title: Meeting report--9th IRIC International Symposium on Molecular Targets in Cancer Genomics.
abstract: Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) organized the 9th IRIC International Symposium on 14-15 May, 2015. The symposium was held at the IRIC, an ultra-modern research hub and training center located on the hilltop of the Université de Montréal campus in Montreal, Canada. This year's title was 'Molecular Targets in Cancer Genomics', reflecting the common interest of the IRIC student community. Through four broadly themed sessions, organizers sought to highlight the new generation of anti-cancer strategies including targeted therapies directed against actionable cancer-specific mutations, and immunotherapies, which enhance immune responses against cancer. Both targeted and immunotherapies are tailored to cancer-specific features, and require precise knowledge of cancer cells, from their genome to their proteome. The focus of this symposium was on translating the molecular basis of cancer into a functional understanding of aberrant pathways, and to uncover novel targets to be exploited for cancer therapeutic strategies.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 3J7.
authors.forename: Céline M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Laumont
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 3J7.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haberl
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 3J7.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghugari
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 3J7 tan-ning.tsao@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsao
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D042822:Genomic Instability / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*