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Cancer Stem Cells: Advances in Biology and Clinical Translation

May 19-21, 2021 | 8:00AM EDT | 12:00PM UTC | 2:00PM CEST*
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Preponderant experimental and clinical evidence has demonstrated that pervasive cancer cell heterogeneity in both phenotypic presentations and functional properties exists, such that a population of cancer cells with cardinal stem cell properties (i.e., cancer stem cells) pre-exists in untreated tumors and spatiotemporally evolves during tumor progression and therapeutic interventions. Recent studies have also revealed significant phenotypic and functional plasticity in cancer cells, regulated by both genetic networks and epigenetic mechanisms. Both cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity constitute major barriers to effective and durable clinical treatments. 

Ever since the revival of the cancer stem cell research field in the last two decades, we have made great strides in identifying and elucidating the biology of cancer stem cells in virtually all tumor systems. Significant progress has also been made in understanding how cancer stem cells interact with the cellular constituents and soluble factors in the proinflammatory and immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment. Facilitated by an explosion of technical advances in recent years, especially single-cell RNA-seq, we are achieving an unprecedented appreciation of the complexity of the cellular heterogeneity of human tumors. Significantly, novel therapeutic strategies that target cancer stem cells and cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity are rapidly progressing to the clinical arena. 

This conference is organized to recapitulate these recent advances in our understanding of cancer stem cell biology and, importantly, the clinical translation of targeting cancer stem cells.

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Pricing:

Regular Registration Rate: $275 USD
Student Registration Rate: $150 USD

Deadlines:

Abstract Submission
‣ For Short Talk Consideration: Passed
‣ For Poster Booth: Passed
ePoster / SciTalk Submission: Passed
Financial Aid Application: Passed

*Abstract submission is required in order to submit an ePoster and/or Scitalk

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Keynote Speakers


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Irving L. Weissman, MD
Stanford University



Speaking at this eSymposia


Anna Dubrovska

University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Germany


Markus Grompe

Oregon Health & Science University, USA


Wei Guo

University of Pennsylvania, USA


Junfang Ji

Zhejiang University, China


Klaus H. Kaestner

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA


Calvin Kuo

Stanford University, USA


Justin D. Lathia

Cleveland Clinic, USA


Stephanie K.Y. Ma

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong


Jan Joseph Melenhorst

University of Pennsylvania, USA


Irene Oi Lin Ng

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong


Duanqing Pei

Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, China


Lola McAdams Reid

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA


Clemens A. Schmitt

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany


Michael M. Shen

Columbia University, USA


Erwei Song

Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, China


Dean G. Tang

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA


Xin Wei Wang

NCI, National Institutes of Health, USA


Irving L. Weissman

Stanford University, USA


Richard White

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA


Wolf Ruprecht Wiedemeyer

AbbVie, Inc., USA


Carmen Chak-Lui Wong

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong


Chunzhang Yang

NCI, National Institutes of Health, USA


Ning Zhang

Peking University, China




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Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13CA261003-01 from the National Institutes of Health. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.




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