Early Detection in Primary and Secondary Cancers

Early Detection in Primary and Secondary Cancers

Translational Research Day 2019

The aim of the event is to share and expand our research interests in early detection of primary and secondary cancers

Session: Early detection of cancer and global health

Chair: Professor Joy Burchell, Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC)

9:00 Dr Anita Lim, PostDoc in Peter Sasieni’s team, CCC

Could lectins be used as an in vivo stain to facilitate early detection of cervical cancer and pre-cancer?

9:20 Dr Lorena Benedetti, PostDoc in Francesca Ciccarelli’s team, CCC

Identification and validation of genes involved in early and late stages of oesophageal cancer progression

9:40 Professor Sudeep Gupta, Tata Memorial Hospital/Centre, Mumbai

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10:00 Professor Arnie Purushotham, KHPCCC, CRUK, Tata Trusts

A new model of distributed, accessible, affordable, cancer care in India

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee/tea break

Session: Tumour microenvironment and circulating biomarkers

Chair: Dr Anita Grigoriadis, CCC

10:45 Professor Jody Rosenblatt, CCC/Randall

Misregulation of extrusion drives tumour invasion

11:05 Professor Toby Lawrence, Centre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology (CIBCI)

Ontogeny and function of tumour-associated macrophages

11:25 Dr Richard Beatson, PostDoc in Joy Burchell’s team, CCC

Glycan-dependent microenvironment remodelling in cancers

11:45 Dr Jose M Vicencio, PostDoc in Professor Tony Ng’s team, CCC/UCL

Using exosomal analysis from liquid biopsies to monitor early angiogenesis markers

12:05 Dr James Levitt, Microscopy Innovation Centre Manage, CCC

An introduction to the Microscopy Innovation Centre at King’s

12:25 – 1:10 Lunch break

Session: Multidisciplinary approaches to cancer detection

Chair: Dr Maya Thanou, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPS)

1:10 Dr Wayne Dickson, Photonics and Nanotechnology Group, Department of Physics

Ultrasensitive sensing using designer optical metamaterials

1:30 Dr Ali Salehi Reyani, Chemistry and Innovation IPS Honorary Fellow, Imperial College London

Quantitative Single Cell Proteomics for Rare Cells in the Blood

1:50 Professor Mark Wallace, Department of Chemistry

Single-molecule assays & artificial membranes

2:10 Professor Khuloud Al-Jamal, IPS

Rapid detection of cancer-derived exosomes for point-of-care diagnosis of cancer

2:30 Professor Hardev Pandha, Surrey Cancer Research Institute

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2:50 – 3:15 Coffee/tea break

3:15 CRUK

Early detection research: challenges and opportunities

3:35 Panel discussion

4:35 Professor Tony Ng & Professor Ben Forbes - Closing remarks

5:00 Drinks & nibble

FYI: Early career researchers are highlighted in bold