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Time
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Topic
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Speaker
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8:00-8:15 am
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Opening Remarks
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Jim Woodgett, TFRI President and Scientific Director
Darrell Fox, TFRI Senior Advisor
Brad Wouters, Executive Vice-President, Science and Research, University Health Network
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Introduction of Keynote Speaker
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Jim Woodgett
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8:15-9:00 am
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Keynote Speaker (virtual presentation)
“TRACERx: Insights into Primary Metastatic Lung Cancer Evolution”
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Charles Swanton, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
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Moderator of PPG Sessions
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Jim Woodgett
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9:00-10:30 am
(20 min presentation, 10 min Q&A each)
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“Heterogeneous Patterns of Hypoxia Shaping the Tumour Microenvironment”
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Marianne Koritzinsky, Scientist, PMCC and Associate Professor and Director of Research, Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto/Gelareh Zadeh, Neurosurgeon-Scientist, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN and Professor, Surgery, University of Toronto
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“Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostics: Towards First Clinical Trials”
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Brian C. Wilson
Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,
Professor of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto/Sharon Tzelnick, Clinical Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
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“Using in vivo CRISPR tools to systematically delineate breast cancer driver genes”
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Daniel Schramek, Senior scientist Lunenfeld Tannenbaum Research Institute, Associate professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Temertry Faculty of Medicine, UofT Canadian research chair in functional cancer genomics
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10:30-11:00 a
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Break
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11:00-12:00 pm
(20 min presentation, 10 min Q&A each)
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“Synthetic Virology Strategies to Create Cancer Therapeutics”
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Taha Azad, Researcher, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Biomedical and Molecular Science, Queen’s University
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“Is Cancer a Wound that Keeps on Healing? A New Perspective on Glioblastoma”
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Peter Dirks, Professor, Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Developmental Biology, The Hospital for Sick ChildrenResearch Institute; and Chief of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children
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12:00-1:00 pm
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Lunch
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1:00-1:30 pm
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Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium (MOHCCN) presentation
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Trevor Pugh, Senior Investigator and Director of Genomics, OICR, and Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Mike Brudno, Professor, Computer Science, University of Toronto and Chief Data Scientist, University Health Network
Lillian Siu, Senior Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Professor, Medicine, University of Toronto
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1:30-2:00 pm
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PROFYLE
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David Malkin, Director, Cancer Genetics Program and Senior Scientist, Sick Kids and Professor, Pediatrics, University of Toronto
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2:00-2:42 pm
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Fireside Chat: “What is the Next Frontier to Battle Cancer?”
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Moderated by Aaron Schimmer, Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PMCC) and Director, Research Institute, PMCC
Panelists:
Cheryl Arrowsmith, Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Cancer, and Professor, Medical Biophysics, U of T(TBC)
Philippe Bedard, Staff Medical Oncologist and Clinical Director, Genomics Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Sheila Singh, Professor, Surgery and Biochemistry, and Director, Pediatric Brain Tumour Study Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Uri Tabori, Senior Scientist, SickKids and Professor, Pediatrics, University of Toronto and
Christine Williams, Immunologist and Executive Vice-President and Head, Implementation Science, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
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2:43- 2:45 pm
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Closing Remarks
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André Veillette, Executive Director, MOHCCN and Director, Molecular Oncology Research Unit, IRCM and Professor of Medicine, Université de Montréal
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Walk to Reception
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3:00-4:00 pm
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Reception at the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (700 University Avenue, 4th floor)
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