Conferences and symposiums Better Cure and Care - Childhood Cancer Research Symposium 2025
26-09-2025 2:00 pm Add to iCal
On 25-26 September 2025, Department of Women's and Children's Health's division for Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Surgery will host a scientific symposium on Childhood Cancer in conjunction with our 30-year anniversary since our division was established.
The symposium will have a broad focus on childhood cancer, highlighting the success of treating childhood cancer, but also more importantly, the remaining challenges. Social events for all delegates to encourage participation and networking will also be part of the program. Overall, we believe that the symposium will be an important event to demonstrate the progress of childhood cancer over the last 30 years, but that will also strengthen and build networks across disciplines and institutions in Sweden.
Programme
08.00 - Registration
09.00- 12.00 Symposium Session I
09.00 - Welcome and introductory, Anna Nilsson, Professor, Head of Division Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Surgery, Karolinska Institutet.
09.10 – Pamela Kearns, Professor University of Birmingham, Head of ITCC
10.00 - Coffee break
10.15 – Magnus Essand, Professor, Uppsala University
10.35 – Petter Brodin, Professor, Karolinska Institutet
11.00 – Julia Challinor, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
11.50 – Karin Enskär, Professor, Uppsala University
12.15 - Lunch
13.15 -16.00 Symposium Session II
13.15 – Martin McCabe, Professor, University of Manchester
14.05 – Daniel Bexell, Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer, Lund University
14.25 – Sofie Degerman, Professor, University of Umeå
14.45 – Mats Heyman, Senior Lecturer, Karolinska Institutet
15.10 - Coffee break
15.30 – Selected abstract from Karolinska Institutet (PhD students/postdocs)
· Hala Habash, Drugging the undruggable target: Gemcitabine and cytarabine kill Ewing sarcoma cells through inhibition of SAMHD1 and degradation of the Ewing sarcoma fusion protein
· Sara Abu Ajamieh, Targeting Teneurin 4 suppresses tumor growth and induces differentiation in neuroblastoma
· Ingrid Lilienthal, Uncovering novel treatment resistance mechanisms in acute myeloid leukemia
16.00 - 18.00 Poster session with mingling reception
08.30 - Registration
09.00 - 12.00 Symposium Session III
9.00 – Kirsten Ness, Professor, St. Judes Children’s Hospital
09.50 - Laila Hubbert, Associate Professor, Linköping University
10.10 – Coffee break
10.30 - Elias Kumbakumba, Senior Lecturer, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
10.55 - TBD
11.15 – Selected abstract from Karolinska Institutet (PhD students/postdocs)
· Gustaf Hellspong, LiBRA, Lithium treatment to prevent cognitive impairment after brain radiotherapy
· Amal Nazaraliyev, Improving pre-clinical models of radiation-induced growth plate injury
· Malin Sveijer, Reduced Quality of Life after Childhood Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Can we make a change
· Isabelle Billstein, Patient and parent participation in clinical ethics support services in pediatric cancer care – an emerging moral dilemma
12.00 - Closing ceremony
· Margaretha Stenmarker, Chair of Barncancerfonden, Associate Professor, University of Linköping
12.30 -13.30 Lunch