CCBIO's 4th Symposium (2016)
Centre for Cancer Biomarkers' 4th CCBIO Annual Symposium was held at Solstrand 10.-11. May 2016. The symposium at Solstrand facilitates that students and researchers can make new contacts and catch up on the latest cancer research in their field.
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CCBIO
The Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) is a Norwegian Centre of Excellence established at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in 2013. CCBIO works on cancer biomarkers and tailored treatment. The researchers have a special focus on tumor-microenvironment interactions and their importance for metastatic spread and aggressive disease.
Fourth annual symposium
CCBIO organized听its fourth annual symposium at Solstrand 10th-11th May 2016. The CCBIO symposium is a combination of invited, renowned international and national speakers and two long poster sessions during which younger researchers present their research. The selection of which participants that can present their posters is done on the basis of the submitted abstracts.
You can find the program here. 听
Read a news article about the 2016 Symposium here: "Strategy meeting the war against cancer."
International speakers included:
, 听from Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
, Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Collagen Research Unit at the University of Oulu, Finland.
of the prostate cancer clinic Martini-Klinik, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Germany.
, Institute of Hematology,听University of Perugia, Italy.
, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, USA. 听
, from听the听Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre听at the Imperial College London and听the Cancer Division (Division 1) of the听NIHR Clinical Research Network听for North West London, UK.
, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
, UT Southwestern Medical Center,听the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, USA.
, the Tumor Immunology Unit,听Cancer Gustave Roussy Institute,听France
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In addition you will get to hear from CCBIO researchers and other national cancer researchers, as well as young and upcoming investigators:
,听the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
, Oslo University Hospital,听Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Molecular Oncology
, Oslo University Hospital, the Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Immunology
Lars A. Akslen, the University of Bergen, CCBIO and the Department of Clinical Medicine
Bj酶rn-Tore Gjertsen, the University of Bergen, CCBIO and the Department of Clinical Scence
Emmet McCormack, the University of Bergen, Department of Clinical Science
Dana Costea, the University of Bergen, Department of Clinical Medicine
Ingfrid Haldorsen, the University of Bergen, Department of Clinical Medicine
Elisabeth Wik, the University of Bergen, CCBIO and the Department of Clinical Medicine
Anne Blanchard, the University of Bergen, CCBIO and the听Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities
Camilla Krakstad, the University of Bergen, Department of Biomedicine
Xisong Ke, the University of Bergen, Department of Clinical Science
Kelly Seo, the University of Bergen and the听London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
International networking
There are normally about 200 participants so this is a great opportunity for international networking within the field of cancer research.
In order to enable us to accommodate 200 participants in the 135 rooms available, we are wholly dependent upon as many as possible sharing rooms (up to four).听 So, please indicate if and with whom, you are willing to share your room when you
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Read about earlier symposia
Read here about last year's symposium
and also the article听World leading cancer researchers met at Solstrand
The heavily subsidized registration fee is 2000 NOK/240 Euro per person.
Contact person: Geir Olav L酶ken听
You can find practical information here.
Read more about the venue, the historical hotel Solstrand Hotel & Bad .
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