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Agenda
- Pre conference workshop
03 December, 2020 - Conference day 1
04 December, 2020 - Conference day 2
05 December, 2020
Workshop
| Time slots | Theme | Topic of the talk | Title of the talk | Faculty | Learning Objectives |
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| 09:30 am | Welcome | Welcome | Dr. Anamika Krishanpal
Senior Domain Specialist, Persistent Systems Limited |
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| 09:30 am – 10:20 am | Introduction to TCGA | History & milestones, Data structure including clinical information & analysis pipelines | The Cancer Genome Atlas: History, Pipelines and Standards | Dr Zenklusen / Dr Zhining Wang
Director, TCGA / Manager- Genomics Data Commons |
What was the origin, history and phases of TCGA? |
| 10:20 am – 11:00 am | Introduction to CPTAC | Data structure including clinical information & analysis pipelines | Going Beyond Genomics. The Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) Tumor Characterization Program | Dr Ana Robles, Program Director, Office of Clinical Cancer Proteomics, NCI, NIH, USA |
How were the experiments and data analyses conducted? What were the major data types, and what were their importance in the cancer study? |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am | BREAK | ||||
| 11:15 am – 11:45 pm | Data access & exploration | GDC Data Portal | Online analysis of TCGA data via GDC portal. | Dr. Zhining Wang, Manager, Genomics Data Commons | How can GDC portal help researchers explore TCGA data? |
| 11:45 pm – 12:30 pm | Data access & exploration | cBioPortal | Exploratory data analysis and publication-ready visualizations with cBioPortal | Dr. Cyriac Kandoth, Associate Professor, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, USA | How can cBioportal help researchers explore TCGA data? |
| 12:30 pm – 01:00 pm | New frontiers in translational research | Multi-Omics: NGS Tools for Unraveling Biological Complexity in Cancer | Multi-Omics: NGS Tools for Unraveling Biological Complexity in Cancer | Dr. Gerald Goh, Senior Scientist, Illumina Life Sciences, Singapore | Multi-Omics: NGS Tools for Unraveling Biological Complexity in Cancer |
| 1:00 pm – 01:30 pm | BREAK | ||||
| 1:30 pm – 02:10 pm | Significance of TCGA in cancer research | Insights into disease biology | A pan-cancer perspective to cancer classification | Dr. Katherine Hoadley, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA | How has TCGA helped to gain insights into cancer biology? For example, cite findings from the Pan-cancer paper. |
| 02:10 pm – 02:50 pm | Significance of TCGA in cancer research | Disease subtyping & classification | Epigenetic data types in TCGA | Dr. Benjamin Berman, Associate Professor, Hebrew University , Jerusalem, Israel | How has TCGA helped to discover molecular subtypes in specific cancer types? |
| 02:50 pm – 03:00 pm | BREAK | ||||
| 03:00 pm – 03:40 pm | Significance of TCGA in cancer research | Biomarker prediction | TCGA and Biomarker Analysis | Dr. Kyle Ellrott, Assistant Professor, Oregan State Health University , Portland, USA | How has TCGA data used to identify biomarkers (diagnostic/prognostic/predictive)? |
| 03:40 pm – 04:20 pm | New frontiers in translational research | Single-cell sequencing | Biology at true resolution: Resolve biological complexities with single cell and spatial solutions | Dr Mynn Tan, Regional Marketing Manager, 10x Genomics, Singapore | How did single cell sequencing add new dimensions to the scientific knowledge? |
| 04:20 pm – 05:00 pm | The need for multi-omics studies on Indian cancers | What will be needed to create multi-omics databases relevant to context of Indian population? | Walking Tall Together: Learning from TCGA to Develop Multi-omics Studies in India | Dr. Anguraj Sadanandam, Director, Centre for Global Oncology , ICR, London, UK | What is the need for TCGA like initiative in India? |
| 8:00 pm – 09:55 pm | Live Q&A Session | Moderator: Dr. Sabarinathan Radhakrishnan and Disha Singh
Assistant Professor, NCBS, Bangalore, India / Associate – Marketing, Persistent Systems |
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| 9:55 pm – 10pm | Closing Remarks and Vote of thanks | Dr. Anamika Krishanpal, Senior Domain Specialist, Persistent Systems
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Conference day 1
