ASSOCIATION BELGE POUR L'ETUDE DU CANCER "A.B.E.C»: http//www.bacr.be Secrétariat: Prof. G. ANDRY Institut Jules Bordet - Service de Chirurgie rue Héger-Bordet, 1 1000 Bruxelles tél. : +32 2 541 31 61/31 59 fax : +32 2 541 31 41 email : [email protected] BELGISCHE VERENIGING VOOR DE STUDIE VAN KANKER "B.V.S.K»: http//www.bacr.be Sekretariaat: Prof. G. ANDRY Jules Bordet Instituut – Heelkunde Dienst Héger Bordetstraat, 1 1000 Brussel tél. : +32 2 541 31 61/31 59 fax : +32 2 541 31 41 email : [email protected] ANNUAL MEETING 2016 Saturday, January 30th, 2016 Université libre de Bruxelles ULB Campus Erasme - Auditoire Bremer (Bâtiment B) Route de Lennik, 808 B-1070 Bruxelles Route description: http://www.ulb.ac.be/erasme DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY OF CANCER 08:45 Registration – coffee 09:00 – 12:30 MORNING SESSION - Chairperson: Mark DE RIDDER – co-chair : Jacques DUMONT Université libre de Bruxelles 09:00 Heterogeneity in space and cell type in human papillary thyroid carcinoma Vincent Detours, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 09:25 Heterogeneity of tumor metabolism Olivier Feron, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium 09:50 Generation of heterogeneity by PI3Kinase A. Vankeymeulen, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 10:15 – Coffee break – 10:45 Plasticity of invasion and therapy response Peter Friedl, Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, The Netherlands 11:15 Tumor heterogeneity: a problem for cancer immunotherapy Pierre Coulie, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium 11h40 Unveiling the phenotypic heterogeneity of liver metastases to overcome resistance to therapies Andrei Turtoi, Université de Liège 12:05 General discussion 12:30 BACR General Assembly 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch and poster viewing 14:30 – 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS from 8 selected abstracts 16:00 – Coffee break – 16:30 Awards for best oral and poster presentations Registration deadline: January 15, 2016 – Deadline for abstract submission: November 14, 2015 Abstracts will be sent only by e-mail by attachment to the secretariat: [email protected] The abstract should mention title, name and affiliation of the authors, 500 words maximum and identification of the presenting author with address and e-mail address; please mention as a footnote “I agree – don’t agree* to have the abstract released on the BACR website before the conference in January 2016” (*as desired). Any other subject than the main topic is welcome for presentation. Poster session: at least one of the authors must be present for discussion at the scheduled time. Poster boards: 110 cm width x 180 cm height (portrait). The chairman: M. De Ridder The Secretary: G. Andry ACCREDITATION requested