Graham Packham, PhD
Professor of Molecular Oncology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Email: G.K.Packham@soton.ac.uk
Nicola Normanno, MD
Chief of Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Director of Translational Research Department, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
Email: nicnorm@yahoo.com
Francesco Bertoni, MD
Interests: lymphoma; novel drugs; genomics; BET; PI3K
Head, Lymphoma Genomics, Deputy Director, Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Giovanni Blandino, MD
Interests: tumor suppressors; non-coding RNA; Hippo pathway; PI3K inhibitors; HNSCC
Head of Oncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Translation Research Coordinator CTC IFO/IRE, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Curigliano, MD, PhD
Interests: breast cancer; early drug development; precision oncology; biomarkers; NGS
Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Milan; Head, Division of Early Drug Development, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Gennaro Daniele, MD, PhD
Interests: drug development; clinical trials; translational research; gynecologic malignancies; biomarkers
Scientific Director, Clinical Trials Center, Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic, Rome, Italy
Massimo Di Maio, MD
Interests: clinical trials; meta-analysis; patient-reported outcomes; methodology; quality of life
Director, Division of Medical Oncology, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano; Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Jianxun Ding, PhD
Interests: polymer chemistry; biomaterial; controlled drug delivery; immunotherapy; regenerative medicine
Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
Alan L. Epstein, MD, PhD
Interests: cancer immunotherapy; antibody targeting; tumor antigens; CAR T-cell therapy; tumor models
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
A. Ganesan, PhD
Interests: medicinal chemistry; chemical biology; organic synthesis; epigenetics; natural products
Professor in Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD
Interests: genetics; molecular biology; pathology; oncology; environment
Present Professor, Department of Biology and Medicine; Present Director, Sbarro Health Research Organization; Present Director, Center of Biotechnology; Present Director, Professional Master Program (PSM) in Bioinnovation; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Present “Chiara Fama” Professor, Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Marius Ilié, MD, PhD
Interests: pathology; lung cancer; biomarkers; liquid biopsy; precision pathology
Professor of Pathology, Université Côte d'Azur; Surgical Pathologist, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France
Nagesh Kalakonda, PhD
Interests: B-cell malignancies; clinical trials; drug therapy and signalling
Reader and Honorary Consultant, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Chunsheng Kang, MD, PhD
Interests: nano-medicine; signaling pathways; exosome and endocytosis; gene editing; neuro-oncology
Deputy Director of Tianjin Neurology Institute, Director of Neuro-tumor Laboratory of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
Simon Langdon, MA, PhD
Interests: ovarian cancer; breast cancer; estrogen signaling; HER signaling; DNA repair
Reader, School of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Wanliang Lu, PhD
Interests: resistant cancer; cancer stem cells; gene regulation; nanomaterials; liposomes
Professor and Vice Dean, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
Maurie Markman, MD
Interests: ovarian cancer; gynecologic malignancies; endometrial cancer, cervix cancer; targeted therapeutics
President, Cancer Treatment Centers of America Medicine & Science; Chief Clinical Officer, CTCA Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Erika Martinelli, MD, PhD
Interests: colorectal cancer; translational research; resistance to targeted therapies; gastrointestinal cancer
Associate Professor in Medical Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Alessandro Morabito, MD
Interests: lung cancer; target based agents; angiogenesis inhibitors; immunotherapy; clinical trials
Director of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
David Rizzieri, MD
Interests: stem cell transplant; cellular therapy and CAR-T; leukemia; lymphoma; clinical trials
Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center; Chief, Section of Hematologic Malignancies, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA
Arun Seth, PhD
Interests: precision oncology; breast and prostate cancer biology; molecular diagnostics; genomic profiling; next-generation sequencing; targeted cancer therapy
Scientific Director of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Academic Director, Genomics Core Facility, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Gautam Sethi, PhD
Interests: signal transduction; apoptosis; transcription factors; metastasis; mouse models of cancer
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
Valerie Speirs, PhD
Interests: oestrogen receptor biology; endocrine resistant breast cancer; male breast cancer; in vitro models; biomarker
Professor and Chair in Molecular Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Gareth J. Thomas, PhD
Interests: tumour microenvironment; tumor immunology; head and neck cancer; pathology; fibroblasts
Cancer Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Luca Agnelli, PhD
Interests: lymphoid malignancies; bioinformatics and biostatistics in cancer; -omics analyses; NGS; non-coding RNA
Pathology Department, IRCCS National Cancer Institute (NCI), Milan, Italy
Matthias Baud, PhD
Interests: chemical biology; medicinal chemistry; small molecule; organic synthesis
Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Rossana Berardi, MD
Interests: thoracic cancer; breast cancer; neuroendocrine tumors; innovative therapies; COVID-19 and cancer
Professor in Medical Oncology and Director of the Postgraduate School of Medical Oncology at Università Politecnica Marche;
Director of Department of Medical Oncology, Director of “Genetic Cancer” Center and Breast Unit Coordinator at
Ospedali Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Angela Celetti, MD, PhD
Interests: tumor suppresor genes; biomarkers; DNA damage response and repair; synthetic lethality; poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) inhibitors
Senior Staff Scientist, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology "G. Salvatore" (IEOS), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
Laura Cerchia, PhD
Interests: aptamers; cell-SELEX; cancer theranostics; cell-surface receptors; tumor‐targeted drug delivery
Research Scientist, Group Leader, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology "G. Salvatore" (IEOS), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
Mark Cragg, PhD
Interests: antibody immunotherapy; apoptosis; Fc gamma receptors; TNF RECEPTORS; CD20
Professor of Experimental Cancer Research, Director of Cancer Pathway Integrated Postgraduate Programme, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Donatella Del Bufalo, PhD
Interests: melanoma; angiogenesis; bcl-2 family; tumor progression; target therapy
Senior investigator, Preclinical Models and New Therapeutic Agents Unit, Translational Research Functional
Departmental Area, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Eyad Elkord, PhD
Interests: tumor immunology; cancer immunotherapy; immunosuppression; T regulatory cells; cancer epigenetics
Principal Investigator and Professor, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Ad-Dawhah, Qatar; Honorary Professor, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Marco Falasca, PhD (EQ)
Interests: signal transduction; pancreatic cancer; drug development; lipid metabolism; exosomes
Professor in Metabolism, School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Vanesa Gregorc, MD
Interests: thoracic neoplasm; lung cancer; pleural mesothelioma; thymus cancer; immuno-oncology
Thoracic Oncology, Head and Neck and Melanoma Area Coordinator, IRCSS Scientific Institute, University Hospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
