20th Biennial Congress of the MRS
23rd – 25th June, 2024
(+ Early Career Researcher program/workshops – afternoon of 22nd & morning of 26th June)
Location:
Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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Program
The provisional program (subject to minor change) can be found below:
Confirmed Speakers
Judith Agudo (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA)
Ana Luisa Correia (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)
Ayelet Erez (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Ayuko Hoshino (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Benjamin Izar (Columbia University, USA)
Charles Swanton (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
Christina Curtis (Stanford University, USA)
Clare Isacke (Institute of Cancer Research, UK) – MRS Women in Science Awardee
Daniela Quail (McGill University, Canada)
David Entenberg (Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
David Lyden (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA) – MRS Paget Ewing Awardee
Eduard Batlle (IRB Barcelona, Spain)
Erica Sloan (Monash University, Australia)
Guillaume Jacquemet (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
Humsa Venkatesh (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA)
Karuna Ganesh (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA) – MRS Sue Eccles ECR Awardee
Ilaria Malanchi (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
Mariam Jamal-Hanjani (University College London, UK)
Mikala Egeblad (Johns Hopkins University, USA) – MRS Fidler Innovation Awardee
Nicola Aceto (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Rosandra Kaplan (NCI Center for Cancer Research, USA)
Sanne Schagen (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands)
Sean Morrison (UT Southwestern, USA)
Sherene Loi (PeterMac Cancer Centre, Australia)
Abstracts
Abstracts submission has closed
Attendance at the meeting also requires registration.
The final abstract submission deadline was 30th April 2024.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to MRS 2024 London.
Posters must be A1 size and in portrait format.
The Crick’s Research Illustration team has some capacity for printing posters for those who traveling long distances. If you would like them to print your poster, then please email it to printing@crick.ac.uk no later than 17th June.
Emails should be titled with the name and date of the conference.
20th Biennial Congress Social Event Monday 24th June
19:00 – 23:00
Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square London WC1N 2AB United Kingdom
To enable socialising in a relaxed environment we have organised an informal evening at a local venue on the Monday. It is a 15 minute walk from the conference venue (map below) and with the option to enjoy a lovely outdoor courtyard if the sun is shining – not something that can be taken for granted in London.
This is a ticketed event – you must purchase a separate ticket to attend
Tickets are very reasonably priced at $20 for early career researchers and $40 for more established researchers.
Food and drinks upon arrival are included.
If you would like to join us, please buy your ticket before 14th June
Early Career Researcher Programme
Registration for the main biennial congress is required to attend the Early Career Workshops.
The Early Career Workshops are free to those who have registered for the main meeting.
Once registered, please complete the following form here to confirm your attendance at the ECR Workshops
The Early Career Leadership Council of the MRS, together with the MRS Board, are putting together a series of short sessions specifically aimed at Early and Mid-Career researchers (i.e. undergraduate and postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical residents and junior research staff). These will flank the meeting on the afternoon of 22nd June and morning of 26th June and will include short talks from selected abstracts, networking opportunities, Meet the Experts sessions, and panel discussions with leaders in the field.
Tentative schedule (subject to minor changes):
Saturday June 22, 2024
2:00pm Welcoming remarks
2:15pm “Match-making” session to meet others with similar research interests
3:00pm Coffee break
3:30pm Short talks
5:00pm Meet the Experts (parallel sessions)
Wednesday June 26, 2024
9:00am Short talks
10:30am Break
10:45am Panel discussion: Hot Topics in Metastasis Research
11:30am Short talks
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Panel discussion: The Future of Metastasis Research
2:15pm Closing Remarks
Conference Flyer
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What is MetARP?
The MRS Advocate Researcher Program (MetARP) – hosted by the Metastasis Research Society and Theresa’s Research Foundation with support from BCRF aims to build bidirectional relationships between researchers and advocates at the upcoming Metastasis Research Society Biennial Meeting in London.
With a range of engagement initiatives planned over the course of the meeting, and travel support available, please see here for further information and details on how to apply.
Code of Conduct
All delegates, speakers, partners and sponsors at any MRS event agree to the following code of conduct.
Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event.
The Metastasis Research Society is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. Harassment of anyone, in any form, is not tolerated. Sexual language and imagery is inappropriate, including in conference sessions.
Event participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference without refund.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference staff or the MRS board immediately.
We expect participants to follow these rules at all conference venues and conference-related social events.
Sponsors
The organising committee would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support of this meeting:
