CRIG Doctoral Schools specialist course on 'Cancer' - 2022

 

CRIG organizes the 5th edition of the Doctoral Schools specialist course on ‘Cancer’, which has been recognized by the Ghent University Doctoral Schools. One of CRIG’s important aims is to educate young cancer researchers, and we believe this program is a great opportunity and added value for UGent PhD students involved in cancer research. Considering the fast evolving trends in cancer research, this specialized educational course, lectured by CRIG experts, can meet the needs of pre-doctoral cancer researchers with variable educational background and active in different cancer research disciplines.

 

Target audience & registration terms

The course is targeted to and open for Ghent University PhD students with different educational background, who are involved in cancer research, and are enrolled in the Doctoral Schools of Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences and/or (Bioscience) Engineering. This course is free of charge.

Pre-registration is possible via the link below. Important: your pre-registration will be screened by the Doctoral Schools and your registration will only be final upon confirmation by mail later.

 

Format

As this course is open for PhD students with different educational background, we offer the participants the flexibility to choose from a set of 6 different modules (each of which covering various topics and speakers), resulting in a tailored educational package for each individual participant (see full program further)

  • Module I: Cancer biology  -  Feb 15, 2022 (13:15 - 17:30)
  • Module II: In vitro and in vivo cancer modeling  - March 10, 2022 (13:15 - 17:30)
  • Module III: Technologies in cancer research  -  March 22, 2022 (9:00 - 15:00)
  • Module IV: Cancer therapeutics  -  April 1, 2022 (9:00 - 16:00)
  • Module V: Cancer diagnosis and screening  -  May 4, 2022 (13:15 - 17:30)
  • Module VI: OncoPoint symposium (tentative date: May 23, 2022)

Each participant needs a minimum of contact hours to meet the Doctoral Schools requirements.

  • Minimal requirement: participation to at least 4 modules
    (important remark: each module represents a separate, well-defined educational package and thus can be followed separately from the other modules)
  • Participants are allowed to follow all modules
  • At registration, each participant needs to indicate which modules he/she would like to follow

According to the COVID-19 regulations of the government and Ghent University, we will decide later for each module whether it can take place either physically (classroom or auditorium in UGent or UZ Gent buildings) or online (via a Teams meeting). More info will follow later.

 

Program

As described above, we offer 6 modules in the program: modules I-V consist of classes/presentations; module VI consists of the research symposium OncoPoint.

Below are the topics and speakers per module. As indicated before, we will confirm later for each module whether it will take place physically or online (according to COVID regulations)
 

Module I: 'Cancer biology' - Tuesday 15 Feb 2022 (13:15 - 17:30)
                  (3h45m contact hours + breaks)

Module II: 'In vitro and in vivo cancer modeling' - Thursday 10 March 2022 (13:15 - 17:30) 
                   (3h45m contact hours + breaks)

  • 2.1) In vitro/in vivo gene editing and modulation (1h15) – prof. Geert Berx
  • 2.2) Cellular model systems and assays in cancer research (1h15) – prof. Olivier De Wever
  • 2.3) Overview of in vivo models in cancer research (1h15) - prof. Kris Vleminckx

Module III: 'Technologies in cancer research' - Tuesday 22 March 2022 (9:00 - 15:00)
                    (4h30m contact hours + breaks)

  • 3.1) Technologies for drug delivery (45 min) – prof. Stefaan De Smedt
  • 3.2) Genomics & transcriptomics (45 min) – prof. Jo Vandesompele
  • 3.3) Proteomics (45 min) – prof. Kris Gevaert
  • 3.4) Metabolomics & lipidomics (45 min) – dr. Lieselot Hemeryck
  • 3.5) Cellular imaging and (high throughput) screening (45 min) – dr. Vera Goossens (VIB-UGent)
  • 3.6) In vivo imaging techniques (45 min) – prof. Christian Vanhove

Module IV: 'Cancer therapeutics' - Friday 1 April 2022 (9:00 - 16:00)
                    (5h15m contact hours + breaks)

  • 4.1) Surgery (45 min) – prof. Wim Ceelen
  • 4.2) Chemotherapy & targeted therapy (45 min) – prof. Hannelore Denys
  • 4.3) Radiotherapy (45 min) – prof. Piet Ost
  • 4.4) Precision oncology (45 min) – prof. Katleen De Preter
  • 4.5) Clinical trials in oncology (45 min) – prof. Sylvie Rottey
  • 4.6) Immunotherapy (45 min) – prof. Tessa Kerre
  • 4.7) From symptom to multidisciplinary treatment: the clinical path of cancer patients and case studies (45 min) – prof. Gwen Sys (Kankercentrum UZ Gent)

Module V: 'Cancer diagnosis and screening' - Wednesday 4 May 2022 (13:15 - 17:30)
                   (3h45m contact hours + breaks)

  • 5.1) Clinical biology (45 min) – dr. Pieter De Kesel (dept. clinical biology, UZ Gent)
  • 5.2) Genetics (45 min) – prof. Nadine Van Roy (Center for Medical Genetics Ghent)
  • 5.3) Novel (non-invasive) diagnostic technologies (45 min) – dr. Joni Van der Meulen
  • 5.4) Pathology (45 min) – prof. David Creytens
  • 5.5) Societal and economic aspects of cancer (45 min) – prof. Katrien Vanthomme (Center for Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer, UGent)


Module VI: CRIG's OncoPoint symposium (tentative date: Monday 23 May 2022 at Het Pand in Ghent, if COVID regulations allow)

OncoPoint is a yearly one-day symposium - organized by CRIG – in which fundamental, translational and clinical cancer researchers from CRIG are invited to present their work, meet each other, discuss and start new collaborations. Program under construction (for a view of the concept and the program of the last physical edition in 2019 check here)

 

 

This specialist course is organized by CRIG, with support from:

 

 

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