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Mechanisms of Cancer: A course in Cancer Biology and Translational Cancer Research
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3670-20-00-00 
Enrollment deadline: 30/03/2020
Date and time27.04.2020, at: 09:00 - 01.05.2020, at: 15:30
Regular seats24
Course fee3,960.00 kr.
LecturersDaniel Hargbøl Madsen
ECTS credits3.50
Contact personMette W. Yde    E-mail address: mette.wassard.yde@regionh.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee.

Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.

Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. Understand the molecular mechanisms and biology of cancer in general with a focus on key topics such as: oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, cell death, genome instability, cancer stem cells, cancer invasion/metastasis, cancer immunotherapy and other novel therapeutic strategies.
2. Under stand how knowledge of molecular mechanisms and biology of cancer may be applied in cancer research.
3. Identify pitfalls and challenges of translational cancer research.
4. Critically evaluate scientific presentations and publications.

Content
This course covers the key molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in cancer development and progression, and addresses how our understanding of these mechanisms have impact on the development of novel therapeutic strategies. With a focus on basic research, this one-week course covers selected aspects of the widely accepted “Hallmarks of cancers”, including genome instability and mutation, evasion of apoptosis, tissue invasion and metastasis, and avoidance of immune destruction, all presented by active researchers in the field. A variety of research strategies and technical issues will be presented along with examples from active research projects. Finally, emphasis will be given to the connection between basic cancer research and novel developments within targeted cancer therapy. This course is an updated relaunch of a previous course (“Hallmarks of Cancer: course in tumor Biology”).

Participants
The course is relevant for PhD students and MD-PhD students who work on cancer related PhD projects, and aim to broaden their knowledge on basic and translational aspects of cancer research. As such, PhD students engaged in basic, applied, and clinical cancer research projects are all welcome.

Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

Clinical Cancer Research
Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Cellular and Genetic Medicine

Language
English.

Form
Lectures, group discussions, project presentations, and journal clubs.

Course director
Course director: Daniel Hargbøl Madsen, PhD, Junior Group Leader, Center for Cancer Immune Therapy, Herlev Hospital, daniel.hargboel.madsen@regionh.dk
Kim Theilgaard-Mönch, MD DMSc, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Hematology and The Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet and Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, Univ. of Copenhagen, kim.theilgaard@bric.ku.dk
Henrik Jessen Jürgensen, PhD, Postdoc, The Finsen Laboratory, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, Univ. of Copenhagen, hjj@finsenlab.dk

Dates
April 27 - May 1, 2020

Course location
Kræftens Bekæmpelse/Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 København Ø

Registration
Please register before March 30th, 2020.

Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Application from other participants will be consideres after the last day of enrolment.

Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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