Agenda

Thursday, Nov 6 Friday, Nov 7

Thursday, November 6, 2025

08:00 am EST
Opening Remarks

Session I:  Data Science and Deep Learning in Cancer Immunity

08:20 am - 09:00 am EST
Next Generation Precision Oncology

Eytan Ruppin, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

09:00 am - 09:25 am EST
TBD

Paul François, Ph.D.
Université de Montréal
 

09:25 am - 09:55 am EST
Machine Learning for Single Cell Genomics for Studying Cancer and Immunity

Nir Yosef, Ph.D.
Weizmann Institute of Science

09:55 am - 10:30 am EST
BREAK
10:30 am - 10:55 am EST
Predicting Cancer Patients’ Survival and Treatment Response from the Tumor Pathology Slides

Eldad Shulman, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

10:55 am - 11:20 am EST
The influence of Immunogenetic Variation on Viral Disease and Cancer

Mary Carrington, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

11:20 am - 11:55 am EST
TBD

John Tsang, Ph.D., MMath
Yale School of Medicine

11:55 am - 01:00 pm EST
LUNCH

Session II:  Tumor Microenvironment

01:00 pm - 01:30 pm EST
TBD

Hannah Garner, Ph.D.
McGill University

01:30 pm - 02:00 pm EST
Innate immunity: Gatekeepers of metastasis

Mikala Egeblad, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

02:00 pm - 02:25 pm EST
The Early Metastatic Microenvironment and Approaches to Rebalance the Dysregulated Niche

Rosandra Kaplan, M.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

02:25 pm - 02:50 pm EST
Defining the Roles and Mechanisms of Neutrophils in Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Leah Cook, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

02:50 pm - 03:15 pm EST
The Immune Tumor Microenvironment in Liver Cancer

Timothy Greten, M.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

03:15 pm - 03:40 pm EST
BREAK
03:40 pm - 04:05 pm EST
Understanding of Yumor Heterogeneity and Tumor Evolution in Liver Cancer

Lichun Ma, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

04:05 pm - 04:30 pm EST
Big Data Approaches to Study Intercellular Signaling During Tumor Immune Evasion

Peng Jiang, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

04:30 pm - 04:55 pm EST
The Thin Line Between Plasmacytoid and Conventional Dendritic Cells

Roxane Tussiwand, Ph.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH

04:55 pm - 05:20 pm EST
Imaging Tumor Initiation and Progression in Live Animals at Cellular and Sub-Cellular Resolution

Roberto Weigert, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

05:20 pm EST
ADJOURN FOR THE DAY

Friday, November 7, 2025

Session III:  Microbiome and Cancer

08:00 am - 08:30 am EST
The Intra-Tumor Microbiome and its Effects on Response to Therapy

Ravid Straussman, M.D., Ph.D.
Weizmann Institute of Science

08:30 am - 09:00 am EST
Mapping Tumor-Infiltrating Microbes: Microniches to Single Cells

Susan Bullman, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center

09:00 am - 09:25 am EST
Targeting Intratumor Bacteria to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance in NSCLC

Chen Zhao, M.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

09:25 am - 09:55 am EST
BREAK
09:55 am - 10:20 am EST
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy and the Gut Microbiome: A Complex Relationship with Significant Implications in Cancer Treatment

Amiran Dzutsev, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

10:20 am - 10:45 am EST
Understanding Microbiota Regulation of the Tumor Microenvironment and Response to Cancer Therapy

Romina Goldszmid, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

10:45 am - 11:10 am EST
Microbiome Therapeutics for Inflammatory Disorders and Cancer

Barbara Reherman, M.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

11:10 am - 11:35 am EST
Frenemies: Microbial Interactions in Respiratory Diseases

Eloide Ghedin, Ph.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
 

11:35 am - 12:00 pm EST
Targeting the Gut Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy

Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm EST
LUNCH

Session IV:  T Cells in Cancer Immunity

01:00 pm - 01:30 pm EST
Human Immunity over Space and Time

Donna Farber, Ph.D.
Columbia University

01:30 pm - 02:00 pm EST
Genome Organization in T Lymphocytes

Golnaz Vahedi, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

02:00 pm - 02:25 pm EST
CD4 T Cell Differentiation and Functions: Building a Bird's Eye View with Fly Eyes

Remy Bosselut, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

02:24 pm - 02:55 pm EST
BREAK
02:55 pm - 03:20 pm EST
Transcriptional Control in Innate Lymphoid Cells

Avinash Bhandoola, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

03:20 pm - 03:50 pm EST
Machine Learning via Graph Signal for Complex Biological Data

Smita Krishnaswamy, Ph.D.
Yale School of Medicine

03:50 pm - 04:15 pm EST
Designing Immunotherapies by the Numbers

Gregoire Altan-Bonnet, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

04:15 pm - 04:40 pm EST
Fueling Anti-Tumor T Lymphocytes: CARs and More

Naomi Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

04:40 pm EST
ADJOURN