Day 1
Tuesday 27 May 2025
All talks will take place in the IMAX Theatre, Glasgow Science Centre.
SESSION 1
17:15 - 17:30
Conclude day 1 and close
Welcome Address - Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute
Kevin Ryan, Chair of BICC Scientific Committee
Crispin Miller, Co-chair of BICC Scientific Committee
9:15
Rachael Natrajan, The Institute of Cancer Research
”Rationalising the epigenetic and transcriptional heterogeneity in therapy resistant triple negative breast cancer”
Trevor Graham, The Institute of Cancer Research
”Inferring cancer evolutionary dynamics”
9:30
10:00
10:30
Sabine Tejpar, KU Leuven
”Emerging concepts on wnt driven, fetal like and inflamed cells in colorectal cancer”
Refreshment break - Atrium
11:00
SESSION 2
Short talk 1
11:30
Short talk 2
ECR Invited Speaker
Mirjana Efremova, Barts Cancer Institute
”Dissecting phenotypic heterogeneity in colorectal cancer metastasis”
12:00
12:45
Poster Taster Session
Lunch - Atrium
13:00
Poster Session and Trade Exhibition - Atrium
13:30
SESSION 3
Simon Leedham, University of Oxford
”Using spatial biology to understand cell interactions in colorectal neaoplasia”
Sponsored by
15:30
Sir George Beatson Lecture
Scott W. Lowe, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
”Rewiring tumour-stroma interactions by targeting senescent-like cell states”
16:00
Sara A. Wickström, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
"Phenotype and Cell State Dynamics in Cancer”
16:30
Speakers' Dinner (19:30, by invitation only) and evening at leisure.