Context
Cancer is one of the main causes of death globally according to the World Health Organization. The biological complexity and heterogeneity of this disease (or group of diseases) make it very difficult to apprehend, control, and cure. We strongly believe that more theoretical and conceptual efforts can benefit cancer research. To this aim we have initiated a series of international workshops whose aim is to gather philosophers, scientists, and medical doctors to discuss theoretical and conceptual challenges that are central to cancer research.
This edition will mostly focus on two topics: (1) the role of the microbiota in cancer development and dissemination, a question that attracts increasing attention but remains challenging to address, (2) metastasis, which is considered as a major challenge for cancer treatment and leading cause of cancer death.
The call for abstract, however, will be open to all emerging conceptual and theoretical issues in cancer research.
Organizing committee:
- Lucie Laplane (IHPST & Gustave Roussy, Paris, France) (co-chair)
- Thomas Pradeu (ImmunoConcept, CNRS Bordeaux, France) (co-chair)
- Bertrand Daignan-Fornier (IBGC, CNRS Bordeaux, France)
- Benjamin Spada (ImmunoConcept, CNRS Bordeaux, France)
Scientific committee:
- Bertrand Daignan Fornier (CNRS Bordeaux, France)
- Andrew Ewald (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA)
- Sara Green (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Lucie Laplane (IHPST & Gustave Roussy, Paris, France)
- Maël Lemoine (University of Bordeaux, France)
- Carlo Maley (Arizona State University, USA)
- Violaine Moreau (CNRS Bordeaux, France)
- Julie Pannequin (CNRS, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France)
- Anya Plutynski (Washington University, USA)
- Thomas Pradeu (CNRS Bordeaux, France)
- Gregory Sepich-Poore (UCSD, USA)
- Vanja Sisirak (CNRS Bordeaux, France)
- Pierre Sujobert (University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France)
- Eric Solary (Gustave Roussy, Paris, France)
Registration is free but mandatory before Feb 26th (see link below, unregistered people will not be allowed to access the building)
Invited speakers:
- Ilaria Elia (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Andrew Ewald (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA)
- Peter Friedl (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherland)
- Lucie Laplane (IHPST & Gustave Roussy, Paris, France)
- Cristina Lo Celso (Imperial College London, UK)
- Carlo Maley (Arizona State University, USA)
- Guillaume Montagnac (Gustave Roussy, France)
- Julie Pannequin (Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France)
- Maria Rescigno (Humanitas University, Italia)
- Gregory Sepich-Poore (UCSD, USA)
- Eric Solary (Gustave Roussy, Paris, France)
- Orsolya Vincze (ImmunoConcEpT, CNRS Bordeaux & La Rochelle University, France)
Information & program: https://www.philinbiomed.org/event/sixth-philosophy-of-cancer-biology-workshop/
Registration: Philosophy of cancer workshop registration formdocs.google.com