| Time slots | Title | Speaker |
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| Session Coordinator | Dr. Mayurika Lahiri Associate Professor, IISER Pune, India |
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| 02.30 pm – 02.35 pm | Welcome | Dr. CB Koppiker Director, Prashanti Cancer Care Mission, Pune, India |
| 02.35 pm – 02.40 pm | Introductory Remarks | Dr. Anand Deshpande Chairman and MD, Persistent Systems, Pune, India |
| 02.40 pm – 02.45 pm | Conference Agenda | Prof. LS Shashidhara Dean, Ashoka University and Professor, IISER, Pune, India |
| SESSION 1 | ||
| DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance | ||
| Investing In Transformative Ideas and Supportive Research Ecosystems to Advance Discovery and Innovation to Improve Health | ||
| 02.45 pm – 03.00 pm | Advancing Discovery and Innovation to Improve Health | Dr Dipanwita Sengupta Grants Lead, DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance, Hyderabad, India |
| 3 pm – 03:15 pm | Medical Research Hubs: Integrated Medicine and Research | Prof Sandhya Visweswariah Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Arsenic Trioxide: Journey from Bench to Bedside | Prof Vikram Mathews Professor, Christian Medical College and Hospital , Vellore, India |
| 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Q and A | |
| SESSION 2 | ||
| Inauguration | ||
| Session Coordinator | Dr. Shantanu Chowdhury Professor, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology , New Delhi, India |
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| 04 pm – 04:05 pm | Inaugural Address | Hon’ble Dr Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology, Government of India |
| 04:05 pm – 4:25 pm | Keynote Lecture Team Science in India |
Prof Shekhar Mande Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India |
| 04:25 pm – 04.45pm | Keynote Lecture The Cancer Genome Atlas – A Model for Team Science |
Dr JC Zenklusen Director, TCGA, NCI, NIH, USA |
| 4:45 pm – 04:50 pm | Keynote Address | Prof Syed Modasser Ali Chairman, Bangladesh Medical Research Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 4:50 pm – 5:00 pm | Q and A | |
| SESSION 3 | ||
| Team Science from Various National and International Consortia | ||
| Session Chair | Lt Gen (Dr) Madhuri Kanitkar Deputy Chief, Integrated Defence Staff (Medical), Government of India |
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| 5:00 pm – 5:20 pm | Indo-UK Collaborative Cancer Control | Dr Sussanah Stanway Consultant, Medical Oncology, London, UK |
| 5:20 pm – 5:40 pm | Evolving Landscape of Genomic Biomarkers for Precision Oncology | Dr. Rodrigo Dienstmann Medical Director, Oncoclínicas Precision Medicine and Big Data Initiative, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona, Spain |
| 5:40 pm – 6:00 pm | National Cancer Grid of India-Eliminating Disparities in Cancer Care | Dr CS Pramesh Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India |
| 6:00 pm – 6:20 pm | GenomeAsia 100K: A Genomic Resource for Cancer Research and Precision Medicine | Dr Sekar Seshagiri Director, SciGenome Research Foundation, Bangalore, India |
| 6:20 pm – 6:30 pm | Indo-US Cancer Research Collaborations |
Dr Preetha Rajaraman Health Attaché and Regional Representative, US Embassy, New Delhi U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices Office of Global Affairs, Office of the Secretary |
| 6:30 pm – 6:40 pm | Tea break | |
| SESSION 4 | ||
| New Frontiers in Translational Cancer Research | ||
| Session Chair | Prof Chintamani Professor, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India |
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| 6:40 pm – 7:00 pm | Towards Precision Oncology (Proteogenomics Data, Pre-clinical/Clinical studies, and Partnerships) | Dr Henry Rodriguez Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research, NCI, NIH, USA |
| 7:00 pm – 7:20 pm | Cancer Genomics in Post TCGA Era | Prof Sunil Badve Joshua Edwards Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis USA |
| 7:20 pm – 7:40 pm | Machine Learning Methods in Cancer Biology | Prof M. Vidyasagar SERB-National Science Chair and Distinguished Professor, IIT-Hyderabad, India |
| 7:40 pm – 8:00 pm | Precision Oncology in the Indian Context: Challenges and Opportunities | Prof Sudeep Gupta Director, ACTREC, Navi Mumbai, India |
