PROGRAM

From neuroblast to Neuroblastoma

June 12th 2019

09:00 - 09:15 Registration & coffee

09:15 - 09:30 Welcome by Frank Speleman

09:30 - 10:50 Session I: Neural crest development

09:30 - 10:15 Update on sympathetic nervous system development by prof. H. Rohrer, Goehte University, Frankfurt
10:15 - 10:50 An accessible embryonic model in the search of tumor initiation by dr. S. Mohlin, Lund University,
Sweden

10:50 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45 Session II

11:15 - 12:00 Normal development of neural crest towards sympatho-adrenal lineage by prof. I. Adameyko,
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
12:00 - 12:30 Neuroblastoma modeling using human pluripotent stem cells by dr. S. Roberts, MSKCC, New York

12:30 - 12:45 General discussion: challenges and opportunities

12:45 - 13:15 Sandwich lunch

13:15 - 14:35 Session III

13:15 - 13:25 The quest for the normal progenitor cells of neuroblastoma by prof. K. De Preter, UGent
13:25 - 13:45 Title by prof. R.Versteeg, UMC, Amsterdam
13:45 - 14:05 Immature neuroblastoma cells are resistent to retinoic acid and synthesize this drug
by dr. J. van Nes, UMC, Amsterdam
14:05 - 14:35 Neuroblastoma organoids as a tool in precision medicin by prof. J. J. Molenaar & dr. E. Dolman,
PMC, Utrecht

14:35 - 14:50 Coffee break

14:50 - 15:20 Session IV

14:50 - 15:20 Cellular heterogeneity in neuroblastoma by dr. S. Jansky, DKFZ, Heidelberg
15:20 - 15:50 Cell identity and plasticity in neuroblastoma by dr. I. Janouiex-Lerosey, Institut Curie, Paris
15:50 - 16:20 CircRNAs - Regulators of neuroblastoma differentiation by prof. J. Schulte, Charité, Berlin
16:20 - 16:50 Tracing the evolution of complex amplification patterns in neuroblastoma by dr. C. Rosswog,
University Children’s Hospital of Cologne

16:50 - 17:00 Closure of meeting