Detailed Programme - 16 June 2025

Time	Session

08:15 14:00	Women in Leadership (Separate pre-registration required) Offsite Venue
08:30 10:00	Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Separate pre-registration required) CaffarelMaria M. Chair Spain Exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities to improve breast cancer therapy MorandiAndrea Speaker Italy Proffered Paper 5: Melting the Iceberg: Nanomedicines Overcoming Stromal Barriers and Recruiting Effector T Cells in Pancreatic Cancer AcúrcioCRita Presenter Portugal Proffered Paper 6: ENO3PEP vaccine enhances chemotherapy efficacy in pancreatic cancer by boosting anti-tumor immunity BrugiapagliaSilvia Presenter Italy Stem cells-based models of tumor initiation and metastasis BaggioliniArianna Speaker Switzerland Refreshment Break Auditorium VIII
10:20 12:00	ASPIC - EACR Joint Symposium BardelliAlberto Co-Chair Italy JerónimoCarmen Co-Chair Portugal γδ T Cells in Cancer and Cancer Immunotherapy SantosBruno Silva Speaker Portugal Zebrafish Cancer Avatars for Clinical Decision-making FiorRita Speaker Portugal IL-7 and IL-7R: Subverting Lymphoid Development Towards Leukemia BarataJoão T. Speaker Portugal Association Between CDH1 Germline Variants and Cancer Phenotypes OliveiraCarla Speaker Portugal Questions & Answers Auditorium VI+VII
10:30 12:00	Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Separate pre-registration required) dos Santos DiasMatheus Chair The Netherlands Attaching to and Crossing Endothelial Barriers JacquemetGuillaume Speaker Finland Proffered Paper 7: CD24-mediated differential platelets-tumor cells binding tunes metastatic progression LiboniCristina Presenter France Proffered Paper 8: Microfluidic Single-Cell Profiling in Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis Reveals Ultra-Migratory Subpopulations, Tumour-Bone Crosstalk and CTC Heterogeneity. CottonThomasDaniele Presenter United Kingdom Dissecting the immune-related signaling networks promoting breast cancer progression CohenMerav Speaker Israel Auditorium VIII		Meet the Award Winners - Interactive Session GalligioniEnzo Moderator Italy BishRebecca Moderator United States Immune Conversations in Cancer—and Why Every Voice Counts The Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award 2025 de VisserKarin E. Speaker Netherlands Lessons from Senescence: Using our model systems as a guide to life EACR-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award 2025 KovatchevaMarta Speaker Italy The Power of ONE: Why Now Is the Most Exciting Time to Be in Cancer Research The Pezcoller Foundation-EACR Translational Cancer Researcher Award 2025 AmitIdo Speaker Israel Discussion with the Experts Career Discovery Area
12:00 14:00	Lunch Break / Exhibition Main Foyer
12:15 13:00	biomodal: Investigating the role of the 6-base genome within the field of Cancer Research with a focus on breast and prostate cancer CharlesworthTom Industry Moderator/ Chair United Kingdom Introduction CharlesworthTom Industry Moderator/ Chair United Kingdom Unlocking Hidden Signals: A multimodal approach to ctDNA detection in early prostate cancer SadeghiHanieh Industry Speaker Austria Characterisation of Advanced BC Subtypes in cfDNA by methylation profiling CuttsRos Industry Speaker United Kingdom Auditorium VI+VII		Bruker Spatial Biology: Expanding the Limits of Biology: Comprehensive Integrated Technologies for Multiomics in Oncology SheehyKevin Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Introduction SheehyKevin Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Industry-Leading Spatial Solutions for High-Plex Multiomic Tissue Exploration and Discovery KoenigChristoph Industry Speaker Germany Streamlining Next-Gen Spatial Proteomics with EpicIF™ Technology and the PowerOMX™ Engine BraubachOliver Industry Speaker United States Sub-cellular, multiomic imaging of the entire protein-coding transcriptome (18936-plex RNA) and 75-plex Protein on a single-slide FFPE tissue section using CosMx Spatial Molecular Imaging LyssandJohnny Industry Speaker United States Auditorium VIII
