Lectures and seminars Welcome to MTC Experimental Tumor Biology Symposium
12-01-2026 8:55 am - 11:55 am Add to iCal
Campus Solna Peter Reichard, Biomedicum Solnavägen 9, Solna
Welcome to a morning devoted to pioneering research in tumor biology. This symposium will feature the outstanding work of distinguished international junior researchers who are advancing the boundaries of tumor biology and immunology.
Programme
08:55-09:00
Welcome
Susanne Nylén (Head of Department, MTC, KI)
09:00-09:30
"Engineering immune systems resilient to cancer and ageing"
Mirco Friedrich (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany)
09:30-10:00
"Engineering Autochthonous Tumor Models to Decode the Mechanistic Architecture of Cancer Immune Evasion"
David Kung-Chun Chiu (Stanford University, USA)
10:00-10:30
"How T Cells See Tumors: From Genetic Screens to in Vivo Immunology"
Riccardo Mezzadra (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA)
10:30-10:50
Break
10:50-11:20
"Tumor Genotype Dictates Mitochondrial and Immune Vulnerabilities in Liver Cancer"
Gokhan Unlu (Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Rockefeller University, USA)
11:20-11:50
"Decoding the transcriptional and evolutionary maps of high-grade glioma to overcome treatment resistance"
Veronica Rendo (Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University)
10:50-11:55