Conferences and symposiums Frontiers of Tumor Biology: Two hundred Year Anniversary Eva and Georg Klein International symposium

21-09-2025 Add to iCal
Campus Solna Eva and Georg Klein lecture hall, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 9, Stockholm
Georg and Eva Klein

With this full-day event we will present international leaders in fields of cancer research, to which Eva (1925-2025) and Georg Klein (1925–2016) and their Department of Tumor Biology (1958–1993) made pioneering contributions for 35 years; tumor immunology, tumor suppression, cancer genetics, cancer genes and tumor virology

Topics will include tumor immunology, tumor suppression, cancer genetics, cancer-related genes, and tumor virology.

 

Invited speakers

Jim Allison, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX*

Gerard Evan, Francis Crick Institute, London

Benjamin E Gewurz,  Harvard Medical School, Boston*

Doug Hanahan, ETH, Lausanne*

Siddharta Mukherjee, Columbia Univ, NY*

Rosemary Rochford, University of Colorado*

Fredrik Ullén, Karolinska Institutet

Bob Weinberg, MIT, Cambridge,MS, US* 

*confirmed 

 

Registration

Registration is free and includes lectures, a simple lunch and breaks with coffee/tea. The number of seats are limited, so registration will be closed when the seats are filled. We will not arrange or cover travel or accommodation. 

Please register on this link latest August 15

 

Cancellations
Please, we are very grateful if we are informed about cancellations no later than September 7 to Ingemar.ernberg@ki.se. If you cancel later than September 7 we will forced to charge you the cost for one participant.

 

Organizing team:

Georg and Eva Klein Foundation (GEKS) and Karolinska Institutet: Marie Arsenian-Henriksson, Barbro Ehlin-Henriksson,  Jonathan Klein-Strandberg, Klas Kärre, Maria Masucci, Galina Selivanova, John Sennett, Alf Svensson, Mats Wahlgren, Klas Wiman. . 
Chair: Ingemar Ernberg

For questions write to Ingemar.ernberg@ki.se