3rd Young Scientist Cancer Congress

Program

October 8, 2025

09:00 – 18:00
Hackathon

October 9, 2025

Session 1: Genome regulation

09:15 – 10:00
Maite Huarte, CIMA Pamplona, Spain
LncRNA in the Coordination of DNA Replication and Genomic Stability

10:00 – 10:20
Postdoc/Clinician presentation: Alessandro D'Ambrosio

10:20 – 10:40
Coffee Break + Sponsors Stands

10:40 – 11:00
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Simon Berhe

11:00 – 11:20
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Mahmoud Izadi

11:20 – 11:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Grégoire Manaud

Tech Talk Session

11:40 – 12:00
Miltenyi

Networking time

12:00 – 14:00
Lunch + Sponsor Stands

Session 2: Innovative approaches and new perspectives in cancer research

14:00 – 14:45
Maik Luu, University of Wurzburg
Mining microbiome-derived metabolite for improved T cell engineering

14:45 – 15:05
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Miljana Nenkov

15:05 – 15:25
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Roxana Khazen

15:25 – 15:45
Coffee Break + Sponsors Stands

Tech Talk Session

15:45 - 16:05
BD

Session 3: Science Integrity

16.05 - 16.50
Elisabeth Bik
Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research

16:50 – 17:00
Hackathon summary

Poster session

17:00 - 17.25
Lightning talks 1 (1 minute/talk selected on abstracts)

17:25 – 18:40
Poster Session 1

Networking time

October 10, 2025

Session 3: From tumor genetics to clinical approaches

09:00 – 09:45
Olivier Calvayrac, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, France
Targeting minimal residual disease / drug-tolerant persisters in lung cancer

09:45 – 10:05
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Bartolomeo Bosco

10:05 – 10:25
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Merve Alp

10:25 – 10:45
Coffee Break + Sponsor Stands

Tech Talk Session

10:45 – 11:05
Thermofisher

11:05 – 11:55
René Bernards, Netherlands Cancer Institute
An unconventional approach to the treatment of cancer

11:55 - 12.20
Lightning talks 2 (1 minute/talk selected on abstracts)

Networking time

12:20 – 14:15
Lunch + Sponsors Stands

13:00 – 14:15
Poster Session 2

Tech Talk Session

14:15 – 14:35
Sartorius

Session 5: System biology in cancer research

14:35 - 15:20
Nikolaus Rajewsky, BIMSB, Berlin
Spatiotemporal dynamics of tumor microenvironment remodeling

15:20 - 15:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Kamil Lisek

15:40 - 16:00
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Sushan Parab

16:00 – 16:20
Coffee Break + Industry Sponsors Stands

16:20 – 16:40
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Lisa Brunet

16:40 – 17:00
Postdoc/Clinician Presentation: Majahonkhe Shabangu

Session 6: The Editor’s Perspective

17:00 – 17:30
Presentation by a Scientific Editor on Writing a Research Paper
How to write effectively to publish in a prestigious journal?