7th Zurich Precision Oncology Conference 2026

Symposium

Hosted for the first time jointly by the CCCZ, The LOOP Zurich, and the Tumor Profiler Center, the 7th Precision Oncology Symposium will showcase the latest advances in precision medicine and cancer care. The program includes sessions on cutting-edge diagnostics and technologies, translational and clinical research in solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, data science, and a poster pitch session. It will bring together leading experts from research and clinical practice to share insights and advance precision oncology.

Format

Hybrid

Standort

Universitätsspital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zürich
oder ONLINE

Hörsaal

Grosser Hörsaal NORD

Datum

26.03.2026

Zeit

08:30 - 17:45

Credits

SGMO 8

Kosten

kostenlos

Programm

08:30 Welcome Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich
Markus G. Manz, Chair CCCZWelcome 7th Zurich Precision Oncology Symposium
Markus Rudin, Director The LOOP Zurich
Session 1: Diagnostics / Technologies – Bernd Bodenmiller & Jana Pachlopnik
08:40 Personalized drug screening for precision oncology
Berend Snijder,  Dr., Faculty at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering
09:10 Precision oncology in the age of agentic AI
Daniel Truhn, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med., RWTH Aachen, Germany
09:40 Precise, fast, accessible: Neuropathology 3.0
Felix Sahm, Prof. Dr. Dr. med., University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
10:10 Coffee Break
Session 2: Translational & Clinical Research – Solid Tumors
Andreas Wicki & Anne Müller
10:40 Innovative trial design and infrastructure for precision oncology
Benjamin Kasenda, PD Dr., University Hospital Basel
11:10 Predictive Biomarkers for Immunotherapy Response: From Translational Research to Clinical Practice
Ruben Bill, Dr. med. et phil. nat., Inselspital Bern
11:40 Virtual Patient Labs: AI-Driven Simulation and Diagnostics for Precision Oncology
Charlotte Bunne, Prof. Dr., EPFL Lausanne
12:00 Poster Pitch Session
12:30 Mittagspause und Poster
Session 3: Translational & Clinical Research – Hemato. Malignancies
Jean-Pierre Bourquin & Thorsten Zenz
13:30 Molecular Glue Degraders
Nicolas Thomä, Prof., EPFL Lausanne
14:00 Data-driven hallmarks for AML
Olli Kallioniemi, Prof., Research Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) and Professor of Molecular Precision Medicine, SciLifeLab and Karolinska Insitute
14:30 Ex vivo drug response profiling for response and outcome prediction in hematologic malignancies
Sascha Dietrich, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med., University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
15:00 Cell surface protein degraders (SureTACs) for precision oncology
Prof. Dr. Madelon Maurice, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
15:30 Coffee Break
Session 4: Data Science – Markus Rudin & Virginie Uhlmann

In cooperation with MOH & CCCZ Grand Rounds

16:00 AI Tumor Board
Michael Krauthammer, Prof. Dr. med., University Hospital Zurich
16:30 Multimodal AI for precision pathology
Frederick Klauschen, Prof., Institute of Pathology, LMU Munich, Germany
17:00 Predictive modelling of drug combination responses
Tero Aittokallio, PhD, Prof., Oslo University Hospital, Norway
17:30 Wrap-up
Thorsten Zenz, Prof. Dr. med., University Hospital Zurich

Program Committee

Prof. Dr. Markus Rudin, The LOOP Zurich

Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Zenz, Dep. of Medical Oncology and Hematology, USZ

Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Wicki,  Tumor Profiler Center

Prof. Dr. Bernd Bodenmiller, Tumor Profiler Center

Prof. Dr. med. Jean Pierre Bourquin, Oncology, KiSpi

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