Schedule

8am-9am: Welcome

9am-9.15am: Opening words from the ONCOLille institute director, and from the organizing committee president.

9.15am-10.45am - session 1 “Intrinsic factors of persister cells”

Co-chairs: Dr Dimitra Gkika (ONCOLille Institute), Dr David Tulasne(ONCOLille Institute)

• Dr Capucine Van Rechem (Stanford University, California, USA) 
  • "From chromatin modifiers' roles in cell cycle and translation to therapeutic opportunities"
• Dr Leslie Duplaquet (ONCOLille Institute, France)
• 2 selected speakers

10.45am-11.15am Coffee break

11.15am-12.45am session 2 ” Mathematical Modeling and AI for the Study of Cellular Persistence in Cancer”

Co-chairs: Dr Anne-Sophie Dewalle (ONCOLille Institute), Dr Alexandre Poulain (ONCOLille Institute)

• Pr Shensi Shen (Department of Thoracic Surgery and Institute of Thoracic Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Chengdu, China)
• Dr Carrere Cécile (Orléans University, France)
• Dr Jan Ramon (ONCOLille Institute, France)
• 1 selected speaker

12.45am-2pm Lunch

2pm-3.30pm Posters (even numbers)

3.30pm-5pm session 3 ”Personalized medicine: strategies to overcome tumor persistence”

Co-chairs: Dr Anthony Turpin (Lille CHU), Pr Caroline Robert (Paris Saclay University)

• Dr Philippe Cassier (Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France)
  • “Reversion of the EMT in cancers”
• Dr Simon Baldacci (ONCOLille Institute, France)
  • “Targeting residual disease in oncogene-addicted lung cancers”
• 2 selected speakers

5pm-5.30pm Coffee break

5.30pm-7pm session 4 ”Microenvironment and persister cells”

Co-chairs: Pr Nadira Delhem (ONCOLille Institute), Pr Laurent Mortier (CHU Lille)

• Pr Caroline Robert (Paris Saclay University, France)
  •  “How do Persister cells evade the immune system? “
• Dr Nilmara De Oliveira Alves Brito (ONCOLille Institute, France)
  •  "Bacterial genotoxins and the tumor microenvironment: keys to targeted colorectal cancer therapy"
• 2 selected speakers

9am-10.30am session 5 ”Adaptation mechanisms: senescence and stemness”

Co-chairs: Dr Edith Bonnelye, Pr Christelle Cauffiez

• Dr Schmitt Clemens (Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
  • “Senescence-associated stemness - the driving principle of cancer cell persistence?”
• Pr Corinne Abbadie (ONCOLille Institute, France)
  • “Radio-induced senescence: a step towards second cancers post-radiotherapy”
• 2 selected speakers

10.30am-11am Coffee break - Group picture

11am-12am Plenary lecture by Pr René Bernards (Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands)

12am-1.30pm Lunch

1.30pm-3.30pm Posters (odd numbers)

3.30pm-5pm session 6 ”Tumor on chips: new models and future directions”

Co-chairs: Dr Fabrice Soncin, Dr Loïc Lemonnier

• Dr Abdul Barakat (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France)
  • “Angiogenesis-on-Chip: Role of Biophysical Factors in Angiogenic Sprouting”
• Dr Alessandro Furlan (ONCOLille Institute, France)

2 selected speakers

5pm-5.30pm best poster and best presentation awards, end of the meeting.