METABOLISM, STEM CELLS, AND CANCER

Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  Stephanie Ma, PhD

  School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine
  The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 

  Ton Rabelink, MD

  Internal Medicine
  Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Presenting Author(s)

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  Anupama Hemalatha, PhD

  Multicellular Systems
  Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
• 

  Jonathan Jung (he/him/his)

  The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research
  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• 

  Tianchi Xin, PhD

  Genetics
  Yale School of Medicine, United States
• LZ

  Leonard Zon, MD

  Boston Children's Hospital, USA

This session will explore the connections between cellular metabolism, stem cells, and cancer, revealing the intricate relationships that hold potential for innovative therapeutic approaches.

Presentations:

• METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TO DRIVE CANCER STEMNESS
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Stephanie Ma, PhD – The University of Hong Kong
• ONCOGENIC KRAS INITIATES SKIN TUMOR IN A NICHE DEPENDENT MANNER
  

  Presenting Author: Tianchi Xin, PhD – Yale School of Medicine
• IDENTIFICATION OF LINEAGE-SPECIFIC CANCER-RELATED MUTATIONS IN HUMAN PLURIPOTENT AND ADULT STEM CELLS
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan Jung (he/him/his) – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• METABOLIC REWIRING DRIVES TOLERANCE TO ONCOGENIC MUTATIONS IN THE SKIN STEM CELLS
  

  Presenting Author: Anupama Hemalatha, PhD – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
• TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS TFEC AND MAFB SPECIFY HUMAN IPSC TO BLOOD STEM CELL-SUPPORTIVE SINUSOIDAL VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
  

  Presenting Author: Leonard I. Zon, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
• METABOLISM IN THE TISSUE MICROENVIRONMENT REGULATES KIDNEY (RE)GENERATION
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Ton Rabelink, MD – Leiden University Medical Center