International Symposium
Join us for the International Symposium on “Epigenetic Dysregulation in Bladder Cancer and Beyond“ in Freiburg!
The goal of the Research Unit 5476 UcarE is to gain fundamental mechanistic insights into how epigenetic alterations affect the pathological processes that underlie bladder urothelial carcinoma formation and progression.
Over the course of two days, we will explore these topics through presentations and discussions, highlighting the latest research in the field. Invited speakers together with researchers from UcarE will share their insights, and innovative developments in the field.
The symposium will begin on Wednesday morning, October 7th and will be finalised on Thursday, October 8th in the afternoon.
Keynote Speaker:
Ali Shilatifard (Chicago)
Confirmed Speakers:
- Tugba Bagci Önder (Istanbul)
- Simon Baker (Newcastle)
- Isabelle Bernard-Pierrot (Paris)
- Peter Black (Vancouver)
- Melanie Boerries (Freiburg)
- Yu Chen (New York)
- Jarno Drost (Utrecht)
- Markus Eckstein (Erlangen)
- Ian Frew (Freiburg)
- Nadine Gaisa (Ulm)
- Christian Gratzke(Freiburg)
- Michelle Hoffmann (Düsseldorf)
- Nicola Iovino (Freiburg)
- Jian Jin (New York)
- Manfred Jung (Freiburg)
- Stefan Knapp (Frankfurt)
- Clementine Le Magnen (Basel)
- Dan Levy (Rehovot)
- Cathy Mendelson (New York)
- Eric Metzger (Freiburg)
- Christoph Plass (Heidelberg)
- Michal Schweiger (Cologne)
- Michael Shen (New York)
- Marc Timmers (Freiburg)
Program
Day 1, Wednesday 07.10.2026
Opening of the Meeting
08:00 am
Registration
09:00 am
Ian Frew (UcarE, Freiburg) and Stefan Kass (UcarE, Freiburg)
Welcome !
Session 1: Bladder cancer from the pathologist’s and clinician’s perspective
Chair: Nadine Gaisa (UcarE, Ulm)
09:10 am
Nadine Gaisa (UcarE, Ulm)
tbd
09:30 am
Christian Gratzke (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
09:50 am
Peter Black (Vancouver)
tbd
10:20 am
Melanie Boerries (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
10:40 am
Coffee Break
Session 2: Cell Culture Models of Cancer, part I
Chair: Christian Gratzke (UcarE, Freiburg)
11:00 am
Jarno Drost (Utrecht)
tbd
11:30 am
Michael Shen (New York)
tbd
12:00 am
Clementine Le Magnen (Basel)
tbd
12:30 am
Sofia Vlasova (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
12:45 am
Lunch Break and Poster Session
Session 3: Cell Culture Models of Cancer, part II
Chair: Melanie Boerries (UcarE, Freiburg)
14:00 am
Simon Baker (Newcastle)
tbd
14:30 am
Antonella Catalano (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
14:45 am
Ezgi Özyerli Göknar (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
Session 4: Cancer Epigenetics beyond the Bladder, part I
Chair: Ian Frew (UcarE, Freiburg)
15:00 am
Christoph Plass (Heidelberg)
tbd
15:30 am
Ian Frew (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
15:50 am
Coffee Break
16:10 am
Michal Schweiger (Cologne)
tbd
16:40 am
Marc Timmers (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
18:30 am
Speaker´s Dinner
Day 2, Thursday 08.10.2026
Session 5: Cancer Epigenetics beyond the Bladder, part II
Chair: Marc Timmers (UcarE, Freiburg)
08:30 am
Keynote Lecture by Ali Shilatifard (Chicago)
tbd
09:30 am
Nicola Iovino (Freiburg)
tbd
10:00 am
Dan Levy (Rehovot)
tbd
10:30 am
Coffee Break
Session 6: Mouse Models of Bladder Cancer
Chair: Eric Metzger (UcarE, Freiburg)
11:00 am
Yu Chen (New York)
tbd
11:30 am
Cathy Mendelson (New York)
tbd
12:00 am
Isabelle Bernard-Pierrot (Paris)
tbd
12:30 am
Lunch Break and Poster Session
Session 7: Therapeutic Targeting of Epigenetics and Bladder Cancer
Chair: Manfred Jung (Freiburg) and Michelle Hoffmann (UcarE, Freiburg)
13:30 am
Jian Jin (New York)
tbd
14:00 am
Stefan Knapp (Frankfurt)
tbd
14:30 am
Manfred Jung (Freiburg)
tbd
15:00 am
Markus Eckstein (Erlangen)
tbd
15:30 am
Coffee Break
15:50 am
Tugba Bagci Önder (Istanbul)
tbd
16:20 am
Eric Metzger (UcarE, Freiburg)
tbd
16:40 am
Michelle Hoffmann (UcarE, Düsseldorf)
tbd
17:00 am
Adjourn – Ian Frew (UcarE, Freiburg)
Scientific program committee
- Ian Frew
- Nadine Gaisa
- Christian Gratzke
- Marc Timmers
Symposium Registration
Location
Otto-Krayer-Haus
(Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Albertstr. 25
79104 Freiburg
Germany
KARTE INTEGRIEREN
Contact
Stefan U. Kass, PhD
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Breisacher Str. 66
79106 Freiburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 761 / 270 62040
Email: stefan.kass@uniklinik-freiburg.de