11th - 12th April 2024
Palazzo Bo, Padova
The Pancreatic Cancer Symposium will be the first edition of an international meeting that brings together researchers and clinician-scientists at the forefront of knowledge of pancreatic cancer. It is organized by the Italian Pancreatic Cancer Community and the University of Padova. This congress serves as a platform for the exchange of cutting-edge research, innovative treatments, and multidisciplinary insights aimed at improving outcomes for those affected by pancreatic cancer. Our shared goal is to accelerate progress in the understanding, diagnosis, and management of this complex disease.
DEADLINE: March, 22th, 2024
TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE
IPCC invites trainees at all levels to the Symposium and show their work in form of poster or oral presentation. Two abstracts will be selected and presented in plenary sessions. Multiple opportunities to support travel expenses will also be available.
Sponsored by:
Fondazione Nadia Valsecchi
Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Pancreas (AISP)
SPONSORED BY
Invited Speakers
Nuria Malats
CNIO, Madrid
Maximilian Reichert
TUM, Munich
Fabienne Guillaumond
INSERM, Marseille
Day 1 - April 11th
13:30 Welcome
14:00 Keynote lecture – Chair: V. Corbo
Nuria Malats (Centro National de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO), ES)
“Challenges in screening sporadic pancreatic cancer”
14:45 Patient engagement session – Chair: Federica Valsecchi
14:45 Federica Valsecchi (Fondazione Nadia Valsecchi): patients perspective
14:55 Piero Rivizzigno (Codice Viola): patients perspective
15:05 Short Talk #1 – Fond. Nadia Valsecchi Fellowship in memoriam of Laura Ziliani – “TBA”
15:20 Short Talk #2 – Fond. Nadia Valsecchi Fellowship in memoriam of Massimo Canonica – “TBA”
15:35 Vincenzo Corbo, University of Verona
“Intra-tumor heterogeneity and phenotypic adaptation in pancreatic cancer”
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 Session 1 – Chair: S. Lovisa
16:30 Elisa Giovannetti, Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza and VU Medical Center, Amsterdam
“Integrating preclinical models and liquid biopsy approaches to fight pancreatic cancer resistance”
16:55 Miriam Martini, University of Torino
“Decoding altered signaling pathways and nutrient sensing in Pancreatic Cancer”
17:20 Enza Lonardo, Institute of Genetic and Biophysics CNR, Naples
“Tumor-Stroma Crosstalk in Pancreatic Cancer”
17:45 Loretta del Mercato, Institute of Nanotechnology of CNR (CNR NANOTEC), Lecce
“Advanced sensing platforms for microenvironment monitoring in pancreatic cancer models”
18:10 Keynote lecture – Chair: L. Leanza
Maximilian Reichert (Technische Universität München, DE)
“Mapping the Pancreatic Cancer Organoid Landscape to Identify and Target Dynamic Tumor Cell States”
20:00 Social dinner (Gourmetteria, via Zabarella 23, Padova)
Day 2 - April 12th
09:00 Keynote lecture – Chair: A. Carrer
Fabienne Guillaumond-Marchai (INSERM Marseille, FR)
“Remodeling of lipid metabolism in pancreatic adenocarcinoma”
09:45 Session 2 – Chair: N. Malats
09:45 Paolo Ettore Porporato, University of Torino
“Role of iron metabolism in cachexia and inflammation”
10:10 Luigi Leanza, University of Padova (DiBio)
“Targeting ion channels in advanced PDAC”
10:35 Coffe break
11:00 AISP-sponsored Session 3 – Chair: F. Marchesi
11:00 Silvia Carrara (Humanitas Clinical Institute & AISP president)
11:20 Short Talk #3 – AISP Travel Fellowship in memoriam of Mario Sala – “TBA”
11:35 Short Talk #4 – AISP Travel Fellowship in memoriam of Donatella Massara – “TBA”
11:50 Session 4 – Chair: F. Guillaumond
11:50 Paola Cappello, University of Torino
“Characterization of a novel immune checkpoint in pancreatic cancer”
12:15 Federica Marchesi, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano
“Immune variables as clinically relevant markers in pancreatic cancer”
12:40 Lunch & Poster Viewing
14:30 Sponsored Session 5 – Chair: P. Cappello
STANDARD BIOTOOLS presents: Marco Erreni, Humanitas Research Hospital
“Investigation of pancreatic cancer TME by imaging mass Cytometry”
15:00 Session 6 – Chair: M. Reichert
15:00 Sara Lovisa, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano
“Microenvironmental landscape in pancreatic pre-neoplastic lesions”
15:25 Carmine Carbone, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome
“Exploring IPMN malignant progression using next-generation omics technologies”
15:50 Alessandro Carrer, University of Padova (DiBio)
“Metabolic-epigenetic crosstalk in the evolution of precursor lesions”
16:15 Giuseppe Riccardo Diaferia, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan
“Histologically resolved transcriptional states reveals functional vulnerability of PDAC”
16:40 Coffee break
17:15 Round Table
Can stakeholders come together to attack pancreatic cancer?
18:15 Closing remarks and wrap-up
Best poster award
List of IPCC Speakers
Vincenzo Corbo, University of Verona
Loretta del Mercato, Institute of Nanotechnology of CNR (CNR NANOTEC), Lecce
Alessandro Carrer, University of Padova (DiBio)
Miriam Martini, University of Turin
Enza Lonardo, Institute of Genetic and Biophysic CNR, Naples
Elisa Giovannetti, Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Federica Marchesi, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano
Giuseppe Riccardo Diaferia, European Instiute of Oncology, Milan
Paolo Ettore Porporato, University of Turin
Sara Lovisa, Humanitas Research Institute, Milan
Carmine Carbone, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome
Paola Cappello, University of Turin
Luigi Leanza, University of Padova (DiBio)