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.
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
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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
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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 |