World Cancer Day
2025
World Cancer Day 2025
Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
Jaglom Hall, Tel Aviv University
HOST:
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Director, Cancer Biology Research Center
YouTube link for the live broadcast:
https://youtube.com/live/ptY1scbBC7E
08:45-09:00
GREETINGS:
- Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Director, Cancer Biology Research Center
- Prof. Dan Peer, Vice President for Research and Development, Tel Aviv University
SESSION I
09:00-09:20
Prof. Yosef Shiloh, Tel Aviv University
Cell senescence and genome instability: Emerging insights and a new player
09:20-09:40
Prof. Ruth Scherz-Shouval, Weizmann Institute of Science
Tumor-stroma co-evolution
09:40-10:00
Prof. Yishai Ofran, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Chromosomal instability and BCR/ABL transcripts variations
10:00-10:20
Prof. Carmit Levy, Tel Aviv University
Melanosomes’ role in melanoma immunity
10:20-10:40
Prof. Shai Shen-Orr, Technion
Charting immune landscape dynamics
10:40-11:00
Coffee break
SESSION II
11:00-11:20
Prof. Yosef Yarden, Weizmann Institute of Science
Acquired patient resistance to anti-cancer therapies
11:20-11:40
Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Technion
Functional plasticity in the gut microbiome and its potential in cancer
11:40-12:00
Prof. Rachela Popovtzer, Bar-Ilan University
The golden approach for brain metastasis
12:00-12:20
Prof. Talia Golan, Sheba Medical Center
Therapeutic exploitation of DNA damage deficiency in pancreatic cancer
12:20-12:40
Prof. Roded Sharan, Tel Aviv University
Data integration in a network context
