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EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Defining and defeating metastasis
September 30 to October 3
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.
Symposium Overview
In its second edition, this symposium will cover emerging key concepts of latent metastasis and dissemination of tumour cells including evolution and genetic diversity of metastasis, circulating tumour cells, stemness, dormancy and stromal reprogramming, transcriptional and epigenetic control, motility and invasive signalling, metastatic heterogeneity, EMT and plasticity, immune evasion, and metabolic adaptations. The meeting will provide a unique interdisciplinary exchange on current approaches and future collaborations on metastasis and its therapeutic challenges.
Metastasis research is a nexus for several of the most exciting areas and technical developments of current cancer biology and translational molecular medicine. High-resolution intravital imaging, single-cell sequencing and integrated genomics approaches, innovative tissue modelling, and co-culture systems for disease screening and patient stratification all have enormous implications for our basic understanding of the mechanisms of this deadly disease and hold great promises for progress in its successful treatment. This cutting-edge meeting is aimed at a broad spectrum of life scientists and clinicians working in cancer, immunology, cell and molecular biology.
Session topics
- Metastasis initiating cells, circulating tumour cells
- Motility and invasion
- Transcriptional and epigenetic control of metastasis
- Metastasis heterogeneity, EMT, and plasticity
- Metastasis signalling and latency
- Metastasis imaging, tumour microenvironment, and immune evasion
Deadlines
JUL 08: Abstract Submission
AUG 19: Registration (On-site)
SEP 23: Registration (Virtual)
On-site Registration | Virtual Registration
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