Program
October 8, 2025
09:00 – 18:00
Hackathon
October 9, 2025
Session 1: Genome regulation
09:15 – 10:00
Maite Huarte, CIMA Pamplona, Spain
LncRNA in the Coordination of DNA Replication and Genomic Stability
10:00 – 10:20
Postdoc/Clinician presentation: Alessandro D'Ambrosio
10:20 – 10:40
Coffee Break + Sponsors Stands
10:40 – 11:00
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Simon Berhe
11:00 – 11:20
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Mahmoud Izadi
11:20 – 11:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Grégoire Manaud
Tech Talk Session
11:40 – 12:00
Miltenyi
Group picture
Networking time
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch + Sponsor Stands
Session 2: Innovative approaches and new perspectives in cancer research
14:00 – 14:45
Maik Luu, University of Wurzburg
Mining microbiome-derived metabolite for improved T cell engineering
14:45 – 15:05
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Miljana Nenkov
15:05 – 15:25
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Roxana Khazen
15:25 – 15:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Carl Khawly
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee Break + Sponsors Stands
Tech Talk Session
16:00 - 16:20
BD
Session 3: Science Integrity
16.20 - 17.05
Elisabeth Bik
Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research
Poster session
17:05 - 17.35
Lightning talks 1 (1 minute/talk selected on abstracts)
17:35 – 18:50
Poster Session 1
Networking time
October 10, 2025
Session 4: From tumor genetics to clinical approaches
09:00 – 09:45
Olivier Calvayrac, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, France
Targeting minimal residual disease / drug-tolerant persisters in lung cancer
09:45 – 10:05
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Bartolomeo Bosco
10:05 – 10:25
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Merve Alp
10:25 – 10:45
Coffee Break + Sponsor Stands
Tech Talk Session
10:45 – 11:05
Sartorius
11:05 – 11:55
René Bernards, Netherlands Cancer Institute
An unconventional approach to the treatment of cancer
11:55 - 12.20
Lightning talks 2 (1 minute/talk selected on abstracts)
Networking time
12:20 – 14:15
Lunch + Sponsors Stands
13:00 – 14:30
Poster Session 2
Session 5: System biology in cancer research
14:35 - 15:20
Nikolaus Rajewsky, BIMSB, Berlin
Spatiotemporal dynamics of tumor microenvironment remodeling
15:20 - 15:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Kamil Lisek
15:40 - 16:00
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Sushant Parab
16:00 – 16:20
Coffee Break + Industry Sponsors Stands
16:20 – 16:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Lisa Brunet
16:40 – 17:00
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Majahonkhe Shabangu
Session 6: The Editor’s Perspective
17:00 – 17:30
Presentation by a Scientific Editor on Writing a Research Paper
How to write effectively to publish in a prestigious journal?
17:30 – 17:40
Hackathon summary