National Symposium on Preclinical Models in Cancer Research

Abstract submission: 27 January 2023 to mrj@biomed.au.dk

Info about event

Time

Friday 3 March 2023,  at 09:30 - 20:00

Location

Søauditorium “Merete Barker”, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus

Organizer

Biomedicine

PROGRAMME

9:30

Arrival and snacks

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome from organizers

Session 1: Focusing on myeloid immune subsets in the tumor

10:15 – 10:45 Anders Etzerodt, AU: “The role of macrophages and level of polarization in the TME”
10:45 – 11:15

Mikkel Terp, SDU: A versatile tool for studying the role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in PDX breast cancer models”

11:15 – 11:30 Flash talks based on submitted abstracts
11:30 – 11:45 Discussion
11:45 – 12:15 Short break

Session 2: Translating clinical therapeutics into syngeneic tumor models

12:15 – 12:45

Daniel H Madsen, Herlev: “Identification of new immunosuppressive mechanisms in the tumor microenvironment”

12:45 – 13:15 Michael Horsmann, AUH: “Issues with the assays and endpoints used to translate pre-clinical studies into the clinic”
13:15 – 13:30   Flash talks based on submitted abstracts
13:30 – 13:45 Discussion
13:45 – 14:45 LUNCH + poster session

Session 3: Usability of syngeneic tumor models and immunotherapy

14:45 – 15:15 Martin Jakobsen, AU: “The role of innate immune modulation and antitumoral responses in the TME”
15:15 – 15:45   Mads Hald Andersen, Herlev: “Immune modulatory vaccines”
15:45 – 16:15 Flash talks based on submitted abstracts
16:15 – 16:30 Short break

Session 4: Keynote speaker

16:30 – 17:15

Thomas Gajewski,Professor; UChicago Medicine, US

“Host factors regulating anti-tumor immunity and immunotherapy efficacy”

17:15 – 17:30 Discussion and closing remarks
17:30 – 20:00 Poster, drinks and standing buffet