2017

8:00 am

Registration/Coffee - B Wing Ground Floor Foyer
(Room GB03) Health Sciences Building

8:50 am

Dr. Marek Radomski, Vice-Dean of Research,
College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.
Welcoming Remarks.

9:00 am

Dr. Paul S. Rennie,
Vancouver Prostate Centre, British Colombia.
Keynote Speaker
Discovery and drug targeting of novel sites on the Androgen Receptor to inhibit castration-resistant prostate cancer.

10:00 am

Dr. Sunil Yadav, Medical Oncologist,
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.
Clinical use of Biomarkers in Lung Cancer.

10:30 am

Coffee Break - B Wing Ground Floor Foyer

11:00 am

Dr. Eric Price, Dept. of Chemistry,
University of Saskatchewan.
89Zr-immuno-pet to determine local HGF levels in tumors for enhanced patient selection.

11:30 am

Dr. Shahid Ahmed, Medical Oncologist,
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.
Location of Primary Tumor in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Tale of Two Sites.

12:00 noon

Mr. Fahmid Islam, Dept. of Biochemistry,
University of Saskatchewan.
Charting the circular RNAs and their essentiality in cancer.

12:30 - 1 pm

Lunch - Room 1B21 - D Wing

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Poster Presentations - D wing, 2nd floor Atrium

2:30 pm

Ms. Annie Cartman, MilliporeSIGMA.
CRISPR-Cas9 system.

3:00 pm

Dr. Niranjan Venugopal, Clinical Medical Physicist,
Saskatoon Cancer Centre.
The Emerging role of MRI in Radiation Oncology.

3:30 - 4 pm

Coffee Break - B Wing Ground Floor Foyer

4:00 pm

Dr. Terra Arnason, College of Medicine,
University of Saskatchewan.
Effective re-sensitization of treatment resistant malignancy through modulation of APC activity.

4:30 pm

Dr. Silvana Papagerakis, Department of Surgery,
University of Saskatchewan.
Oral, head and neck cancer in the era of precision medicine.

5:00 pm

Dr. Keith Bonham, SCRC Conference Chair
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.
Poster Presentation Awards and Closing Remarks