SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH

VIRTUAL SESSIONS ARE NOT LIVE STREAMED. THEY WILL BE RECORDED AND PUBLISHED LATER FOR VIEWING.

8:30am - 4:00pm

Trainee Workshop

*Must be pre-registered to attend.

12:00pm - 7:00pm

Registration Open

5:45pm - 6:00pm

Opening Remarks

Elizabeth Patton

6:00pm - 6:45pm

Keynote Presentation

Unconventional approaches to cancer therapy

Rene Bernards

6:45pm - 6:50pm

Poster Flash Talks

6:45pm - 6:46pm

Feeding frenzy: Melanoma cells phagocytose dead cells to enable tumor invasion

Shruthy Suresh

6:46pm - 6:47pm

Cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol synthase 2 is a synthetic lethal target in melanoma and mesenchymal-like cancers

Tim Arnoldus

6:47pm - 6:48pm

The role of draining lymph nodes in the clonal evolution of melanoma

Tara Muijlwijk

Comprehensive molecular and functional characterization of Brazilian acral melanoma reveals aberrant genetic landscape and therapeutic vulnerabilities

6:48pm - 6:49pm

Annie Sousa-Squiavinato

6:49pm - 6:50pm

Empowering precision medicine in melanoma: Exploring the potential of implantable microdevices for real-time drug testing in both preclinical models and patients

Christos Gkemisis

6:50pm - 6:55pm

Estela Medrano Award Presentation

Daniel Peeper

6:55pm - 7:30pm

Estela Medrano Talk

A roadmap for a targeted skin cancer screening program

Anne Cust

7:30pm - 9:00pm

Welcome Reception, Exhibitors, & Posters