| 8:00 pm – 8:20 pm | Keynote Lecture Participating in ICGC: Some Lessons Learnt |
Prof. Partha Majumder National Science Chair, Government of India |
| SESSION 5 | ||
| New Frontiers in Translational Cancer Research- ML and AI Impact | ||
| Co-ordinator | Dr. Anguraj Sadanandam Director, Centre for Global Oncology , The Institute of Cancer Research , London, UK |
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| 8:20 pm – 8:40 pm | Digital Transformation Of Health Systems Via Natural and Artificial Intelligence | Dr. Anurag Agrawal Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India |
| 8:40 pm – 9 pm | Machine learning for clinical trials in era of genomics | Dr. Maggie Cheang Team Leader , Genomic Analysis – Clinical Trials, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK |
| 9 pm – 9:20 pm | The Art of Automation in Healthcare | Dr. Jensen Claus Chief Digital Officer and Head of Technology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, NY, USA |
| 9.20 pm – 9:40 pm | Deep Learning in Pathology – Connecting Morphology with Genome- based features | Dr. Stephen Yip Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| END OF DAY 1 | ||
Conference day 2
| Time slots | Title | Speaker |
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| SESSION 1 | ||
| Towards Establishment of Multi-Omics Cancer Research Projects in South Asia | ||
| Session Chair | Prof Ajit Kembhavi Co-ordinator, Pune Knowledge Cluster |
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| 2 pm – 2:20 pm | ICGA Updates | Dr. Anand Deshpande Founder, MD and Chairman, Persistent Systems |
| 2:20 pm – 2:40 pm | From Data to the Clinic and Back – A Pan-India Cancer Genomics Initiative | Dr. Shantanu Chowdhury Professor, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology , New Delhi, India |
| 2:40 pm – 3 pm | Bangladesh Cancer Genome Project: An Opportunity for Indo-Bangladesh Collaborations | Dr. Mehmood-Uz-Jahan Director, Bangladesh Medical Research Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Dr. Abu Shadat Mohammod Noman Advisor (Technical and Foreign Affairs), Bangomata National Cellular and Molecular Research Center (BNCMRC) & Professor at Visiting Status, Dept. of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
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| SESSION 2 | ||
| Clinical MetaData/Biospecimen Collection | ||
| Session Chair | Dr. CB Koppiker Director, Prashanti Cancer Care Mission, Pune |
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| 3 pm – 3:20 pm | Importance of Robust Comprehensive Cancer Clinical databases in the Era of Multiomics – AIIMS Experience | Prof. SVS Deo Professor and Head, Surgical Oncology, BRA-IRCH and National Cancer Institute, AIIMS, New Delhi, India |
| 3:20 pm – 3:40 pm | The ICMR-Indian Cancer Research Consortium Perspective on Low Hanging Fruits and Research Gaps in Cancer Research | Dr. Ravi Mehrotra CEO, ICMR-Indian Cancer Research Consortium, New Delhi, India |
| 3:40 pm – 3:50 pm | Tea Break | |
| 3.50 pm – 4:10 pm | Keynote Lecture GenomeIndia – Understanding Genetic Diversity of India |
Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath Director, Centre for Brain Research, IISc, Bangalore, India |
| SESSION 3 | ||
| Onco-Pathology for Cancer Multi-Omics Projects | ||
| Session Chair | Dr Tanvir Kaur Deputy Director General,Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, ICMR, DHR, MoHFW, Government of India |
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| 4:10 pm – 4:20 pm | FFPE Tumor Tissues: The Phoenix Rises | Prof. Sunil Badve Joshua Edwards Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University , Indianapolis USA |
| 4:20 pm – 4:30 pm | Onco-Pathology in India : Challenges and Opportunities | Prof. Tanuja Sheth Professor ( Onco-Pathology), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India |
| 4:30 pm – 4:40 pm | Challenges for molecular techniques with archived and fixed tissues- Strategies to overcome them” | Dr. Jyoti Prabhu Associate Professor , St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India |
| 4:40 pm – 5:10 pm | Moderator Prof Sunil BadveJoshua Edwards Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University , Indianapolis USA |
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| Onco-Pathology QC Aspects for Multi-Omics Studies | Panelists
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| 5:10 pm – 5:20 pm | Tea Break | |
