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MAY 19 - 21 2020

Advancing Science - A Virtual Oncology Conference

New technologies are enabling discoveries that advance our understanding of how tumors develop, evade the immune system, and progress.  This virtual conference brings together research professionals, scientists, and clinicians from around the world to learn and discuss recent advances in cancer research with a focus on biomarker discovery, immuno-oncology and clinical applications across all cancer types.

Plenary Sessions:

  • Carl June, MD, Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the Perleman School of Medicine and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Paolo Ascierto, MD, Director, IRCCS Instituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G Pascale

Scientific tracks:

  • Immuno-Oncology
  • Biomarker Discovery
  • Spatial Biology
  • Clinical Applications

This free online event allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. The event will remain open for twelve months from the date of the live event. 


Speakers
  • PLENARY: Paolo Ascierto, MD

    Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy
    BIOGRAPHY
  • PLENARY: Carl June, MD

    Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Alessandra Cesano, MD, PhD

    Chief Medical Officer, ESSA Pharmaceuticals
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Aleix Prat, MD, PhD

    Head Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Head Translational Genomics & Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Group, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Peggy Sotiropoulou, PhD

    Director of Research & Development, Celyad
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Alex Swarbrick, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine at UNSW Sydney, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and co-head of the Breast Translational Oncology Program in the Kinghorn Cancer Center, Sydney
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Juraj Adamik, PhD

    Research Scientist, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jenny Cronin, PhD

    Associate Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jan Davidson, MD, PhD

    Director of Clinical Development and Research at MacroGenics, Inc.
  • Anushka Dikshit, PhD

    Application Scientist - Advanced Cell Diagnostics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kit Fuhrman, PhD

    Senior Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • William L. Hwang, MD, PhD

    Clinical Fellow in Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiation Oncology
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Arutha Kulasinghe, PhD

    Peter Doherty NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dana Mustafa, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Group Leader of the Tumor Immuno-Pathology (TIP) Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Peter Nelson, MD

    Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Erin Piazza, PhD

    Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Noemi Reguart, MD, PhD

    Thoracic Oncology Consultant, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sergio Rutella, MD, PhD, FRCPath

    Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lisa Ryden, MD, PhD

    Professor i Kirurgi, Lund University, Medical Faculty, dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, div of Oncology and Surgery
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Melanie Spears, PhD

    Principal Research Scientist at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • E. Aubrey Thompson, PhD

    Professor of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jon Zugazagoitia, MD, PhD

    Physician Scientist, Department of Medical Oncology, Lung Cancer Unit
    BIOGRAPHY

Agenda

  • MAY 20, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY, 21 2020 5:15 PM CST

    Flotetuzumab, an Investigational CD123 x CD3 Bispecific Dart® Protein-Induced Clustering of CD3+ T Cells & CD123+ AML Cells in Bone Marrow Biopsies Is Associated with Response to Treatment...

    Jan Davidson, MD, PhD
    Director of Clinical Development and Research at MacroGenics, Inc.
  • MAY 20, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY, 21 2020 5:15 PM CST

    GeoMx® Protein Offerings: Fully validated antibodies to meet your spatial profiling needs

    Jenny Cronin, PhD
    Associate Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 12:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 3:45 PM CST

    Molecular and Immunologic Profiling of CD8+ T Cell Responses in Patients Receiving a Multiple Antigen-Engineered Dendritic Cell Vaccine

    Juraj Adamik, PhD
    Research Scientist, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Immune Infiltration Correlates of TP53 Mutational Status in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Sergio Rutella, MD, PhD, FRCPath
    Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Lung Cancer Gene Fusion Assays using NanoString® nCounter® Technology

    Noemi Reguart, MD, PhD
    Thoracic Oncology Consultant, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    Primary Results of SOLTI-1402/CORALLEEN Phase 2 Trial of Neoadjuvant Ribociclib Plus Letrozole Versus Chemotherapy in PAM50 Luminal B Early Breast Cancer

    Aleix Prat, MD, PhD
    Head Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Head Translational Genomics & Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Group, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    Spatial Landscape of the Immune Microenvironment in Metastatic Prostate Cancer using GeoMx™ Digital Spatial Profiler

    Peter Nelson, MD
    Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 10:00 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 1:00 PM CST

    How COVID-19 has Changed an Immuno-oncologist's Life: from Optimizing Daily Practice to the Targeted Treatment of Cytokine Storm

    PLENARY: Paolo Ascierto, MD
    Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:45 PM CST

    Cancer Transcriptome Atlas with NGS Readout - The essential tool for spatial genomics in oncology

    Kit Fuhrman, PhD
    Senior Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:45 PM CST

    Tumor Signaling 360 Panel: A 360° View of Altered Signaling Pathways in Cancer

    Erin Piazza, PhD
    Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:15 PM CST

    Immune Infiltration Influences the Survival of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

    Dana Mustafa, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Group Leader of the Tumor Immuno-Pathology (TIP) Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:15 PM CST

