Translational Research Day

The 1st annual Translational Research Day

This will replace the Annual Cancer R&D conference.

The aim of the Translational Research day is to showcase ongoing translational research and encourage further collaboration between clinicians and basic scientists.

DRAFT AGENDA

09:30 Opening remarks from Tony Ng

Session 1: TNBC clonal evolution study

09:45 Sudeep Gupta

10:00 Anita Grigoriadis

10:15 Discussion

Discussants: tbc

Session 2: Bladder cancer (biobank) – a new initiative with many research opportunities

10:40 Simon Chowdhury

10:55 Mieke Van Hemelrijck

11:10 Discussion

Discussants: tbc

11:35 Coffee break

Session 3: Targeted prostate cancer biomarkers

12:05 Myria Galazi

12:20 Hardev Pandha

12:35 Discussion

Discussants: tbc

13:00 Lunch

Session 4: Osteoradionecrosis

14:00 Laia Humbert Vidan

14:15 Vinod Patel

14:30 Discussion

Discussants: tbc

Session 5: Immune checkpoint blockade for the treatment of cancer: Is targeting heme oxygenase-1 the next frontier?

14:55 James Spicer

15:10 James Arnold

15:25 Discussion

Discussants: tbc

15:50 Coffee break

Session 6: Investigating tumour microenvironment-mediated resistance to combination immunotherapy

16:15 Andrea Kuhnl

16:30 Alan Ramsay

16:45 Discussion

Discussants: tbc

17:15 Drinks reception