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Tuesday 5th December

Liquid Biopsy & AI - Chair:  Dr Michael Brand

GMT

14:00

Dr Michael Brand

Sensor100

Introduction

14:10

Prof Ian Cree

CanTech

Early cancer detection: challenges for implementation

14:50

Joseph Broomfield

Imperial College

Handheld ISFET Lab-on-Chip device for the detection of circulating AR and YAP1 mRNA for prostate cancer prognostics

15:00

Dr Nigel Sansom

PinPoint Data Science

The PinPoint Test, a Machine Learning-based test for Cancer in symptomatic patients.

15:30

Break

15:45

Dagmar Schneider

Nandatec GmbH

Harnessing data mining for predictive modeling in ocular melanoma cancer care

16:15

Dr Matthew Owens

BioCaptiva

The challenges of sample size in liquid biopsy

Wednesday 6th December

Biomarkers in Breath and Urine - Chair Prof Pedro Estrela

14:00

Prof Pedro Estela

University of Bath

Introduction

14:10

Dr Mariana Ferreira Leal

Owlstone Medical

Evolution trial: Proof-of-mechanism for a diagnostic probe using an on-breath volatile reporter for lung cancer.

14:50

 Fariza Aina Abd Manan

Uni Putra Malaysia

Aptamer Conjugated Chitosan-based Nanocarriers for Possible Targeted Theranostic of Non-Muscle Bladder Cancer

15:00

Mark Verheijden 

Qurin Diagnostics

Optical biosensing of hypermethylated DNA biomarkers in urine for early cancer diagnostics

15:30

Prof Liang Hao

Boston University

CRISPR-Cas-amplified urinary biomarkers for multiplexed and portable cancer diagnostics

16:00

Break

Panel Discussion: What is needed to take a diagnostic test from lab to clinic

[Or: Why isn't the UK a world leader in cancer diagnositics?]

16:10

Panelists

Prof Pedro Estrela

University of Bath

Moderator

Dr David Jenkinson

LifeArc

Dr Simon Bayly

The Francis Crick Institute

Prof Ian Cree

CanTech

Thursday 7th December

Biosensors for Cancer Biomarkers - Chair:  Dr Michael Brand

14:00

Dr Michael Brand

Sensor100

Inroduction

14:10

Dr Melpomeni Kalofonou

Imperial College

Decentralising cancer diagnostics using Lab-on-Chip technology – towards a lab-free model for clinical use

14:50

Prof Pedro Estrela

University of Bath

Point-of-care electrochemical sensors for cancer diagnosis and cancer management

15:30

Prof Stefano Cinti

University of Naples

Electrochemical strips to manage cancer in decentralized settings

16:10

Break

16:25

tba

17:15

Prof Sylvain Ladame

Imperial College

Improving triage and diagnosis of skin cancer patients in primary care setting through non-invasive sampling and detection of molecular bio markers from skin interstitial fluid