Master Class “Hallmarks of Cancer”

Master Class
“Hallmarks of Cancer”
March 20, 2015
Prof. Douglas Hanahan
TEFAF Oncology Chair 2015
Location: Maastricht School of Management,
Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht
Program
09.00-09.30
Registration, coffee and tea
09.30-09.35
Welcome by Frans Ramaekers
Scientific Director GROW–School for Oncology & Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center
09.35-10.20
Douglas Hanahan
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Lausanne
“Case studies in therapeutic targeting hallmarks of cancer²”
10.20-11.05
Jan Hoeijmakers
Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam
“Understanding nucleotide excision repair and its roles in
cancer and ageing”
11.05-11.50
Peter Carmeliet
Vesalius Research Center (VIB), University of Leuven
“Angiogenesis revisited: principles and strategies”
11.50-12.35
Daniel Peeper
The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
“Systematic genetic perturbation to reveal oncogenic
dependencies in vitro and in vivo”
12.45-13.30
Lunch
13.30-14.15
Hans Bos
University Medical Center Utrecht
“Targetting Ras signalling in personalized cancer
treatment"
14.15-15.00
Carl Figdor
Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen
“Immunotherapy in the fight against cancer’
15.00
Closing
Travel time to Aula Maastricht University, Minderbroederberg 4-6
16.00
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. Douglas Hanahan
TEFAF Oncology Chair 2015
“The daunting complexity of cancer:
Understanding the battlefield is a step toward winning the war”
Attendance is free but registration is obligatory before March 10, 2015.
Please register by e-mail, including your name, department and address to:
Secretariaat-grow@maastrichtuniversity.nl
More information:
GROW Office
Brigitte Custers & Tamara van de Laar
Phone: +31 43 3881863
www.grow-um.nl