Tervetuloa Syöpätutkimuksen päivään 25.3.2026 klo 8–16.30

Tilaisuus järjestetään Kaupin kampuksella Tampereella, (Tampereen yliopisto, ARVO-rakennus, auditorio F115) ja etäyhteydellä Teamsissä ke 25.3.2026 kello 8–16.30. Ilmoittautuminen on auki 16.3. saakka.

Uutinen

Ohjelmassa on kolme sessiota, kutsuttuja vierailevia ja paikallisia puhujia, iCAN- tutkimusprojektien esittelyjä ja posterinäyttely. Syöpäkeskuksen tieteellisen työryhmän jäsenet ovat valinneet osan suullisista esityksistä lähetettyjen abstraktien perusteella.

Vierailevat puhujat:

Programme

8.30–8.35: Opening words: Prof. and chair of the Scientific working group Teemu Murtola

Session 1 Chair: PhD, PI Kirsi Rautajoki

8.35–9.20 KEYNOTE TALK: prof. Anna Dimberg: tba 
Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, University of Uppsala, Sweden

9.20–9.32 Mohieddin Jafari: Shifting Beyond Classical Drug Synergy in Combinatorial Therapy through Solubility Alterations
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University (Presentation selected based on a submitted abstract, 10 + 2 min)

9.32–9.42 Pitch talks (a 2 min)

  • Lotta Isosaari: Development of advanced Brain Cancer-on-Chip: from proof-of-concept to modeling patient-derived glioblastoma behavior in a brain-mimetic 3D microenvironment
  • Liang Zhang: RingNet: An Interactive Platform for Multi-Modal Data Visualization in Networks
  • Göktug Karabiyik: Exploiting epigenetic susceptibilities in Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid tumors through chemical interventions
  • Thomas Cecchetto: Inflammation and androgen deprivation cooperatively rewire prostate cancer epithelial identity
  • Anja Hartewig: Integrative multi-modal analysis reveals the contribution of noncoding RNAs to post-treatment progression of IDH-mutant astrocytomas

9.45–10.30 Poster session and Coffee, tea and snacks (45 min)

10.30–10.50 PhD Elina Mäntylä: tba
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University (Invited local speaker, 15’ + 5’)

10.50–11.15 Presentations selected based on submitted abstracts (a 10 + 2 min)

  • Zhesi Zhang : MiREA: A Network-Based Tool for Edge-Based MicroRNA-oriented Enrichment Analysis
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University
  • Uzma Hasan: Differential Migration of Glioblastoma and Gliosarcoma in 3D Matrix Model
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University

11.15–12.05 Lunch break (50 min)

Session 2 Chair: ass. prof. Minna-Liisa Änkö

12.05–12.50 KEYNOTE TALK: Academy Research Fellow, James Conway: ECM spot arrays as a screening platform to assess cell-ECM interactions
Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, University of Helsinki (30’+15’)

12.50–13.10 PhD Austin Evans: Bioengineering Tumor ECM‑Mimetic Biomaterial Platforms to Advance Predictive Oncology and Cancer Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University (Invited local speaker, 15 ‘ + 5’)

13.10–13.22 Karoliina Salenius: Nationwide population-based cohort study identifies medical conditions preceding central nervous system tumors, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University (Presentation selected based on a submitted abstract, 10 + 2 min)

13.25–13.35 Sanna Siltanen: Cancer research possibilities with FCBT, Director, Finnish Clinical Biobank Tampere, Pirha

13.35–13.55 MD, PhD Otso Arponen: Novel methods for evaluating treatment tolerability in older patients with cancer.
MET, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Pirha (invited local speaker, 15’+5’)

13.5–14.15 Coffee break (20 min.)

Session 3. Chair: prof. Toni Seppälä

14.15–15.00: KEYNOTE TALK: ass. prof. Anniina Färkkilä: Unraveling the Determinants of Spatial Tumor Ecosystem in Ovarian Cancer: Insights into Immune Interactions and Therapeutic Opportunities (30’+15’)
Research Program for Systems Oncology (ONCOSYS) Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki

15.00–15.20 MD, PhD Jussi Nikkola: Urine liquid biopsy for diagnosis and management of urothelial cancer
MET, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Pirha (Invited local speaker, 15+5’)

15.20–16.00 Tampere iCAN docs’ presentations:

Lauri Ryyppö: Feasibility and interim results from the prospective international LS-URO study: urine tumor DNA-based screening for urothelial cancer in Lynch syndrome carriers (NCT06218433) (10 min+2 min)

Pitches (a 2 min.):

  • Iida Koivisto: Identifying androgen deprivation-induced responses in prostate cancer with single cell multiomic analysis
  • Alvar Saarinen: Hypoxia induces lipidomic shift in prostate cancer cells
  • Tiia Nikupaavola: Inaccuracy in preoperative diagnostics: Tumor Microenvironment and Molecular Signatures Underlying Staging Transitions in Colorectal Cancer
  • Jenni Keränen: Exploring the mechanical characteristics of tumour microenvironment in colorectal cancer.

Iida Salonen: Hypoxia and Associated Acidosis Shape Cell-Type Specific Myeloid Responses in Glioblastoma (10 min + 2 min.)

Pitches (a 2 min.):

  • Kalle Hokkanen: More begets more: prior cancer history is an independent risk factor in Lynch syndrome
  • Kiia Vaalavirta: Androgen receptor levels regulate dose-dependent morphological responses and gene expression in prostate cancer cells
  • Jenni Rapakko: SRSF3 shapes the structure and processing of miR-17-92 cluster in colorectal cancer
  • Maria Annala: Computational analysis of aberrant gene regulation in pediatric atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors

16.00 – 16.05 Closing remarks: ass. professor of cancer research Toni Seppälä

Organisers: Tays Cancer Centre in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Pirha

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