1. Kum Kum Khanna (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane) “DNA damage response in normal tissue homeostasis”
2. Natasha Harvey (Centre for Cancer Biology, Adelaide) “Understanding the genetic and developmental basis of human lymphatic vascular disease”
3. Raman Sharma (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “THOC2 variation implicates mRNA export in neurodevelopmental disorders: 45 years of perseverance pays off”
4. Anuranjan Anand (Jawaharal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru) “Stem cells in breast cancer initiation and progression”

1. Anthony Cunningham (Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney) “Striking improvements in vaccine efficacy in the ageing through new immunologic strategies”
2. Kumarasamy Thangaraj (CSIR – Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad) “Population genomics and public health”
3. Meru Sheel (Australian National University, