Name: 81st Heidelberg Grand Round - Upcoming Mechanisitic and Clinical Breakthroughs in Pancreatic Cancer
Start: 2025-11-11T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-11T19:30:00+01:00
Location: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

81st Heidelberg Grand Round - Upcoming Mechanisitic and Clinical Breakthroughs in Pancreatic Cancer

Tuesday 11 November 2025 - 16:00

Monday 10 November 2025
Tuesday 11 November 2025
16:00 Welcome and opening remarks - Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg) Christoph Michalski (University Hospital (UKHD), Department of Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
Welcome and opening remarks
- Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
- Christoph Michalski (University Hospital (UKHD), Department of Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
16:00 - 16:15
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
16:15 Pancreatic cancer – clinical standards, developments and challenges - Thomas Seufferlein (Ulm University Hospital)
Pancreatic cancer – clinical standards, developments and challenges
- Thomas Seufferlein (Ulm University Hospital)
16:15 - 16:35
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
16:35 Innovations in pancreatic cancer surgery - Rosa Klotz (University Hospital (UKHD), Department of Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
Innovations in pancreatic cancer surgery
- Rosa Klotz (University Hospital (UKHD), Department of Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
16:35 - 16:55
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
16:55 Decoding and targeting the PDAC ecosystem - Dieter Saur (Technical University of Munich (TUM), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ))
Decoding and targeting the PDAC ecosystem
- Dieter Saur (Technical University of Munich (TUM), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ))
16:55 - 17:15
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
17:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
17:15 - 17:45
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
17:45 Characterization of single neurons reprogrammed by pancreatic cancer - Vera Thiel (Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ))
Characterization of single neurons reprogrammed by pancreatic cancer
- Vera Thiel (Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ))
17:45 - 18:05
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
18:05 Addressing tumor and host heterogeneity and interactions - Jens Siveke (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Essen, Essen University Hospital)
Addressing tumor and host heterogeneity and interactions
- Jens Siveke (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Essen, Essen University Hospital)
18:05 - 18:30
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
18:30 Panel discussion with speakers, moderated by hosts - Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), National Center for for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg) Christoph Michalski (University Hospital (UKHD), Department of Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
Panel discussion with speakers, moderated by hosts
- Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), National Center for for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
- Christoph Michalski (University Hospital (UKHD), Department of Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg)
18:30 - 19:00
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)
19:00 Reception and networking
Reception and networking
19:00 - 19:30
Room: Kommunikationszentrum (Lecture Hall)

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