Please save the date for the next Cancer Research UK Convergence Science Centre Symposium, which will take place in-person at the Royal Geographical Society, SW7 2AR.

Welcome into our world of Convergence: an opportunity to be at the forefront of collaborative innovation at the interface of biological and physical sciences: “Engineering Cancer Research”.

 

We invite you to join our annual symposium where engineering and cancer research converge, creating a unique platform for researcher to engage with the future of biomedical research.

 

Programme:

Our upcoming symposium will be a celebration of technology's transformative power, echoing the remarkable career of our keynote speaker, Professor Mehmet Toner, a renowned Bioengineer from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Professor Toner's remarkable contributions to biomedical sciences span bio-sensing, regenerative medicine, and tissue engineering. He played a pivotal role in developing cutting-edge microdevices for point-of-care diagnostics, addressing conditions such as cancer, AIDS, genetic defects, and infectious diseases.

 

13:00	Welcome by Professor Axel Behrens
13:15	Session 1: Convergence of Cancer Biology and Engineering
	Professor Rylie Green – Head of the Bioengineering Department at Imperial College London Professor Udai Banerji – Co-Director of the Drug Development Unit (The ICR – Royal Marsden)  Dr Paul Huang – Deputy Director of the Joint Royal Marsden-ICR Sarcoma Research Centre Professor Yan Yan Sheri Huang – CRUK Cambridge Centre, Department of Bioengineering, University of Cambridge
14:35	Patient and Public Involvement with Kelly Gleason
14:45	Sponsors Flash Talks
15:00	Posters and Stands Session + Refreshments
16:00	Student Short Talks
16:20	Session 2: Engineering in medical interventions
	Professor Dow-Mu Koh – Co-director AI imaging Hub at The Royal Marsden NIHR BRC Professor Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami – Department of Surgery & Cancer at Imperial College London Professor Constantin Coussios – Director of the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford
17:20	Professor the Lord Ara Darzi – Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and co-founder of the CRUK Convergence Science Centre
17:40	Keynote address: Professor Mehmet Toner – Helen Andrus Benedict Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
18:20	Drinks and networking

 

 

To register please fill the form.

 

NB: Availability of tickets for external academics within the CRUK network will be on a first-come, first-served basis.