Programme

Preliminary program

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. Julie Gavard, National Centre for Scientific Research, France

Interactions between endothelial сells and tumor cells in glioblastoma

18:30 – 18.45 Selected abstract #1

18:45 – 19:00 Selected abstract #2

19:00 – 21:00 Toast from Chairperson of Turku City Council Dr. Kaija Hartiala and Symposium dinner

Day 2 | 24 October 2025

Session 2. Brain tumor treatment

Chairman: Oxana Denisova, PhD

08:30 – 9:00 Invited talk by Prof. Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, University of Turku

Targeting Cytomegalovirus to Improve Outcomes in Glioblastoma: A New Therapeutic Avenue.

9:00 – 9:30 Invited talk by Prof. Alberto Ballestín, University of Extremadura, Spain

9:30 – 9:45 Selected abstract #3

9:45 – 10:00 Selected abstract #4

10.00 – 11:00 Poster session

11:00 – 12:30 Lunch

Session 3. Pediatric brain tumors

Chairman: Prof. Kirsi Rautajoki

12:30 – 13:20 Keynote lecture by Prof. Michael Taylor, Texas Children’s Hospital, USA

Prevention is better than cure. How an understanding of Human hindbrain development will allow us to prevent rather than treat medulloblastoma.

13:20 – 13:50 Invited talk by Virve Pentikäinen, MD, Helsinki University Hospital

13:50 – 14:05 Selected abstract #5

14:05 – 15:45 Keynote lecture by Prof. Pascal Johann, Augsburg University, Germany

From subgroups to intratumoral heterogeneity – the molecular composition of rhabdoid tumors

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

Mapping the regulatory landscape of diffuse astrocytomas

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