Program

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Some of the worlds brightest medical and scientific minds are coming together in early March 2024 to to tackle paediatric brain cancer, sharing insights and research findings to bolster the fight against the insidious childhood disease.

Featuring presentations from internationally renowned leaders in the field and chaired by Children’s Brain Cancer Centre Co-Directors Tim Hassall and Brandon Wainwright, the event will provide researchers with the opportunity to network and ideate together.

The conference program time zone is GMT+10, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

*Program is subject to change. See the program for ACBCC 2023 here.

08:00
Registration Open - Tea and coffee available
09:00

Acknowledgement of Country

Conference Opening
Lyndsey Rice, Children's Hospital Foundation

09:15-10:30
Plenary Session: Translational Molecular Pathology
Session Chair: Prof Brandon Wainwright

Molecular characterization and clinical implications for paediatric glioma
Dr Cynthia Hawkins

A Systems Biology Approach to Mapping Genetic Dependencies in Paediatric Brain Cancer
Prof Ron Firestein
10:30-11:00
Morning tea with poster viewing
11:00-12:20
Selected Abstracts
Session Chair: Ms Anja Kordowski

Targeting Post-Translational Protein Modification to Halt Diffuse Midline Glioma Tumorgenicity
Dr Benjamin Rayner

Novel Formulation to Target MYCN expression and Copper Level in DIPG and Overcome Multidrug Resistance
Dr Riccardo Cazzoli

DRD2 antagonism induces immune-tumour surveillance, warming the tumor immune microenvironment of diffuse midline glioma models
Miss Mika Persson

Rational combination targeting of therapeutic dependencies in Diffuse Midline Glioma
Dr Ryan Duchatel
12:20-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Plenary Session: Epigenetics
Session Chair: Prof Raelene Endersby

Human prefrontal cortex gene regulatory dynamics from gestation to adulthood at single-cell resolution
Prof Ryan Lister
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Exploring the boundaries of nuclear reprogramming
Prof Jose Polo

RNA-mediated regulation of PRC2 – lessons from a complex story
Dr Qi Zhang
15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea with poster viewing
15:30-17:00
Plenary Session: Clinical Implementation
Session Chair: Prof Greig du Zubicaray

The First Year of Accredited Methylation Array Profiling in Australia
Dr Christine White

The utility of cancer genomic testing in paediatric cancer
Assoc Prof Aideen McInerney-Leo

Pediatric Low Grade Glioma Survivors’ Need for Survivorship Care: Piloting ‘Engage’ a Multidisciplinary, E-Health Intervention.
Dr Jordana McLoone

The program session made possible thanks to the support from
17:00
Poster session
18:00
Close
19:00-22:00
Conference Dinner, Sky Room, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

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08:00
Registration Open - Tea and coffee available
09:00
Opening
09:15-10:30
Plenary Session: Gliomagenesis and Preclinical Models
Session Chair: Prof Bryan Day

Injury reprogramming at the origin of glioma
Dr Peter Dirks

Emulating natural tissue barriers in the laboratory to improve preclinical cancer models
Prof Geraldine O'Neill
10:30-11:00
Morning tea with poster viewing
11:00-12:20
Selected Abstracts
Session Chair: Dr Marija Kiska

Addressing the blood-brain barrier challenge in Diffuse Midline Glioma
Dr Maria Tsoli

ATR Inhibitor AZD6738 Enhances the Efficacy of Chemotherapy and Radiation in Preclinical Models of Medulloblastoma
Dr Meegan Howlett

CD63 is a tumour associated antigen for DMG and can be targeted with novel CD63 CAR T cells
Dr Alexander Davenport

Spatial Transcriptomic Sequencing of a DIPG Patient Tumour Resource
Ms Anja Kordowski
12:20-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Plenary Session: Breakthroughs and Bioinformatics
Session Chair: Prof Misty Jenkins

Changing the paradigm for childhood brain cancer
Prof David Ziegler

Mapping differential responses to drug using spatial multiomics
Dr Quan Nguyen

Computational immunogenomic approaches to predict neoantigens treatment response
Dr Venkat Addala
15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea with poster viewing
15:30-16:45
Plenary Session: Innovative Therapeutics
Session Chair: Dr Tim Hassall

FLASH Radiotherapy: A Synergy of Physics, Biology and Medicine
Dr Anthony Mascia

Tackling Childhood Brain Cancer on a Tiny Scale
Prof Maria Kavallaris
16:45-17:15
Awards and Closing
17:30-19:30
Conference Networking Function, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
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