Programme

Note - more talk titles will be added as they are received.

Friday 19 March

8:00-9:00 - Registration

9:00-12:40 - Morning session - 1 - The translation barrier: problems and solutions in moving from animal models to clinical trials

Chair:

Harvey Herschman, University of California, Los Angeles

Invited speakers:

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Stanford University

Vasilis Ntziachristos, Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
Next generation biological imaging with Multi-Spectral Opto-acoustic Tomography

Antoni Ribas, University of California, Los Angeles
T cell receptor (TCR) engineering adoptive cell transfer therapy aided by molecular imaging: from mice to humans

Wolfgang Weber, University Medical Center Freiburg

Planned social time:

Punting on the River Cam Science-focused walking tour of Cambridge Free time

16:00-19:30 - Late afternoon session - 2 - The potential clinical use of MRS in oncology

Chair:

Sarah Nelson, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Invited speakers:

Patrick Bolan, University of Minnesota

Ferdia Gallagher, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute

Ingrid Gribbestad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Arend Heerschap, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center

Evening

Poster session and dinner at the Cambridge Research Institute

Saturday 20 March

8:30-9:30 - Continental breakfast at the Cambridge Research Institute

9:30-13:05 - Morning Session - 3 - Detecting genomic biomarkers from high-dimensional clinical data

Chair:

Eric Schadt, Pacific Biosciences
Weaving together multiple data types to uncover the complexity of cancer

Invited speakers:

Nicholas Dracopoli, Johnson & Johnson
From heat maps to clinical tests: Why so few regulatory approved molecular profiles?

Joseph Lucas, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
Bench to bedside: converting mounds of data to personalized patient care

Jill Mesirov, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Rainer Spang, University of Regensburg

13:05-15:00 - Free social time

15:00-18:30 - Late afternoon session - 4 - Opportunities of preneoplasia for a pre-emptive strike

Chair:

Rebecca Fitzgerald, Hutchison-MRC Research Centre

Invited speakers:

Carlo Maley, The Wistar Institute

Sanford Markowitz, Case Western Reserve University
Genetic opportunities for preventing death from colo-rectal cancer

Senthil Muthuswamy, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Nicholas Wright, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute and the Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Evening

Symposium dinner at Jesus College; transport will be provided

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