Tuesday - Personalised Medicine: from cancer genomics to clinical benefits - VCCC building Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Inaugural Research Conference 2017

Opening Remarks: Ricky Johnstone and Paul Omond

• Patterns of somatic mutation in cancer - Peter Campbell
• Telomere instability in cells with insufficient telomerase - Elizabeth Blackburn
• Reactivating tumour suppressor pathways to treat melanoma - Grant McArthur

• Metabolic regulation of immuno-oncology - Craig Thompson
• Identifying cells of origin of breast cancer - Jane Visvader
• Targeting BCL2 in blood cancers – successful translation into practice - Andrew Roberts

• Using genomics to understand cell of origin in leukemia - Charles Mullighan
• Preclinical models for personalised approaches in the treatment of childhood leukaemia - Richard Lock
• RNA sequencing to find cancer fusion genes and new cancer biology - Paul Ekert

• Making probability personal: identifying pathogenic variants and testing for them when it matters - John Burn
• The use of personalized DNA testing to guide screening for colorectal cancer - Mark Jenkins
• Predicting breast cancer incidence: determining what information is important - Robert MacInnis

Closing Remarks: Sean Grimmond

•     - Sean Grimmond