Liquid Biopsy Symposium
A Satellite Symposium on Liquid Biopsy will take place 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 22nd 2018 at Solstrand Hotel, the day before and at the same place as the CCBIO Annual Symposium 2018.

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The Satellite Symposium is co-organized by the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO), the Bergen Health Strategic Program of Personalized Cancer Therapy (Liquid Biopsies), and Professor Klaus Pantel, University Klinik Hamburg.
Professor Klaus Pantel,ÌýUniversity Klinik Hamburg will be Key Speaker, with additional international speakers.ÌýÌýProfessor Pantel is also anÌýinternational affiliated investigatorÌýat CCBIO.
The Satellite SymposiumÌýwill include updates on circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating nucleic acids and microvesicles, with emphasis on practical and clinical applications and the biology of metastasis. Prominent international experts will present latest results and outlooks.
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Scientific programÌý(see printable versionÌý):
12:00 – 13:00Ìý³¢³Ü²Ô³¦³ó
13:00 –Ìý13:05ÌýWelcome by Professor Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Helse Bergen/CCBIO, Bergen, Norway
13:05 – 13:45ÌýLiquid Biopsies now and ahead. ProfessorÌýKlaus Pantel, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
13:50 – 14:30ÌýIsolation, culture and characterization CTCs. ProfessorÌý, University Medical Centre of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
14:35 – 15:15ÌýExploring tumor heterogeneity within Circulating Tumor Cells: Dr.ÌýCostanza Paoletti, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, USAÌý
15:15 – 15:45ÌýBreak with coffee and refreshments
15:45 – 16:25ÌýExosomes/microvesicles: ProfessorÌýGuido Jenster, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
16:30 – 17:10ÌýCirculating nucleic acids and proteins:ÌýProfessorÌýUlf Landegren, Uppsala University, Sweden
17:15 – 17:30ÌýLiquid biopsies and clinical projects:ÌýBjørnar Gilje, MD, PhD, Helse Stavanger, Norway.
17:35 – 17:50ÌýCirculating tumor DNA as biomarker in clinical trials:ÌýRandi Hovland, PhD,ÌýUniversity of Bergen/Helse Bergen, Norway
19:30ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýDinner
Professor Klaus Pantel and other participants will continue their stay at theÌýCCBIO Annual Symposium 2018 starting at the same place the next morningÌýMay 23rdÌýand 24thÌýfor follow-up discussions.
Also see information onÌýthe CCBIO Annual Symposium 2018.