LHUB-ULB Annual Symposium - Role of laboratory medicine in the fight against cancer

Session 1 : Oncology & laboratory medicine - Chairman : Frédéric Cotton (LHUB-ULB)

WHO perspective on the contribution of academic clinical laboratories in cancer research
Zisis Kozlakidis (International Agency for Research on Cancer) - presentation
The Role of Laboratory Medicine in Precision oncology: future or illusion?
Marc Van Den Bulcke (Sciensano)
Tissue and circulating biomarkers in oncology : advances, limits and hopes of the clinician
Yassine Lalami (Institut Jules Bordet, Medical oncology clinic) - presentation
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Julie Smet (LHUB-ULB, Immunology) - presentation
Flow cytometry and cell proliferations in haematology
Valéry Daubie (LHUB-ULB, Haematology) - presentation

Session 2 : Unique characteristics of the university laboratory - Chairman : Olivier Vandenberg (LHUB-ULB)

Contribution of grappe Optilab Montréal-CHUM to the academic life of Université de Montréal
Christian Lavallée (Grappe OPTILAB Montréal-CHUM, Université de Montréal) - presentation
Contribution of the LHUB-ULB to the missions of its University. Current input and prospects for improvement
Olivier Vandenberg (LHUB-ULB, Research and technological innovation Unit) - presentation
The LHUB-ULB at the heart of a European network of rare haematological diseases: stop or what else?
Béatrice Gulbis (LHUB-ULB, Haematology) - presentation