Geneeskunde en Gezondheids­wetenschappen

Cancer Research Day UAntwerp

12 March 2025 at UZA

Synergizing Industry and Cancer Research


​​TIME
9:00 - 16:30

LOCATION
UZA, New Auditorium Kinsbergen, follow ROUTE 12 as of the entrance. 
Coming by car? Take P2 of UAntwerp or the carpark at UZA.Allow 5-10 minutes walking time to the Auditorium.

REGISTRATION
via THIS LINK, mandatory but free!

PROGRAM (ABSTRACTS at the bottom of this page)

09:00

WELCOME

09:10

PLENARY SESSIONS 1

  1. RIVA: Nele Kindt, Jolien Van den Dries, Katrien Janssen:
  2. Science Park: Sara Landuydt: 
    Building Business on Science

10:10

BREAK

10:30

PLENARY SESSIONS 2

  1. Sightera Biosciences: Hendrik Verkammen, Maxim Le Compte:
    AI powered, patient-centric solutions
  2. Diana Campillo Davó:
    The search for the Holy (Grail) TCR: A crusade against cancer
  3. Michaël Claessens:
11:30

PITCHES RESEARCHERS

  1. Accelerate Drug Discovery with DrugVision.AI: High-Throughput Drug Screening on Patient-Derived Tumor Organoids, Christophe Deben
  2. High-throughput single cell phenotypic profiling reveals selective vulnerabilities in two- and three-dimensional glioblastoma model systems, Winnok De Vos
  3. Improving oral cancer surgery by intra-operative assessment of resection margins: need for objective techniques, Senada Koljenovic
  4. Prediction of immune checkpoint inhibitor response in NSCLC, Inge Mertens
  5. The Antwerp ATMP hub: consolidating the cell, gene and tissue engineering ecosystem, Eva Lion
  6. CASUS: a fully molecular cervical cancer screening approach, based on first-void urine as an easily accessible and non-invasive source of biomarkers, Severien Van Keer
  7. A novel singlet oxygen-based photoelectrochemical platform for the specific detection of nucleic acid-based cancer biomarkers, Elise Daems
  8. IMPRESS: improved multiplex methylation profiling using restriction enzymes and smMIP sequencing for highly sensitive multi-cancer detection, Ken Op de Beeck
12:25
LUNCH
13:05
​​KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 
  1. Galapagos: François Gonzalvez
  2. Johnson & Johnson: Viggo Van Tendeloo:
    The J&J Innovation collaboration model: Advancing new healthcare solutions through partnerships
14:05
PITCHES COMPANIES
  1. Novel inhibitors to inhibit the stroma-cancer cross to preventie cancer growth, Sheila Krishnadath
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14:55
Q&A
15:25
BREAK OUT SESSIONS
16:30
END

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