Program

09:00 - 11:30 
Young Scientist Meeting

08:30 - 09:00
Early bird breakfast

09:00 - 09:10
Welcome note

09:10 - 11:15
Empowering the next researcher generation
Program designed by PhD students of RTG2751 in conjunction with German Pancreatic Cancer Research network
Session chairs: RTG2751/CRU325/CRU5002/CRC1321

10:20 – 10:35 Coffee break

How to plan your career? A good paper is…?

11:15 - 12:00 Lunch bites

12:00
Welcome Note Main Conference
Prof. Jonas Rosendahl, Prof. Ivonne Regel, Prof. Tony Gutschner

Session 1:  Early is the key – Biomarkers and approaches for early pancreatic cancer detection 

12:10 - 12:35
Understanding the early events in PDAC development are key for a better treatment

12:35 - 12:50
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

12:50 - 13:05
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

13:05 - 13:30
PDAC precursor lesions – How to stratify the cancer risk

13:30 - 14:00 Coffee & Cake

Session 2: Current standards and novel treatment options in PDAC

14:00 - 14:25
Surgery in PDAC – Still the most promising approach?

14:25 - 14:50
Current guideline recommendations for non-surgical treatment

14:50 - 15:05
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

15:05 - 15:20
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

15:20 - 15:45
How will we treat PDAC patients in 10 years?

15:45 - 17:00
Poster Session A - With Coffee & Cake

17:15 - 18:00
Key Note Lecture - New biomarkers on the horizon (or why not)?

18:30
Conference Get Together09:00 - 11:30  

7:30 - 8:30
Pancreatic Cancer Run (Guide: Jörg Kleeff and Tony Gutschner; meeting point: Market  square/Händel monument; distance: ~5K or 10K)

Session 3: Cellular heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer

09:00 - 09:25
The immune cell landscape in PDAC

09:25 - 09:40
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

09:40 - 09:55
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

09:55 - 10:20
Novel insights into the tumor stroma

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee

Session 4: Novel models and approaches to study pancreatic cancer

10:50 - 11:15
Organoids in PDAC research – Lessons learned

11:15 - 11:30
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

11:30 - 11:45
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

11:45 - 12:10
Models to understand cell plasticity in PDAC development 

12:10 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 - 14:30 
Poster Session B

14:30 - 15:15 
Key Note Lecture

Clonal dominance defines metastatic dissemination in PDAC

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee & Cake

Session 5: RNA biology meets PDAC

15:45 - 16:10
RNA-dependent cell fate decisions (RNA-DECIDE)

16:10 - 16:25
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

16:25 - 16:40
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

16:40 - 17:05
LncRNAs – Promising targets in PDAC?

18:00 
Social networking program 

19:30 Congress Dinner

Session 6: Emerging topics in PDAC

09:00 - 09:25
Tumor escape mechanisms in PDAC

09:25 - 09:50
EU funding – What to do to be successful

09:50 - 10:05
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

10:05 - 10:20
PhD student/Postdoc (from the consortia)

10:20 - 10:45 Coffee

10:45 - 11:10
Amino acid transporters in acinar cell fate

11:10 - 11:35
Metabolic reprogramming in PDAC initiation

11:35 - 12:00
The link between Diabetes and PDAC

12:00 - 12:30
Awards & Farewell incl. snacks before departure
Prof. Jonas Rosendahl, Prof. Ivonne Regel, Prof. Tony Gutschner