Programme

Day 1 | 23 October 2025

15:00 – 17:00 Registration

17:00 – 17:10 Opening words from the chairman of FiBTRA

Session 1 Brain tumor microenvironment  and immunity         

Chairman: Prof. Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér

17:10 – 18:00 Keynote lecture by Prof. Mattias Belting, Lund University, Sweden

Metabolic adaptation in glioblastoma

18:00 – 18:30 Invited talk by Prof. Vidhya Ravi, University of Freiburg, Germany

From Resection to Reaction: Studying glioblastoma in its human context

18:30 – 18.45 Selected abstract #1

18:45 – 19:00 Selected abstract #2

19:00 – 21:00 Symposium dinner

Day 2 | 24 October 2025

Session 2. Pediatric brain tumors

Chairman: Oxana Denisova, PhD

08:30 – 9:20 Keynote lecture by Prof. Michael Taylor, Texas Children’s Hospital, USA

9:20 – 9:50 Invited talk by Virve Pentikäinen, MD, Helsinki University Hospital

9:50 – 10:05 Selected abstract #3

10:05 – 10:20 Selected abstract #4

10.20 – 11:15 Poster session

11:15 – 12:40 Lunch

Session 3. Brain tumor treatment

Chairman: Prof. Kirsi Rautajoki

12:40 – 13:30 Keynote lecture by Prof. Johann Pascal, Augsburg University, Germany

13:30 – 14:00 Invited talk by an unconfirmed speaker from EU.

14.00 – 14:30 Invited talk by Prof. Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, University of Turku

14:30 – 14:45 Selected abstract #5

14:45 – 15:10 Coffee break

Session 4. Molecular biology of brain tumors

Chairman: Prof. Eleanor Coffey

15:10 – 15:40 Invited talk by Prof. Kirsi Rautajoki, Tampere University

15:40 – 16:10 Invited talk by Prof. Takashi Namba, University of Helsinki

Stem cell metabolism for cell proliferation: from neural stem cells to glioblastoma stem cells

16:10 – 16:25 Selected abstract #6

16:25 – 16:40 Selected abstract #7

16:40 – 16:50 Closing words and best poster prize