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
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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)

 
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19.00               Social event: Art Performance and dinner at Centropa*     

                         (Deichman Main Library, registered required)

 
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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