Program – BACR

BACR Annual Meeting 2025

Molecular Pathways in

Tumor Onset, Progression, and Prevention

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The online abstract book is available HERE.
Scientific committee: BACR Board


9:00	Registration, poster mounting & coffee


9:30 – 12:15	MORNING SESSION Chair: Prof. Nuyts Sandra & Prof. Geert Berx
9:30	Welcome
9:45	Invited speaker 1 Prof Ludwig Dubois University Maastricht “Impact of radiation-induced lymphopenia on the outcome of radiation-immunotherapy treatment”
10:15	Invited speaker 2 Prof Maxime Tarabichi ULB Brussels “Unfolding the somatic genome evolution of human cancers from fertilisation to resection”
10:45	Coffee break & Poster viewing
11:15	Young investigators: oral presentations of 4 selected abstracts Selected abstract 1 Spatiotemporal optical barcoding identifies polyclonal synergism as driver for melanoma lymph node metastasis. Nikolakopoulos Apostolis – KU Leuven Selected abstract 2 pH-gated CAR T cell activation with a diphtheria toxin translocation domain adaptor Lauwers Heleen – University Ghent Selected abstract 3 Multiomics immune profiling of a patient-relevant Orthotopic Lung Cancer model using seperate-SEQ Allonsius Lize – VUB Brussels Selected abstract 4 Endothelial cells-secreted cathepsin A induces PHGDH loss and metastasis via chaperonemediated autophagy Demicco Margherita – KU Leuven
12:15	BACR: general assembly (members only)


12:30 – 14:00	LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION


14:00 – 16:45	AFTERNOON SESSION Chair: Prof. Diether Lambrechts & Prof. Akeila Bellahcene
14:00	Young investigators: oral presentations of 4 selected abstracts Selected abstract 5 PI3K and MAPK signaling nodes as divergent drivers of phenotypic plasticity in cancer-associated fibroblasts in colorectal cancer De Vuyst Felix – University Ghent Selected abstract 6 Luminal stem cell plasticity dictates the aggressiveness of mammary tumors Novello Brigida – ULB Selected abstract 7 mTORC2-dependent remodelling of alveolar macrophages supports immune evasion in lung cancer Renaude Elodie – Université Liege Selected abstract 8 Microenvironment-Driven Reprogramming of RUNX1–SRC Signaling in Melanoma Progression Shijie Tang – KU Leuven
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	Invited speaker 3 Prof Lars Vereecke University Gent “Host-Microbiota interactions during colorectal cancer development”
16:00	Invited speaker 4 Prof Colinda Scheele University Leuven and VIB – EACR SPEAKER “Impact of the menstrual cycle on breast cancer formation and treatment response”
16:30	Awards ceremony for best oral and poster presentations Concluding remarks
17:00	End of conference