Navigating Brain Tumour Diagnosis: Innovations and Strategies Symposium

You are invited to attend a one-day symposium at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester, to discuss the recent advancements in diagnostic approaches and tools that are being developed for the early detection, diagnosis and non-invasive monitoring of brain tumours across the UK.

Invited Presentations
The discussion will involve key stakeholders (including biotech partners) and opinion leaders from across the UK and cover the following focus areas:

• Genomics
• Multi-omics / Proteomics
• Extracellular vesicles and circulating tumour cells

Confirmed speakers:

• Prof. Matthew Loose, University of Nottingham
• Assistant Prof. Richard Mair, University of Cambridge
• Prof. Nelofer Syed, Imperial College London
• Stephen Robinson, Prof. Georgios Giamas, University of Sussex
• Prof. Paul Brennan, University of Edinburgh
• Prof. Beth Coyle, University of Nottingham​​​​​
• Prof. Petra Hamerlik, University of Manchester
• Industry partners: OLINK, SomaLogic, Merck, Oxford Nanopore

Lightning Talks

• Five researchers will have the opportunity to present a 3-minute – 3-slide ‘Lightning Talk’ on one of the above-listed focus areas.
• Please submit an abstract (max 250 words) to brooke.thompson@manchester.ac.uk by 1st August.
• Talks will be selected via internal triage and successful applicants will be informed w/c 12th August. Submissions from Early Career Researchers are highly encouraged.

Mini-Workshop
We will have an open discussion to come up with and draft a statement regarding the following:

• How to ensure sample and data access at the national level?
• Experimental design and statistical consideration for early detection studies: development stage
• AI and technical advances in biomarker development – how do we keep up?
• Industry collaboration and commercialisation – what does a successful path look like?

Details

• This event is aimed at clinical, academic, funder and commercial colleagues.
• 9am to 5.00pm, Wednesday 11th September at Pendulum Hotel, Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB.
• For further information and to register for the event, please click here: Navigating Brain Tumour Diagnosis: Innovations and Strategies Symposium Tickets, Wed, Sep 11, 2024, at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
• Registration will close on 11th August 2024.
• Registration for the event is free, but we would kindly ask that if you register you make every effort to attend. If you are unable to join us on the day, please let brooke.thompson@manchester.ac.uk know in advance.