Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK-UCL Centre Conference 2018

The multidisciplinary conference programme will be comprised of scientific talks, poster presentations and exhibitions, which showcase the breadth of cancer research expertise at UCL and its academic partners and collaborators. Registration for delegates will open early November. 

Poster competition

Abstract submission has now closed. Many thanks to all those who have submitted. Any queries, please contact Prof Kerry Chester k.chester@ucl.ac.uk. 

Prizes 

£350 Bagshawe prize
£250 Sharma prize and £250 Jones prize

Programme

09:00 – 09:30 Registration 
09:30 – 09:50 Director’s welcome, Prof Tariq Enver
09:50 - 10:10 Prof Tony Ng - Clinically relevant multidisciplinary research within the CRUK City of London Centre

10:10 – 11:15 Cancer genes and biology Chair Dr Suzana Hadjur

• Prof Henning Walczak - Cell death and inflammation: TNF and beyond (20 mins) 
• Dr Marc Mansour - Exploiting synthetic lethality to target tumour suppressors in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (15 mins)
• Dr Virginia Turati - Phenotypic heterogeneity in leukaemia (15 mins)
• Prof Richard Jenner - Reversing epigenetic silencing of specific genes in cancer (15 mins)

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break and poster viewing

11:45 – 12:50 The power of the biology/clinic interface Chair Prof David Linch

• Prof Bart Vanhaesebroeck - PI3Kdelta: from the gene to the clinic, and how to save science/drugs from a black box warning (20 mins)
• Dr Mariam Jamal-Hanjani - Tracking lung cancer evolution – the TRACERx and PEACE studies (15 mins)
• Prof Tim Meyer - Insights from single cell sequencing of circulating tumour cells (15 mins)
• Amy Kirkwood - The future of haematology trials (15 mins)

12:50 – 13:05 Poster competition quick talks Chair Prof Sibylle Mittnacht

13:05 – 14:15 Lunch and poster viewing

14:15 – 15:20 Immuno-oncology Chair Dr Clare Bennett

• Dr Claire Roddie - Challenges and success with clinical development of CAR-T therapies (20 mins)
• Prof Amit Nathwani - ROR1, CARs and BiTE (15 mins)
• Isabelle Solomon - A novel approach to deplete Treg cells using non-IL-2 blocking anti-CD25-targeting antibodies (15 mins)
• Dr Mark Linch - Exploring the immune microenvironment of urological cancers to guide therapy (15 mins)

15:20 – 15:35 CI Core Facilities Chair Prof Kerry Chester

15:35 – 15:50 Education and teaching

15:50 – 16:05 CI Postdoc Association

• Dr Dubravka Pezic
• Dr Marina Parry

16:05 - 16:20 Poster competition quick talks

16:20 – 16:55 Coffee break and poster viewing

16:55 - 17:40 Keynote Introduction by Daniel Hochhauser

• Prof Chris Boshoff - Cancer Drug Development: The Next 10 years

17:40 - 17:50 Poster prizes Awarded by Prof Chris Boshoff

17:50 - 18:00 Closing remarks Prof Tariq Enver

Following the conference, there will be a networking reception from 18:00 - 19:30