugh Princess Margaret Hospital, OICR, Toronto, Canada
"Early cancer surveillance through multi-modal analysis of cell-free DNA fragments in blood"
Q&A: 17:05-17:15
James Brenton Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, UK
"DNA damage response signatures as therapeutic predictors in recurrent drug-resistant ovarian cancer"
Q&A: 17:35-17:45
MEET THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
The committee members will reflect on the conference so far before each providing insight into their personal and professional experiences of their routes into scientific leadership.
CONFERENCE DINNER
The Conference Dinner will be held at the atmospheric Ristorante Taverna Valtellinese, Optional ticketed event.
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
EARLY POSTER VIEWING (with coffee & biscuits)
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT - Nonacus
Tim Gilbert Nonacus
'GALEAS: Precision bioinformatics for precision oncology - MSH2 to 1p19q'
Session 4: Single cell cancer analytics
Chair: Yardena Samuels
Bernd Bodenmiller University of Zurich, Switzerland
"Highly multiplexed imaging of in situ tumor ecosystems towards precision medicine"
Q&A: 09:20-09:30
Asaf Madi Tel Aviv University, Israel
“Integration of single-cell RNAseq data and protein-protein interaction networks”
Q&A: 09:50-10:00
Kevin Tu University of Cambridge, UK
Proffered Paper 8: "Characterizing the breast cancer microenvironment using different data modalities and clinical associations at cell-state granularity"
Q&A: 10:10-10:15
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Hannah Carter UC San Diego, USA
"Interface-guided phenotyping of coding variants in the transcription factor RUNX1"
Q&A: 11:05-11:15
THE EMBO KEYNOTE LECTURE
Nuria Lopez-Bigas Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain
"Clonal selection in normal tissues and its relation to cancer risk"
Q&A: 11:45-12:00
SUMMARY & CLOSE
DEPART
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
26 February 2024
Abstract submission deadline:
26 February 2024
Registration deadline:
25 March 2024
