Draft program
Here you can find details of the draft program for CAMCON26.
Day 1, Tuesday 30 June
17:00 - 18:30 - REGISTRATION AND WELCOME RECEPTION
18:30 - 18:45 - Welcome and introduction
18:45 - 19:15 - KEYNOTE 1: Domenico Ribatti, University of Bari, Italy - “Studying lymphangiogenesis and tumour lymphangiogenesis on the CAM”
19:15 - 19:45 - KEYNOTE 2: Megan Davey, University of Edinburgh, UK - “Genetically modified eggs and opportunities in CAM research”
Day 2, Wednesday 1 July
09:00 - 09:25 - DELEGATE ARRIVAL / POSTER SET-UP
09:25 - 09:30 - Welcome, housekeeping, and announcements
Session one: Non-oncological models
09:30 - 09:55 - Plenary: Nassim Ghaffari Tabrizi-Wizsy, University of Graz, Austria - “CAM assays to explore new perspectives in placenta research”
09:55 - 10:10 - Invited short talk: Pedro Gomes, University of Porto, Portugal - “Ex vivo embryonic chick femur development model to study osteogenesis”
10:10 - 10:20 - Selected short talk
10:20 - 10:30 - Selected short talk
10:30 - 11:00 - COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
Session two: Regenerative medicine and biomaterials
11:00 - 11:25 - Plenary: Eva Petrovova, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Slovakia - “Evaluating biomaterials in CAM models”
11:25 - 11:40 - Invited short talk [TBC]
11:40 - 11:50 - Selected short talk
11:50 - 12:00 - Selected short talk
Poster flask talks 1
12:00 - 12:30 - 10x two minutes; selected from abstracts
12:30 - 13:30 - LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING
Workshop 1: Enabling uptake of CAM research
13:30 - 13:40 - Charlotte Colle, Inovotion, UK - “New Alternative Methods (NAMs) in Pharma”
13:40 - 13:50 - Marta Teixeira Pinto, i3S, Porto, Portugal - "Evaluating the CAM model as an alternative to murine models in biomedical research: a systematic review of comparative studies”
13:50 - 14:15 - Group discussions
Workshop 2: The 3RS and sustainability in CAM research
14:15 - 14:25 - Jenna Lowe, University of Liverpool, UK - “LEAF: Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework”
14:25 - 14:40 - [TBC] - “3Rs in CAM research”
14:40 - 15:00 - Group discussions
Poster flask talks 2
15:00 - 15:30 - 10x two minutes; selected from abstracts
15:30 - 17:00 - POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION WITH DRINKS RECEPTION
Conference social event
18:00 - 21:00 - Optional ticketed event
Day 3, Thursday 2 July
09:00 - 09:25 - DELEGATE ARRIVAL AND POSTER VIEWING
09:25 - 09:30 - Housekeeping and announcements
Session three: Hallmarks of cancer
09:30 - 09:55 - Plenary: Ruby Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan - “Combining CAM models and spatial profiling to study cancer biology”
09:55 - 10:10 - Invited ECR talk: Kerstin Hubner, University Erlangen, Germany - “Ex vivo embryonic chick femur development model to study osteogenesis”
10:10 - 10:20 - Selected short talk
10:20 - 10:30 - Selected short talk
10:30 - 11:00 - COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
Session four: Complex cancer models
11:00 - 11:25 - Plenary: Andrew Sikora, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, USA - “CAM models as a platform for assessing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy in solid tumours”
11:25 - 11:40 - Invited short talk: Joe Sacco, University of Liverpool, UK - “Novel CAM models to investigate therapeutics for uveal melanoma metastatic to the liver”
11:40 - 11:50 - Selected short talk
11:50 - 12:00 - Selected short talk
12:00 - 13:00 - LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING
Session five: Pre-clinical applications
13:00 - 13:25 - Plenary: Jean Viallet, Inovotion, France - “CAM models to investigate pharmacological effects and immunotherapies”
13:25 - 13:40 - Invited ECR talk: Miltiadis Fiorentzis, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany - “Using CAM PDX models to explore novel therapeutic approaches in uveal melanoma”
13:40 - 13:50 - Selected short talk
13:50 - 14:00 - Selected short talk
Session six: Biomolecular imaging
14:00 - 14:25 - Plenary: Tim Whitney, King’s College London, UK - “Role of CAM models in developing new positron emission tomography (PET) methods to image tumour biochemistry in vivo and non-invasively predict tumour response and resistance to treatment”
14:25 - 14:40 - Invited ECR talk: Sandra Krause, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany - “Preclinical imaging of intracerebral tumours in the chick embryo model”
14:40 - 14:50 - Selected short talk
14:50 - 15:00 - Selected short talk
15:00 - 15:30 - COFFEE BREAK
Workshop 3: Barriers to uptake of the CAM model
15:30 - 16:30 - Interactive workshop
16:30 - 16:55 - SUMMARY, PRIZES, AND CONFERENCE CLOSE