Cancer Biology 2017
The Croucher Summer Course in Cancer Biology 2017 is a five-day
residential course to be held from 7-11 August 2017 (Monday - Friday) in Hong Kong. It aims to educate and inspire postdoctoral fellows and early career
researchers from Hong Kong and overseas. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from world-renowned
international and local scientists, network with peers, and participate in engaging and interactive
discussions.
Monday 7 August 2017
Seminar Room 3, G/F, Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Welcome Speech
Accelerated approaches for interrogating cancer drivers and dependencies in the mouse
Mechanisms that generate antibody repertoires and their roles in genome stability and cancers of the adaptive immune system
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Professor Frederick Alt
Harvard Medical School
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Seminar Room 3, G/F, Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Targeting cancer with synthetic lethality
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Professor Alan Ashworth
University of California, San Francisco
Multiple mechanisms of HBx in promoting chromosome instability
Oral presentations
Epigenetics stochasticity in normal development and cancer
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Professor Andrew Feinberg
Johns Hopkins University
PRMT6-dependent CRAF/ERK signalling regulates cancer stem cell plasticity in liver cancer
Poster session
Wednesday 9 August 2017
Seminar Room 3, G/F, Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
The multiple roles of cancer-associated fibroblasts
Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase regulates sorafenib resistance via modulation of ER stress induced differentiation
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Dr Lee Terence
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Oral presentations
Immunotherapy: The fourth pillar of cancer treatment
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Professor Tak Mak
University of Toronto
Delineating epigenetic alterations in liver cancer
Poster session
Thursday 10 August: Open Symposium
Cheung Kung Hai Lecture Theatre 1 G/F, William M. W. Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Opening address
Tumor suppressor and tumor maintenance genes
Recurrent DNA break cluster genes in neural stem and progenitor cells: Implications for brain development, neuropsychiatric disease and cancer
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Professor Frederick Alt
Harvard Medical School
Targeting cancer with synthetic lethality
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Professor Alan Ashworth
University of California, San Francisco
Epigenetics at the crossroad of genetics and environment leading to disease
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Professor Andrew Feinberg
Johns Hopkins University
Imaging therapy failure
Cancer Metabolism: Back to the future
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Professor Tak Mak
University of Toronto
Closing Remarks
Friday 11 August: Day Trip
Guided-tour of Hong Kong Island
No sessions defined.
Speakers
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Professor Frederick Alt Harvard Medical School
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Professor Alan Ashworth University of California, San Francisco
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Professor Andrew Feinberg Johns Hopkins University
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Professor Scott Lowe Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Professor Tak Mak University of Toronto
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Dr Erik Sahai The Francis Crick Institute
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Dr Wilson Ching
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Dr Ma Stephanie
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Dr Lee Terence Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Dr Wong Jack