Events

What does immunoprevention actually mean and how close are we to translating current research into strategies that could benefit people with Lynch syndrome?

EHTG Satellite Symposium on MSI Tumors

The European Symposium on Tumors with Microsatellite Instability – Heidelberg 2025 Edition – is more than a one-day scientific event, it’s a step toward shaping the future of MSI cancer research and care.

Our goals are ambitious, but essential:
🔹 Foster meaningful collaboration between clinicians and researchers
🔹 Share the latest breakthroughs in basic, translational, and clinical MSI research across tumor types
🔹 Encourage discussion on how to better connect and coordinate MSI-related efforts across Europe, from research to clinical practice

📅 Join us in Heidelberg on 18 September 2025

🎟️ Registration closes 25 August at 17:00 CEST

Pathways to Precision Cancer Prevention

We are proud to announce that our acting Director, Prof. Matthias Kloor, will be a speaker at the upcoming G7 Cancer Webinar: Pathways to Precision Cancer Prevention, taking place on March 20, 2025 (1:00–2:30 PM, Paris Time). G7 Cancer is an international initiative bringing together leading experts and institutions to advance cancer research, accelerate scientific discoveries, and drive global innovation in cancer prevention and treatment.

This webinar will explore the latest developments in precision cancer prevention, focusing on cancer prevention vaccines, theerapeutic agents for prevention and repurposed drugs with emerging cancer-preventive role. A panel discussion will follow, addressing knowledge gaps, challenges, and opportunities in implementing precision prevention strategies for patient and public health benefit.

Registration is now open!

Join us for this important conversation on the future of cancer prevention!

Celebrating 30 years of flagship model in translational science

On September 20th, our department hosted a heartfelt farewell symposium in honor of our retiring director, Prof. Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz. The event, themed „The Future Vision of Cancer Prevention„, brought together leading experts to discuss the advancements, challenges, and future directions in the field of cancer prevention. The symposium opened by Prof. Michael Boutros and Prof. Peter Schirmacher featured insightful keynote talks from renowned speakers, such as Prof. Sir John Burn (Newcastle, UK), Prof. Nicolas Wentzensen (Washington, USA), Dr. Miriam Reuschenbach (Munich, Germany), Prof. Matthias Kloor (Heidelberg, Germany), Prof. Vincent Heuveline (Heidelberg, Germany) and Prof. Renske Steenbergen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

The event culminated in an engaging podium discussion, moderated by Dr. Aysel Ahadova, where the panel explored the long journey to cancer prevention, reflecting on the progress made and the obstacles that remain.

We are excited to announce that the talks from the symposium are now available on our newly launched Youtube channel. We invite everyone to revisit these insipiring discussions and share in the celebration of Prof. Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz’s impactful career.

Photos: Christian Buck

Join Prof. Sei’s talk at DKFZ!

We are happy to announce that our long-year collaboration partner from NCI, NIH (USA), Prof. Shizuko Sei, is visiting Heidelberg. She will give a talk on on the topic of translational cancer prevention programs at the NCI.

Don’t miss the opportunity to dive into NCI cancer prevention programs and join us for Prof. Sei’s upcoming talk!

Lynch syndrome Patient Information Day

Lynch patients are confronted with questions from different subject areas: What prevention and early detection do I need? How do I deal with the knowledge of lifelong cancer risks? What new findings are there in terms of diagnostics and therapy? Where can I find the right information and advice? Patient advocacy and support group Semi-Colon will discuss these and other questions together with Lynch syndrome families and exchange experiences in dealing with the hereditary cancer risk.

To this event several experts have been invited who will provide an overview of the main topic, inform about new findings and developments in Lynch syndrome / HNPCC and, of course, will also be available to answer the questions.

For more information please follow https://www.semi-colon.de/news/ as well as Semi-Colon Facebook page.

2020 Lynch Syndrome Virtual Patient Conference

The 5th Annual LYNKED IN conference for individuals and families of those with Lynch syndrome was held on Saturday, September 12, 2020.

• Over 750 attendees registered for the event from 39 states and 14 countries.
• The conference brought together over 230 attendees in a live virtual series of talks and Q&A sessions.
• Advocacy groups joined LYNKED IN this year in post-conference break-out rooms.

Matthias Kloor gave this years‘ Keynote Lecture at the virtual LYNKED IN Conference and talked about the latest advances in vaccine development for Lynch syndrome-associated tumors. For watching this and other video presentations from LYNKED IN 2020 please click here.