Critical Issues in Tumor Microenvironment: Angiogenesis, Metastasis and Immunology
2026 Course Schedule
Virtual Meeting Schedule
Monday, Sept 14, 2026
| 10:00 A.M. | Opening Remarks Rakesh K. Jain |
| 10:10 A.M. | Tumor Microenvironment I: Angiogenesis and Vascular Function Rakesh K. Jain |
| 11:20 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:35 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Tumor Microenvironment II: Vascular Normalization and Immunotherapy Rakesh K. Jain |
| 1:10 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:25 P.M. | Lunch Break |
| 2:25 P.M. | Tumor Microenvironment III: Extracellular Matrix, Lymphatics and Metastasis Rakesh K. Jain |
| 3:45 P.M. | Q&A |
| 4:00 P.M. | Break |
| 4:30 P.M. | Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Overview Arlene Sharpe |
| 5:35 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:50 P.M. | Adjourn |
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026
| 10:00 A.M. | Circadian Clock and Metabolic Vulnerabilities of Cancer Chi Van Dang |
| 11:05 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:20 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Skull Bone Marrow as a Site for Immuno-Surveillance of Healthy Brain and Brain Tumors Jonathan Kipnis |
| 12:55 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:10 P.M. | Lunch Break |
| 2:10 P.M. | Determinants of How Tumors Use Metabolism to Support Growth Matthew Vander Heiden |
| 3:15 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Emerging Strategies to Improve CAR-T Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma and Other Soldi Tumors Hideho Okada |
| 5:05 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:20 P.M. | Adjourn |
Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026
| 10:00 A.M. |
AI in Basic and Clinical Oncology Eliezer Van Allen |
| 11:05 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:20 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Dissecting the Ecosystem of Gliomas by Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics Mario Suvà |
| 12:55 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:10 P.M. | Lunch Break |
| 2:10 P.M. | Identifying Immune Vulnerabilities in Solid Tumors Lisa Coussens |
| 3:15 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | RREBELLIOUS INTERFERENCE: Challenging old paradigms and discovering new strategies for targeting pediatric brain tumors Robert Wechsler-Reya |
| 5:05 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:20 P.M. | Adjourn |
Thursday, Sept 17, 2026
| 10:00 A.M. |
Mechanisms of the Gut Microbiome from Biomarker to Immunotherapy Adjuvant Bertrand Routy |
| 11:05 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:20 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Metastasis Ecosystems Joan Massagué |
| 12:55 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:10 P.M. | Lunch Break |
| 2:10 P.M. | Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Solid Tumors: Implications for Pancreatic Cancer David Tuveson |
| 3:15 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Neuron-Cancer Interactions in the TME Michelle Monje |
| 5:05 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:20 P.M. | Summary and closing remarks Rakesh K. Jain |