Goodbye Flat Biology: Rethinking cancer in multiple dimensions

Essen, Germany : 14 - 16 September 2027

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 14th September 2027

Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

11:30

REGISTRATION & WELCOME LUNCH

Light refreshments will be served at 12:00

12:00

CONFERENCE WELCOME

Session 1:

Chair - Viola Vogel

13:10

Opening Keynote Lecture

Matthew Garnett The Sanger Institue and Mosaic Co-founder, UK

'Mapping Cancer Fitness: Dependencies, Cell States and Plasticity'

Q&A: 13:40-13:50

13:50

Owen Sansom CRUK Scotland Institute, UK

'Modelling colorectal cancer, how good are our models for biology and therapeutic prediction?'

Q&A: 14:10-14:20

14:20

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A: 14:30-14:35

14:35

EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS

14:50

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Tea, coffee, biscuits

15:20

David Bryant CRUK Beatson Institute, UK

'The cell biology of PTEN loss-induced tumour growth and metastasis acceleration'

Q&A: 15:40-15:50

15:50

Louis Vermeulen University of Amsterdam and Genentech, Netherlands

'Outcompeting Cancer'

Q&A: 16:10-16:20

16:20

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS 1

16:30

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

17:00

Networking quiz

17:30

WELCOME RECEPTION

Light refreshments will be served

18:15

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1

Wednesday 15th September 2027

Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

08:15

EARLY POSTER VIEWING

08:45

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Session 2: Chair - Laura Rosenburg

09:00

Danijela Vignjevic Institut Curie, France

'Mechanical forces inducing invasion of cancer cells'

Q&A: 09:20-09:30

09:30

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A: 09:30-09:40

09:45

Bettina Weigelin Universitatsklinikum Tubingen, Germany

'Connecting cancer immunity across scales: from sublethal T cell hits to systemic immune response'

Q&A: 10:05-10:15

10:15

Paul Timpson Garvan Institute, Australia

'Targeting pancreatic cancer fibrosis: improving response using intravital biosensor guided imaging'

Q&A: 10:35-10:45

10:45

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Tea, coffee and biscuits

11:15

Erik Sahai The Francis Crick Institute, UK

'Imaging therapy failure'

Q&A: 11:35-11:45

11:45

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A: 11:55-12:00

12:00

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS 2

12:10

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

12:40

LUNCH

Light buffet lunch with tea, coffee, juice and water

13:30

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2

Session 3: Chair - Johanna Ivaska

15:00

Laura Rosenberg AstraZeneca Discovery Sciences, UK

'Beyond Flat Biology: Patient-Derived Organoids as a Scalable Platform for CRISPR and Drug Discovery'

Q&A: 15:20-15:30

15:30

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A: 15:40-15:45

15:45

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A: 15:55-16:00

16:00

Shannon Turley Amgen, USA

tbc

Q&A: 16:20-16:30

16:30

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Tea, coffee and biscuits

17:00

Helene Salmon Institut Curie, Paris

'Using viable slices and tumor-on-chip to study fibroblast and macrophage impact on matrix remodeling and T cell distribution'

Q&A: 17:20-17:30

17:30

Panel Discussion

Laura Rosenberg, Shannon Turley, Louis Vermeulen

'Using the right models for clinical translation'

19:30

Conference Dinner

Optional ticketed dinner (external location)

Thursday 16th September 2027

Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

08:15

EARLY POSTER VIEWING

08:45

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Session 4: Chair - David Bryant

09:00

Johanna Ivaska University of Turku, Finland

'Spatially controlled receptor-ligand crosstalk in cancer progression'

Q&A: 09:20-09:30

09:30

Viola Vogel ETH Zurich, Switzerland

'The loss of fibronectin fiber tension is a hallmark of diseased ECM'

Q&A: 9:50-10:00

10:00

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A: 10:10-10:15

10:15

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Tea, coffee and biscuits

10:45

Laura Delong Wood Johns Hopkins University, USA

tbc

Q&A: 11:05-11:15

11:15

Closing Keynote Lecture

Valerie Weaver UCSF, USA

'Leveraging insights from tissue tension studies to overcome treatment resistance in cancer'

Q&A: 11:45-11:55

11:55

SUMMARY, AWARDS & CLOSE

12:05

DEPART

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