Topic: Immuno-oncology: Cold to Hot Tumours
Monday, January 16, 2023; 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Moderator: Dr. Saman Maleki, Western University
Speaker (Adaptive Oncology): Megan Hong, Western University, “Sensitizing solid tumors to immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors via inducing mismatch repair deficiency in the tumour”
Speaker (Clinical Translation): Drs. Anna Spreafico and Bryan Coburn, University Health Network (UHN), “The use of Microbial Ecosystem Therapeutics (MET)4, a group of 30 bacterial species, to boost the immune system”
Speaker (Therapeutic Innovation): Dr. David Uehling, OICR Drug Discovery Program, “Activating the immune system with small molecule therapeutics”