| SESSION 4 | ||
| Multi-omics Data Generation | ||
| Session Chair | Prof. Sanjeev Galande Dean ( R&D), IISER Pune , India |
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| 5.20 pm – 5:40 pm | Large Scale Genomics Studies and Their Implications in the Context of ICGA | Prof. Rakesh Mishra Director, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India |
| 5.40 pm – 6:00 pm | Cancer Genomics: New Promise in Cancer Care | Prof. Susanta Roychoudhury Chief Scientist, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kolkatta, India |
| 6:00 pm – 6:20 pm | Clinical Proteomics: A Link Between Genomics and The Clinic | Dr. Siddhesh Kamat Associate Professor, IISER Pune, India |
| SESSION 5 | ||
| Multi-Omics Data Informatics, Analysis, Management and Policy | ||
| Session Chair | Dr. Anand Deshpande Founder and Chairman, Persistent Systems |
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| 6:20 pm – 6:40 pm | A Learning Framework for Personalized and Precision Oncology | Dr. Nitin Baliga Professor and Senior VP, Institute of Systems Biology , Seattle , USA |
| 6:40 pm – 7:20 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| Moderator | Dr. Anand Deshpande Founder and Chairman, Persistent Systems |
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| Dr. Ramesh Hariharan CEO, Strand Life Sciences, Bangalore, India |
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| Dr. Santhoshi Bandla Senior Manager, Oncomine/Oncology Content Informatics, ThermoFisher, USA |
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| Dr. Madhuri Hegde VP/ Chief Scientific Officer, PerkinElemer, USA |
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| Dr. Paul Pagano LungLifeAI, USA |
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| 7.20 pm – 7:40 pm | Keynote Lecture Multi-Omics Cancer Research in India : Promise, Opportunities and Pitfalls |
Prof Akhilesh Pandey Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and the Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
| SESSION 6 | ||
| ICGA for Society, Society for ICGA | ||
| Session Co-ordinator | Dr. Santosh Dixit Senior Scientist, Centre for Translational Cancer Research , Pune, India |
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| 7.40 pm – 8:00 pm | What Does the Society Expect from Indian Cancer Genome Atlas? | Dr. Ravi Kannan Director, Cachar Cancer Centre, Silchar, India |
| 8:00 pm – 8:20 pm | Integrating Bioethics into ICGA: Planting the Right Seeds at the Right Time | Dr. Anant Bhan Researcher-Bioethics, Global Health, Policy, Bhopal, India |
| 8:20 pm – 8:40 pm | Solving the Problem of Cancer in India: Building A Supportive Innovation Ecosystem | Dr. V. Premnath Director, Venture Centre, Pune, India |
| 8:40 pm – 9:10 pm | Panel Discussion | Societal Impact of Mega Cancer Projects |
| Moderator | Dr. Anant Bhan Researcher-Bioethics, Global Health, Policy, Bhopal, India |
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| Dr. Sangeeta Aggrawal Founder, Voice of Cancer Patients, San Jose, USA |
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| Dr. Shubra Priyadarshini Editor, Nature India, New Delhi, India |
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| Dr. Mandar Kulkarni CEO and Founder, Vyas Research Park, Vishakhapattanam, India |
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| SESSION 7 | ||
| 9:10 pm – 9:40 pm | Panel Discussion | Future Directons/Priorities for South Asian Cancer Research |
| Moderator | Prof LS Shashidhara Dean, Ashoka University and Professor, IISER, Pune, India |
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| Dr Jean Zenklusen Director, TCGA, NCI, NIH, USA |
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| Prof Sunil Badve Joshua Edwards Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis USA |
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| Prof Sudeep Gupta Director, ACTREC, Navi Mumbai, India |
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| Dr Anurag Agrawal Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India |
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| Dr Anand Deshpande Chairman and MD, Persistent Systems, Pune,India |
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| 9.40 pm – 9:50 pm | Valedictory Session | Dr Santosh Dixit Senior Scientist, Centre for Translational Cancer Research, Pune |