    Spatial Mapping of Gene Expression in Tumors using the RNAscope™ Technology

    Anushka Dikshit, PhD
    Application Scientist - Advanced Cell Diagnostics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 12:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 3:45 PM CST

    Assessing Immune Biomarkers of Response to Anthracyclines in Breast Cancer

    Melanie Spears, PhD
    Principal Research Scientist at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • MAY 19, 2020 12:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 3:45 PM CST

    Highly Multiplexed Digital Spatial Profiling of the Tumor Microenvironment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Therapy

    Arutha Kulasinghe, PhD
    Peter Doherty NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Discovery of Biomarkers Associated with Benefit From PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Using High-plex Digital Spatial Profiling

    Jon Zugazagoitia, MD, PhD
    Physician Scientist, Department of Medical Oncology, Lung Cancer Unit
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Single-nucleus and Spatial Transcriptomics of Archival Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma after Neoadjuvant Treatment

    William L. Hwang, MD, PhD
    Clinical Fellow in Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiation Oncology
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    A Multi-omic Single Cell and Spatial Atlas of Breast Cancer Reveals Stromal Suppression of Anti-Cancer Immunity

    Alex Swarbrick, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine at UNSW Sydney, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and co-head of the Breast Translational Oncology Program in the Kinghorn Cancer Center, Sydney
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    Digital Spatial Mapping of the Immune Landscape of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Reveals Novel Features of Immune-tumor Cell Interaction

    E. Aubrey Thompson, PhD
    Professor of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 10:00 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 1:00 PM CST

    Applications in Biomarker Discovery and CAR T Therapy Using High-plex RNA & Protein Spatial Profiling on FFPE Tissue

    PLENARY: Carl June, MD
    Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Plenary Session
  • MAY 19, 2020 10:00 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 1:00 PM CST

    Applications in Biomarker Discovery and CAR T Therapy Using High-plex RNA & Protein Spatial Profiling on FFPE Tissue

    PLENARY: Carl June, MD
    Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 10:00 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 1:00 PM CST

    How COVID-19 has Changed an Immuno-oncologist's Life: from Optimizing Daily Practice to the Targeted Treatment of Cytokine Storm

    PLENARY: Paolo Ascierto, MD
    Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Biomarker Discovery Session
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    Digital Spatial Mapping of the Immune Landscape of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Reveals Novel Features of Immune-tumor Cell Interaction

    E. Aubrey Thompson, PhD
    Professor of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Discovery of Biomarkers Associated with Benefit From PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Using High-plex Digital Spatial Profiling

    Jon Zugazagoitia, MD, PhD
    Physician Scientist, Department of Medical Oncology, Lung Cancer Unit
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 12:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 3:45 PM CST

    Assessing Immune Biomarkers of Response to Anthracyclines in Breast Cancer

    Melanie Spears, PhD
    Principal Research Scientist at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:15 PM CST

    Immune Infiltration Influences the Survival of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

    Dana Mustafa, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Group Leader of the Tumor Immuno-Pathology (TIP) Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:45 PM CST

    Tumor Signaling 360 Panel: A 360° View of Altered Signaling Pathways in Cancer

    Erin Piazza, PhD
    Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Spatial Biology Session
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    A Multi-omic Single Cell and Spatial Atlas of Breast Cancer Reveals Stromal Suppression of Anti-Cancer Immunity

    Alex Swarbrick, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine at UNSW Sydney, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and co-head of the Breast Translational Oncology Program in the Kinghorn Cancer Center, Sydney
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Single-nucleus and Spatial Transcriptomics of Archival Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma after Neoadjuvant Treatment

    William L. Hwang, MD, PhD
    Clinical Fellow in Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiation Oncology
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 12:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 3:45 PM CST

    Highly Multiplexed Digital Spatial Profiling of the Tumor Microenvironment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Therapy

    Arutha Kulasinghe, PhD
    Peter Doherty NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:15 PM CST

    Spatial Mapping of Gene Expression in Tumors using the RNAscope™ Technology

    Anushka Dikshit, PhD
    Application Scientist - Advanced Cell Diagnostics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 19, 2020 1:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 20, 2020 4:45 PM CST

    Cancer Transcriptome Atlas with NGS Readout - The essential tool for spatial genomics in oncology

    Kit Fuhrman, PhD
    Senior Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Immuno-Oncology Session
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    Spatial Landscape of the Immune Microenvironment in Metastatic Prostate Cancer using GeoMx™ Digital Spatial Profiler

    Peter Nelson, MD
    Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Immune Infiltration Correlates of TP53 Mutational Status in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Sergio Rutella, MD, PhD, FRCPath
    Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 12:45 PM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 3:45 PM CST

    Molecular and Immunologic Profiling of CD8+ T Cell Responses in Patients Receiving a Multiple Antigen-Engineered Dendritic Cell Vaccine

    Juraj Adamik, PhD
    Research Scientist, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY, 21 2020 5:15 PM CST

