Please join us for an afternoon of talks on 24th April 2024, for the annual symposium of the Barts Centre for Squamous Cancer.
Location: Clark-Kennedy lecture theatre, 5 Walden Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 2EF. Also live online.
Talks 1pm - 5pm, followed by a networking reception until 7pm.
Free registration link: https://queen-mary-university-of-london.eventcube.io/
Program:
1pm: UK keynote session, introduced by Joanne Martin, Deputy Vice Principal for Health, QMUL.
Nitzan Rosenfeld, QMUL. ‘Cancer Liquid Biopsies: Concepts, Methods and Applications’.
1:40pm: Session 1, Chair Gernot Walko
Barbara Fountain, Young Tongues. ‘The Young Tongues, a peer-to-peer support group for young tongue cancer patients’.
Suzanne Scott, QMUL. ‘Future cancer risk after urgent suspected cancer referral when cancer is not found’.
Carlos Lopez-Garcia, Manchester. ‘Building a novel human model to deconvolve genotype-phenotype causations in lung squamous cell carcinoma’.
2x ECR talks: Kevin Augustsson and John Macken, QMUL.
20 mins coffee break
3:20pm: International keynote session, introduced by Irene Leigh, QMUL.
Sabine Werner, ETH Zurich. ‘Stromal-epithelial cross-talk in wound healing and cancer’.
4:00pm: Session 2, Chair Ana Caetano
Adrian Biddle, QMUL. ‘Hybrid cancer stem cells driving oral cancer metastasis’.
Gareth Thomas, Southampton. ‘Single cell analysis of fibroblasts in head & neck cancer: opportunities for therapeutic targeting’.
Clare Schilling, UCLH. ‘Individualised surgical treatments for head and neck cancer’.
Networking reception until 7pm
All presentations will be in person at the Clark-Kennedy lecture theatre, QM Innovation Centre, Walden Street, Whitechapel, London. There is the option to attend either in person or online. The symposium will be followed by a networking reception, to which all are welcome. Please register for your free ticket.
Attendees are invited to present a poster. If you would like to present a poster, please e-mail a short abstract to a.biddle@qmul.ac.uk by 16th April.
Contact: Adrian Biddle, a.biddle@qmul.ac.uk