In this inaugural MCRC Workshop, four keynote speakers will discuss ex vivo modelling in early detection cancer research.
This event is intended to provide an overview of modelling techniques and technologies that are used in Manchester to aid early detection research.
Agenda (all timings are in BST)
16:00-16:05 – Event Opening – Professor Robert Bristow (MCRC Director and Senior Group Leader, Translational Oncogenomics, CRUK Manchester Institute)
16:05-16:20 – Dr Andrew Gilmore (Senior Lecturer, Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester): ‘Modelling extracellular matrix stiffness in the breast – linking mechanotransduction and DNA damage’
16:20-16:35 – Professor Sarah Cartmell (Professor of Bioengineering, University of Manchester): ‘Bioreactor, 3D in vitro and ex vivo tissue approaches that could be used in cancer early detection research’
16:35-16:50 – Dr Claus Jorgensen (Group Leader – Systems Oncology, CRUK Manchester Institute) : ‘A microenvironment-inspired synthetic 3D model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma organoids’
16:50-17:05 – Keynote Four TBC
17:05-17:35 – Virtual Q&A
17:35 – 17:55 – ECR and PGR talks TBC
17:55 – 18:00 – Event Close
Zoom Details
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