    GeoMx® Protein Offerings: Fully validated antibodies to meet your spatial profiling needs

    Jenny Cronin, PhD
    Associate Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Clinical Applications Session
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:15 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:15 PM CST

    Primary Results of SOLTI-1402/CORALLEEN Phase 2 Trial of Neoadjuvant Ribociclib Plus Letrozole Versus Chemotherapy in PAM50 Luminal B Early Breast Cancer

    Aleix Prat, MD, PhD
    Head Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Head Translational Genomics & Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Group, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 11:45 AM EDT | APAC MAY 21, 2020 2:45 PM CST

    Lung Cancer Gene Fusion Assays using NanoString® nCounter® Technology

    Noemi Reguart, MD, PhD
    Thoracic Oncology Consultant, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 20, 2020 1:15 PM EDT | APAC MAY, 21 2020 5:15 PM CST

    Flotetuzumab, an Investigational CD123 x CD3 Bispecific Dart® Protein-Induced Clustering of CD3+ T Cells & CD123+ AML Cells in Bone Marrow Biopsies Is Associated with Response to Treatment...

    Jan Davidson, MD, PhD
    Director of Clinical Development and Research at MacroGenics, Inc.

Speakers and Moderators


  • PLENARY: Paolo Ascierto, MD

    PLENARY: Paolo Ascierto, MD

    Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy

    BIOGRAPHY
  • PLENARY: Carl June, MD

    PLENARY: Carl June, MD

    Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania

    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Alessandra Cesano, MD, PhD

    MODERATOR: Alessandra Cesano, MD, PhD

    Chief Medical Officer, ESSA Pharmaceuticals

    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Aleix Prat, MD, PhD

    MODERATOR: Aleix Prat, MD, PhD

    Head Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Head Translational Genomics & Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Group, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Peggy Sotiropoulou, PhD

    MODERATOR: Peggy Sotiropoulou, PhD

    Director of Research & Development, Celyad

    BIOGRAPHY
  • MODERATOR: Alex Swarbrick, PhD

    MODERATOR: Alex Swarbrick, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine at UNSW Sydney, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and co-head of the Breast Translational Oncology Program in the Kinghorn Cancer Center, Sydney

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Juraj Adamik, PhD

    Juraj Adamik, PhD

    Research Scientist, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jenny Cronin, PhD

    Jenny Cronin, PhD

    Associate Product Manager, NanoString Technologies

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jan Davidson, MD, PhD

    Jan Davidson, MD, PhD

    Director of Clinical Development and Research at MacroGenics, Inc.

  • Anushka Dikshit, PhD

    Anushka Dikshit, PhD

    Application Scientist - Advanced Cell Diagnostics

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kit Fuhrman, PhD

    Kit Fuhrman, PhD

    Senior Product Manager, NanoString Technologies

    BIOGRAPHY
  • William L. Hwang, MD, PhD

    William L. Hwang, MD, PhD

    Clinical Fellow in Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiation Oncology

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Arutha Kulasinghe, PhD

    Arutha Kulasinghe, PhD

    Peter Doherty NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dana Mustafa, Ph.D.

    Dana Mustafa, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Group Leader of the Tumor Immuno-Pathology (TIP) Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Peter Nelson, MD

    Peter Nelson, MD

    Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Erin Piazza, PhD

    Erin Piazza, PhD

    Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, NanoString Technologies

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Noemi Reguart, MD, PhD

    Noemi Reguart, MD, PhD

    Thoracic Oncology Consultant, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sergio Rutella, MD, PhD, FRCPath

    Sergio Rutella, MD, PhD, FRCPath

    Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lisa Ryden, MD, PhD

    Lisa Ryden, MD, PhD

    Professor i Kirurgi, Lund University, Medical Faculty, dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, div of Oncology and Surgery

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Melanie Spears, PhD

    Melanie Spears, PhD

    Principal Research Scientist at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

  • E. Aubrey Thompson, PhD

    E. Aubrey Thompson, PhD

    Professor of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jon Zugazagoitia, MD, PhD

    Jon Zugazagoitia, MD, PhD

    Physician Scientist, Department of Medical Oncology, Lung Cancer Unit

    BIOGRAPHY

Exhibitors


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About NanoString Technologies, Inc.

NanoString Technologies is a leading provider of life science tools for translational research. The company’s nCounter® Analysis System is used in life sciences research and has been cited in more than 3,200 peer-reviewed publications. The nCounter Analysis System offers a cost-effective way to easily profile the expression of hundreds of genes, proteins, miRNAs, or copy number variations, simultaneously with high sensitivity and precision, facilitating a wide variety of basic research and translational medicine applications, including biomarker discovery and validation. The company’s GeoMx™ Digital Spatial Profiler enables highly-multiplexed spatial profiling of RNA and protein targets in a variety of sample types, including FFPE tissue sections. For more information, please visit www.nanostring.com.

 

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