Dive into the World of Cancer Biology
– 5th CoMo Educational Symposium
Date: 27.10.2022
Place: Unioninkatu 35, Aud 116
Registration (open until 16:00 on 25.10.22):
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/118889/lomake.html
Program
9:00
Welcome words
Satu Kuure, GM-unit Coordinator, University of Helsinki
Session I
9:10 ”Translational cancer biology: pro-metastatic mechanisms and CAR-T cell therapies”
Päivi Ojala,
University of Helsinki
9:40 “Trunk neural crest enriched MOXD1 is a novel tumor suppressor gene in neuroblastoma”
Sophie Mohlin,
Lund University
10:10 “Exploiting model organisms to interrogate ALK signaling in neuroblastoma”
Ruth Palmer,
Göteborg University, Sweden
10:40 Coffee
11:00 ”Targeting vulnerabilities in malignant brain tumous”
Pirjo Laakkonen,
University of Helsinki
11:30 “Zebrafish core service introduction”
Henri Koivula,
University of Helsinki
12:00 Lunch (included)
Session II
13:15-14:15 “How the Choice of Animal Model can Positively Affect the Reproducibility of Research”
Minttu-Maria Martikainen,
Scanbur
14:15 “Systemic tumor homing peptides: identification and preclinical development for cancer imaging and therapy”
Tambet Teesalu,
University of Tartu
15:00 Coffee
15:30 “Barriers to replicating preclinical cancer biology research - challenges or opportunities?”
Tim Errington,
Center for Open Science, Charlottesville, United States (zoom)
16:15 “Culture change toward more open, rigorous, and reproducible research”
Brian Nosek,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States (zoom)
17:00
Closing remarks
Vootele Voikar, University
of Helsinki
Organizers: Satu Kuure (satu.kuure at helsinki.fi) Vootele Voikar (vootele.voikar at helsinki.fi) and Pirjo Laakkonen