Preliminary Program
Monday, 26th May 2025
8:45 AM ・・・・・・・CHECK-IN & Welcome Coffee・・・・・・・・
9:45 AM WELCOME
10:00 AM Keynote lecture
Oliver Stegle, Heidelberg
10:30 AM ・・・・・・・Comfort break・・・・・・・
10:45 AM SESSION Tumor microenvironment & metabolism
Chair: Marieke Essers & René Jackstadt
Barbara Grünwald, Essen
Foundations of tissue function: self-organization in the tumor microenvironment
Almut Schulze, Heidelberg
Finding metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer
Jose Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Würzburg
Molecular mechanisms regulating the formation, prevention, and repair of (per)oxidized phospholipids
Celia Dobersalske, Essen
Gotcha: Anti-tumor T cells in the skull bone
12:15 AM Flash talks (Short presentations selected from abstracts)
Chair: Marieke Essers
12:45 PM Poster session
1:30 PM ・・・・・・・Light Lunch・・・・・・・
2:15 PM SESSION New developments in first line local therapies
Chair: Oliver Bruns
Susanne Kossatz, München
Novel contrast agents for screening and fluorescence-guided surgery of epithelial cancers
Stefanie Speidel, Dresden
Beyond the Scalpel: Empowering Surgeons with AI-powered Robotics
Alexander Schramm, Essen
Translational aspects of neoadjuvant studies: the NEOpredict-Lung trial
3:15 PM Panel discussion (patient perspectives)
Chairs: Cindy Körner & Johannes Förner
Christoph Schmitt, Dresden
Joachim Wiskemann, Heidelberg
Melanie Börries, Freiburg
4:00 PM ・・・・・・・Coffee break・・・・・・・
4:45 PM Study pitches (Short presentations selected from abstracts)
Chair: Christian Reinhardt
6:15 PM ・・・・・・・Comfort break・・・・・・・
6:30 PM Award Ceremony: German Prize for Cancer Prevention Research
7:30 PM ・・・・・・・Get-together・・・・・・・
Tuesday, 27th May 2025
8:30 AM ・・・・・・・CHECK-IN & Welcome Coffee・・・・・・・
9:00 AM SESSION Heterogeneity, plasticity & metastatasis
Chairs: Barbara Grüner & Peter Friedl
Frank Winkler, Heidelberg
Neuro-cancer crosstalk drives brain invasion and metastasis
Rene Jackstadt, Heidelberg
Deciphering and targeting of high-risk colorectal cancer states
Christoph Klein, Regensburg
Genomic evolution and phenotypic plasticity of the metastatic seed
Lena Jassowicz, Heidelberg
Identification of prognostically distinct immune landscapes in lung adenocarcinoma brain metastases
Michael Tyler, Frankfurt
Mapping cellular heterogeneity in cancer with the Curated Cancer Cell Atlas
10:30 AM ・・・・・・・Comfort break・・・・・・・
10:45 AM SESSION Digital Prevention, diagnostics and therapy control
Chair: Titus Brinker & Christian Reinhardt
Carolin Victoria Schneider, Aachen
Using big data and AI for Digital Cancer prevention
Yuri Tolkach, Cologne
AI in oncological pathology: New generation of diagnostic tools
Magdalena Görtz, Heidelberg
The Digital Prostate Tumor Twin: Potential of multimodal data integration for precision diagnostics
Lena Maier-Hein, Heidelberg
Independent intelligence: Academic medical AI in the age of big tech giants
12:15 PM Flash talks (Short presentations selected from abstracts)
Chair: Uta Höpken
12:45 PM Poster session
1:30 PM ・・・・・・・・・Light Lunch・・・・・・・・・
2:15 PM SESSION Tumor immunology, cellular immune therapies
Chair: Uta Höpken & Thomas Oellerich
Josef Leibold, Tübingen
Gene editing approaches to modulate CAR T cell activity
Antonia Busse, Berlin
T Cell Receptors in Immunotherapy: Biology and Clinical Potential
Juliane Walz, Tübingen
Peptide-based immunotherapy - Bench to bedside developments
Sophia Danhof, Würzburg
Novel targets and targeting strategies for CAR-T cells in hematology and beyond
3:45 PM CLOSING REMARKS
4:00 PM ・・・・・・・End of conference・・・・・・・
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German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
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