13:15 14:00	10x Genomics: See Biology in new Ways - Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Methods to Understand Cancer MayClaudia Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Introduction MayClaudia Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Spatial immune landscape of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC) prior to immune checkpoint blockade ReschkeRobin Industry Speaker Germany Improving Immunotherapy Strategies Through Single-Cell Profiling of Lung Cancer BischofPhilip Industry Speaker Germany Auditorium VI+VII		Standard BioTools: Spatial Predictors of Immunotherapy Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer SpadaRoberto Industry Moderator/ Chair Introduction SpadaRoberto Industry Moderator/ Chair Spatial Predictors of Immunotherapy Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer GiampaoloBianchini Industry Speaker Italy Auditorium VIII
14:00 15:15	Top Abstracts Carracedo PerezArkaitz Co-Chair Spain SalvadorBeatriz Co-Chair United Kingdom Proffered Paper: IL-1R8 acts as an immune checkpoint in CD8+ T cells, limiting cytokine-induced anti-tumor immune responses EACR25-1517 EACR25-1517 GarutiRoberto Presenter Italy Proffered Paper: Genome-Wide CRISPR Screening Identifies Lipid-Sensing Chemosensor Receptors as Regulators of Tumor-Associated Macrophage Function in Cancer EACR25-1932 EACR25-1932 MarelliGiulia Presenter Italy Proffered Paper: A novel spatial DNA sequencing method for the detection of somatic mutations from hundreds of regions in archival tissue sections EACR25-2439 EACR25-2439 RaoRaoSrinivasa Presenter United Kingdom Proffered Paper: Oncostatin M cytokine signalling orchestrates immune remodelling and metabolism within the breast tumour microenvironment EACR25-0851 EACR25-0851 AzcoagaPeio Presenter Spain Proffered Paper: 177Lu-Trastuzumab as a promising therapy for resistant brain metastases in HER2+ breast cancer EACR25-1471 EACR25-1471 SantosLiliana Presenter Portugal Auditorium I	Award Winners Special Session OricchioElisa Co-Chair Switzerland CohenMerav Co-Chair Israel Introduction of the Mark Foundation BishRebecca Presenter United States 2025 EACR-Mark Foundation -Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award Lecture: Unravelling cell plasticity in tumor initiation and progression KovatchevaMarta Award Lecture Italy Introduction AstraZeneca Fellowship and Award OricchioElisa Presenter Switzerland EACR - AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture: Targeting immunosuppression induced by oncogenic PI3K/AKT signalling to enhance anti-tumour immunity in breast cancer van WeverwijkAntoinette Award Lecture The Netherlands Introduction Boehringer Ingelheim Fellowship and Award HofmannMarco Presenter Austria EACR - Boehringer Ingelheim Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture: Implications of one carbon metabolism in cancer cell proliferation and metastasis KiwelerNicole Award Lecture Luxembourg Auditorium II		Joint EACR - EACS - Molecular Oncology Session: Keep Research Curious RyanKevin Co-Chair United KingdomMolecular Oncology BernardsRene Co-Chair Netherlands DNA damage, cancer and aging and the unexpected impact of nutritional interventions HoeijmakersJan H. Speaker Multimodal, Generative, and Agentic AI for Pathology MahmoodFaisal Speaker United States Decoding the Cancer Connectome of Brain Tumor Networks VenkataramaniVarun Speaker Germany Auditorium VI+VII
15:15 15:45	Meet and Greet EACR Ambassador and Solo Travellers EACR Stand		Coffee Break / Exhibition Poster and Exhibition Hall
15:45 18:15	EACR 2025 Congress - Opening Session Opening Address SamuelsYardena Chair Israel Introduction of Keynote Speaker SamuelsYardena Chair Israel Myeloid Mayhem: Inflammation driven Lung Cancer initiation and progression SwantonCharles Keynote Speaker United Kingdom Pezcoller Award Presentation and Introduction of the Award Recipients GalligioniEnzo Presenter Italy The Pezcoller Foundation-EACR Translational Cancer Researcher Award 2025 - Leveraging single cell technologies to engineer the immune system (REMOTE PRESENTATION) AmitIdo Award Lecture Israel The Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award 2025 - Dissecting Tumor-Immune Crosstalk in Cancer Progression and Therapy de VisserKarin E. Award Lecture Netherlands Auditorium I
18:15 18:30	EACR General Assembly and Awards Ceremony (EACR Members only) (18:15 - 18:30) Auditorium I		Welcome Reception (18:15 - 20:00) Poster and Exhibition Hall
18:45 19:00	Stilla Technologies Industry Spotlight: Setting the stage for microRNA signatures in clinical practice – multiplexed microRNA analysis with digital PCR TostJorg Industry Speaker France Spotlight Theatre
19:15 19:30	Agilent Technology Industry Spotlight: Powering Breakthroughs in Cancer and Immunotherapy with Agilent Integrated Technologies GabrieleStefano Industry Speaker Italy Spotlight Theatre