Program

Tentative Meeting program in EDT (USA Eastern Daylight Savings Time) 

Regular lecture 20 min (+ 5 min QA) each; Keynote lecture 30 min (+ 5 min QA)

QA will be held at the end of each session/block.

 

June 11 (Thursday)

8:15 AM.  Introduction (Christine Ambrosone, Shuji Ogino)

 

8:20 AM.  Microbiome-metabolome-immune (90 min) 

Susan Bullman (keynote) (30 min) - Intratumoral Microbes: From Niche Adaptation to Single-Cell Dynamics Within the Tumor Microenvironment

Shuji Ogino - Integrating microbiology, immunology, and genomics into MPE, especially for studying early-onset cancer

Spencer Rosario

QA (20 min)

 

9:50 AM.  Break (20 min)

 

10:10 AM   AI / digital / spatial / immune pathology (100 min)

Kun-Hsing Yu - Advancing Real-Time Cancer Pathology Evaluation through Artificial Intelligence

Mustapha Abubakar

Angela Omilian - HLA class I and II genotypic diversity and survival in a cohort of Black women with invasive breast cancer

Stephanie Schmit - Exploring differences in T cell receptor repertoires in colorectal cancer by age of onset and genetic ancestry

QA (20 min)

 

11:50 AM.  Group Photo

11:55 AM.  Lunch + Poster Session

 

2 PM.  Genetics and mutational signatures (75 min)

Song Yao - A novel triple-negative subtyping defined by mutational signatures in Black women

Maria Teresa Landi - The mutagenic forces shaping the development and evolution of lung cancer

Christine Ambrosone - African ancestral variants in the Dufffy Antigen Receptor (DARC) gene, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and breast cancer risk in Black women 

QA (15 min)

 

3:15 PM.  Break

 

3:45 PM.  Genetics/global health, etc. (Stephanie Schmit, moderator) (75 min)

Timothy Rebbeck - Genetics and Genomics in Cancer Health Disparities 

Jonine Figueroa - Insights on the role of socioeconomic status and molecular epidemiology of breast cancer: Findings from the UK, USA and Africa

Kenan Onel

Sheheryar Kabraji - High-plex tissue imaging for translational cancer research: examples and opportunities

QA (20 min)

 

5:20 PM.  Dinner 

 

June 12 (Friday)

8 AM.  Hot topics (75 min)

Jill Koshiol (biliary cancer) - The Chile Biliary Longitudinal Study (BiLS): a rich resource for molecular pathological epidemiology

Naoko Sasamoto (GYN) - Pre-diagnostic reproductive exposures and ovarian tumor immune profiles

Ting-Yuan David Cheng - Obesity, Adiposity, and Immune Response to Tumors - What Is on the Horizon?

QA (15 min)

 

9:15 AM. Break

 

9:25 AM.  Early-onset cancer, aging, etc. (Gretchen Gierach, moderator) (75 min)

Joyce Ohm (accelerated aging)

Li Tang - Exploring tumor microenvironment underlying sex difference in bladder cancer survival

Tomotaka Ugai - Evidence triangulation in early-onset cancer research

QA (15 min)

 

10:40 AM. Break

 

10:50 AM.  Breaking news talks (from selected abstracts)

(3-4 talks)

 

12:15 PM.  Lunch followed by Business Meeting