From Bench to Bedside; Pediatric Cancer Research and Precision Medicine Conference 2023
Location: Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet Green Auditorium
Program day 1 (23.10.23):
Bench projects at OUS, HUS, UNN, and St. Olav
Chairs: Lars O. Baumbusch (OUS/HiØ) and Monica C. Munthe-Kaas (OUS)
12.00-13.00 Lunch*
13.00-13.10 Welcome note by Ellen Ruud,
(OUS, UiO, head of the Department of Paediatric Medicine at OUS)
13.10-13.15 Welcome note by Britt Ingunn Wee Sævig,
(Chief advisor at the Childhood Cancer Society)
13.15-14.00 Plenary keynote lecture 1 (open for all):
Dr. Bastiaan Tops
(Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, The Netherlands)
Precision medicine from bench to bed in the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
14.00-14:15 Coffee and mingle
14:15-14:30 Lars Herfindal (HUS/UiB): Precision medicine – bench projects in Bergen
14:30-14:45 Sandy Joaquina (HUS/UiB):
PERCAP: Introduction of CAR therapy in precision medicine
14:45-15:00 Christer Einvik (UNN/UiT):
Experimental neuroblastoma research
15.15-15:30 Coffee and mingle
15:30-15:45 Swapnil Bhavsar (UNN/UiT):
Identification and investigation of miRNAs associated with tumor metastasis in
Neuroblastoma
15:45-16:00 Benedicte Grebstad Tune (OUS/UiO):
Exploring liquid biopsies in pediatric cancer
16:00-16:15 Emmet Mc Cormack (HUS/UiB):
Preclinical pediatric modeling: Developments and potential
16.15-16:30 Coffee and mingle
16:30-17:30 Summary and discussion
(moderated by the chairs)
19.00 Social event: Art Performance and dinner at Centropa*
(Deichman Main Library, registered required)
Program day 2 (24.10.2023):
Bedside projects at OUS, HUS, UNN, and St Olav
Chairs: Aina Ulvmoen (OUS) and Jochen Büchner (OUS)
09:00-09:45 Plenary keynote lecture 2 (open for all):
Prof. Dr. Per Kogner (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
The road to Precision Medicine for children with cancer
09:45-10.00 Coffee and mingle
10:00-10:15 Anne Gro Rognlien (OUS)
IMPRESS - precision medicine for childhood cancer in Norway
10:15-10:30 Maria Winther Gunnes (HUS/UiB):
Precision medicine – bedside projects in Bergen
10:30-10:45 Ida Katrine Knapstad (OUS/UiO):
PRecision Oncology Targeting Early life Cancer diagnosis and Therapy – Impact of germline NGS panel testing in pediatric cancer
10:45- 11:00 Coffee and mingle
11:00- 11:15 Britt Nygard Tvilde (HUS):
Oral late effects after treatment for childhood cancer
11:15-11:30 Jochen Büchner (OUS):
Genetically modified T cells targeting TdT
as a novel therapy against T- and B-cell malignancies
11:45-12:00 Aina Ulvmoen (OUS):
BROADEN- ny og avansert diagnostikk av hjernesvulst hos barn og unge
12:00-12:15 Coffee and mingle
12:15-13:00 Summary and plenum discussion
(moderated by the chairs)
13:00 Concluding remarks
13:15-14:00 Lunch*
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* Please note: the key note lectures are open for the general public;
however, lunch and dinner are for registered conference attendances only