CNRS/Imperial workshop on Charged Particles for Cancer Therapy:23Feb26; 13:00-16:00 GMT

Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Chemistry Building, Floor 6, Room CHEM640A

Campus Map: ​https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/visit/public/SouthKensingtonCampus.pdf

ZOOM link: ​https://cern.zoom.us/j/68763369382?pwd=V05jYjM0MHNTeHFwQjdYbG1hSDhPdz09

A strategic workshop on the development of the LhARA initiative within the CNRS/Imperial International Research Centre, exploring the unique potential of laser-driven proton and ion beams to transform cancer treatment as well as to identify areas of opportunity for collaboration.

Agenda

Time (GMT)	Time (CET)	Section	Title	Speaker
13:00	14:00	Introduction	Imperial introduction	Josie McGarrigle
13:10	14:10		Round table introduction
13:20	14:20		CNRS introduction	Emmanuel Brouillet
13:30	14:30		LhARA introduction	Pat Price
13:40	14:40	Meeting objectives	Discussion of CNRS/Imperial/LhARA workshop objectives: What are we trying to achieve?
14:00	15:00
14:10	15:10
14:20	15:20	Current work at Imperial	Toward Precision Oncology: Engineered Bacteriophages Enabling Targeted Systemic Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics to Primary and Metastatic Tumours	Amin Hajitou
14:30	15:30		Metabolic therapies for brain tumours	Nelofer Syed
14:40	15:40	Coffee Break
14:50	15:50
15:00	16:00	Current work at CNRS	Innovative strategies to overcome hypoxia-induced radioresistance in high-grade brain tumors	Samuel Valable
15:10	16:10		Development of 3D tumor models for therapy discovery and drug testing	Sophie Martin
15:20	16:20		EN-HOPE SMART4CBT: Deciphering Radiotherapy Resistance in Pediatric Brain Tumors	Chloé Bernhard
15:30	16:30		Discussion of current works & potential for collaboration opportunities
15:40	16:40
15:50	16:50	Final discussions, reflection on objectives, and future planning
16:00	17:00