📣 We're Back! The 4th Cancer & Immunology Ideas Forum is on: 🗓️ Friday 16th August 2024 📍NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Sydney 💸 Cost = free! This year @UNSW and @Sydney_Uni are cohosts 🤝 Check out the program and reserve your spot here: https://t.co/7HzAsVpzUW

VA/Prof Orazio Vittorio and Dr Felix Marsh-Wakefield are closing the session for the 2024 Cancer, Immunology Ideas Forum “Translating discoveries from the bench to the clinic can be a lengthy process… We can do better!” @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Congratulations to the winners of the rapid fire presentations, Dr Rehana Hewavisenti, Jayashi Rajapakse and Emily Duchini! And special thanks to @BDBiosciences @nanostringtech @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Dr Arutha Kulasinghe (UQ) enlightened us about deep tissue profiling, by using an integrative multi-omics approach. “You need to go back to the tumour to really understand what’s going on”. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Dr Carole Ford from BD Biosciences takes us through the latest multiomics technologies including BD rhapsody! @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24 @BDBiosciences

Dr Marshal Feterl from Burke & Nanostring talks about the latest technologies in spacial biology that includes GeoMx, CosMx and nCounter! @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine @nanostringtech #CIIF24

Dr. Rehana Hewavisenti delves into the HPV-driven anal dysplasia and HIV, shedding light on potential targets for effective immunotherapies. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

The ECR rapid fire session continues with Dr Ernest Moles talking about CAR-T cell engineering in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma! @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Dr Brenda Maria Rosales enlightened us about sex differences influencing cancer survival in kidney transplant recipients in the ECR rapid fire session! @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

In the ECR 5 minute session starts with Subin Wui speaking about her work on immuno fluorescence analysis of HPV negative oesophageal adenocarcinoma. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Brilliant talk by Dr Kylie James from the Garvan Institute who enlightened us about the differences in the gut microenvironment in ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosis cholangitis! @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Dr Erin Shanahan from USyd enlightens us about the links between gut microbiome and immunotherapies and potential biomarkers. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Dr Sarah Sasson from Kirby Institute, UNSW chairing the microbiome session this morning. Exciting talks upcoming in this session! @sarah_sasson @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Prof Matt Dun from UoN talks about diffuse midline glioma tumour micro environment, associated H3 mutations and potential treatment avenues. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Prof Helen Rizos from MQU takes us through her work on understanding the immune response in Glioblastoma patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Professor Gabrielle Belz from UQ talks about how challenging it is to treat lung cancers and the imbalance in the immune homeostasis that drives the lung immunopathology during tumour development. @KirbyInstitute @UNSWMedicine #CIIF24

Prof Sean Emery (UNSW Senior Vice Dean of Research Strategy & Partners) opens the session this morning! @KirbyInstitute #CIIF24

The Cancer & Immunology Ideas Forum kicks off with a warm welcome from Uncle Allen Madden from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council! @KirbyInstitute #CIIF24

@UQ_News The 2024 Cancer & Immunology Ideas Forum is brought to you by @CancerSPHERE @SydCancerPtnrs Triple I Theme @UNSWMedicine . Big thank-you to co-chairs @DrHelenMcGuire @doc_merlin @VittorioOrazio @sarah_sasson and our superstar operations team 💫.

This year invited Keynote speakers are Prof Gabrielle Belz (@UQ_News ) and Dr Arutha Kulasinghe (@UQ_News) with additional session on Personalised Medicine, Cancer Vaccines, CAR-T & Microbiome

📣 DON'T MISS OUT! You can still register for the 4th Cancer & Immunology Ideas Forum : 🗓️Friday 16th August 2024, Surry Hills NSW 🤝 Co-hosted by @UNSW and @Sydney_Uni 💸Cost = free! ⬇️Check out the program and reserve your spot: https://t.co/7HzAsVpzUW