Third Australian Translational Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Symposium

The Australian Translational Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Symposium 2018 is a one of a kind event in the Australian research meeting calendar. Its objective is to bring together the large breast and prostate cancer research community, spanning basic researchers and clinicians, for two days of updates in cutting edge translational breast and prostate cancer research.

The plenary speakers for the 2018 meeting are Myles Brown, an opinion leader in prostate and breast cancer research, and Judy Garber, a leader in cancer genetics and past president of the AACR, both from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. We have also assembled a national faculty of key leaders in breast and prostate cancer research.

Speakers:

Myles Brown (Dana-Faber/Harvard) - Plenary

Judy Garber (Dana-Farber/Harvard) – Plenary

Geoffrey Lindeman (WEHI) – Plenary

Jason Carroll (Cambridge) 

Lisa Butler (SAHMRI)

Kristin Brown (Peter Mac)

Ian Campbell (Peter Mac)

Sue Clark (Garvan)

Niall Corcoran (Epworth)

Tom Cox (Garvan) 

Sara-Jane Dawson (Peter Mac)

Vanessa Hayes (Garvan)

Lisa Horvath (Lifehouse)

Anthony Joshua (The Kinghorn Cancer Centre)

Sherene Loi (Peter Mac)

Luke Selth (University of Adelaide)

Alex Swarbrick (Garvan)

Renae Taylor (Monash)

Shudong Wang (University of South Australia)

The key themes for the 2018 meeting are:

  • Genetics and Epigenetics of Prostate and Breast Cancer
  • Steroid hormone receptor directed therapy
  • Models and Technologies in prostate and breast cancer research
  • Novel biomarkers and targeted therapies

This meeting is free to attend, through the generous sponsorship from Pharma and Estee Lauder. We encourage researchers and clinicians of all stages of their careers to join us.  Registration is limited to the first 300 people.

https://register.gimr.garvan.org.au/cancer/

Poster abstract deadline March 29, 2018

Convenors: Elgene Lim and Alexander Swarbrick. Any questions regarding this Symposium should be directed to: Simon Junankar:  s.junankar@garvan.org.au