MINI-SYMPOSIUM

Advances in Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment

October 14, 2025  •   Zoom

9:00 AM EDT | 10:00 AM BRT | 3:00 PM CET | 6:30 PM IST

Presented By:

Jointly Organized By:

NORTH AMERICA CHAPTER

EUROPE CHAPTER

Featured Speakers

  • Lucia R. Languino, PhD

    CHAIR

    Professor -
    Dept. Pharmacology, Physiology and Cancer Biology

    Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center,
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College,
    Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    USA

  • Zoran Culig, MD

    CO-CHAIR

    Professor of Experimental Urology

    Department of Urology
    Medical University of Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

  • Nima Sharifi, MD


    Scientific Director and Professor -
    Desai Sethi Urology Institute

    Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami

    Miami, Florida
    USA

  • Adam Sharp, MD, PhD


    Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow Leader -
    Translational Therapeutics Team

    Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology - Institute of Cancer Research,
    Roy Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    Surrey, United Kingdom

  • Andries M. Bergman, MD,PhD


    Professor -
    Prostate Oncology and Group Leader

    The Netherlands Cancer Institute

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Wilbert Zwart, PhD


    Professor -
    Functional Genomics in Oncology and Group Leader

    The Netherlands Cancer Institute

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Schedule

Welcome by Vivek M. Rangnekar, PhD
Professor - University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center
Founding Chair - Global Cancer Consortium
Lexington, KY, USA

Opening Comments by Lucia R. Languino, PhD
Mini-Symposium Chair

9:00-9:05 AM EDT

Lucia R. Languino, PhD
“Mechanisms of Prostate Cancer Progression”

9:05-9:30

Q&A

9:30-9:35

Nima Sharifi, MD
“How Steroid Metabolism Regulates Prostate Cancer Outcomes"

9:35-10:00

Q&A

10:00-10:05

Andries M. Bergman, MD, PhD and Wilbert Zwart, PhD
“Impact of Lab and Clinic Collaboration: Androgen Receptor Signaling and Predicting Cancer Relapse in Patients”

10:05-10:40

Q&A

10:40-10:45

BREAK

10:45-10-50

Zoran Culig, MD
“Elements of the Mediator Complex in Regulation of Prostate Cancer Growth and Androgen Receptor Activity”

10:50-11:15

Q&A

11:15-11:20

Adam Sharp, MD, PhD
“Targeting the Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway in Lethal Prostate Cancer”

11:20-11:45

Q&A

11:45-11:50

Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks

11:50 AM-
12:00 PM