Manchester Breast Centre (MBC) Symposium
Date: Thursday 18th July 2024
Venue: Oglesby Cancer Research Building, 555 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4GJ
Time: 11:00am to 5:00pm
This event provides an opportunity for researchers at all levels from the Manchester Breast Centre, and any interested colleagues, to share their work, learn from, and network with each other.
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Agenda
11:00 - 11:10 Welcome & Introduction by Rob Clarke, Director of the Manchester Breast Centre
11:10 - 11:40 Andrea Morandi, University of Florence, Italy - "Revealing Breast Cancer Vulnerabilities by Dissecting Metabolic Reprogramming"
11:40 - 11:55 David Withey – “Investigating the Microenvironment in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases”
11:55 - 12:25 Sonia Castillo-Lluva, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain - "Identification of a New Gene Signature that Predicts Luminal A Tumor Recurrence"
12:25 - 12:35 Lightning talks by poster presenters (1 minute each)
12:35 - 13:45 Lunch and poster session
Anthony Wilby: "A Novel Preclinical Model of the Normal Human Breast"
Fatih Eroglu: "Engineering a physiologically relevant scaffold and scaffold-free 3D bone models for investigating breast cancer metastasis to bone"
Katy Pinnell: “Targeting ERK5 as a novel approach to ameliorate breast cancer metastasis to the bone”
Mariarosa Fava: “Potential Role of TXNIP as a Mediator of FoxO3a Antitumor Activity in Tamoxifen-sensitive and Resistant Breast Cancer Cells”c
Megan Green: “Developing a 3D Hydrogel Model of the Human Mammary Gland to Investigate Breast Cancer Initiation”
Megan (Jia Wen) Lian: " The role of Cryptochromes in breast cancer"
Naomi Eastwood: "Deciphering the Transcription Factor Network and Enhancer Activity Controlled by ARID1A in Lobular Cancers"
Sara Cabral: "Developing an in vitro model of breast cancer to bone metastasis"
Valentina Sergi: “S100A8/A9 a novel target of insulin signaling in breast cancer”
Yuki Zhou: “Coupling LCM-MS and IMC: A Spatial Proteomic Approach to Understanding Breast Tissue Density and Cancer Risk”
Lobular Moon Shot Project / Susan Michaelis: “Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer (ILC) and the work of the Lobular Moon Shot Project”
13:45 - 14:15 Ernestina de Francesco, “Kore” University of Enna, Italy - "Targeting the connections between Insulin/IGF axis and RAGE signalling in breast cancer"
14:15 - 14:30 Eleanor Roberts - "Refining Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer in Women of Black Origin”
14:30 - 14:45 Charlotte Mellor – “BioID Analysis Identifies Novel Interacting Partners of the Bcl-2 Family at Mitochondria”
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:15 John Castle - “Investigating a proposed anti-cancer immunity effect of Rivaroxaban in breast cancer”
15:15 - 15:30 Sevim Beyza Gürler - “HER2 overexpression initiates breast tumorigenesis non-cell-autonomously by inducing oxidative stress in the tissue microenvironment”
15:30 - 16:00 Frances Turrell – “The ageing microenvironment in ER+ breast cancer dormancy and metastatic relapse”
16:00 - 16:15 Prize presentation and close
16:15 - 17:00 Drinks and networking
The MBC Symposium is sponsored by Breast Cancer Now, Agilent, Proteintech and Navinci, they have had no input into the agenda, topics or choice of speakers.
