Registration is free but is required to attend the symposium.
Program:
8:30 – 9:10 Registration and morning coffee (Second Floor Lobby)
9:15 Opening Remarks – Dr. Michael Taylor (PGCRL Auditorium)
Session 1: Chair – Dr. Vijay Ramaswamy, Neuro-oncologist, Investigator, Brain Tumour Research Centre
9:20 – 9:50 Dr. Anindya Bagchi, PhD, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
The hidden figures behind MYC driven cancers
9:55 – 10:25 Dr. Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, MD, PhD, Stanford University
Neuronal activity drives glioma growth
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK – Second and Third Floor Lobby
Session 2: Chair – Dr. Cynthia Guidos, Senior Scientist, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
11:05 – 11:35 Dr. Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre
Innate immunity in CNS metastasis
11:40 – 12:10 Dr. Navdeep Chandel, PhD, Northwestern University
Mitochondria control cancer and immunity
12:15 – 13:30 LUNCH – PGCRL Gallery (All registered attendees invited)
Session 3: Chair – Dr. Xi Huang, Scientist, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
13:30 – 14:00 Dr. Michael Clarke, MD, Stanford University
Clinical implications of cancer stem cells
14:05 – 14:35 Dr. Martine Roussel, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Paediatric medulloblastoma: Molecular mechanisms and pre-clinical trials
14:40 – 15:10 COFFEE BREAK – Second and Third Floor Lobby
Session 4: Chair – Dr. Bret Pearson, Senior Scientist, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
15:15 – 15:45 Dr. Crystal Mackall, MD, Stanford University
CAR-T cells for paediatric cancers: Current concepts and future prospects
15:50 – 16:20 Dr. Olivier Delattre, MD, PhD, Institut Curie Centre de Recherche
Cell identity and plasticity in neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma
16:30 Closing Remarks – Dr. Peter Dirks
Sponsor: Garron Family Cancer Centre
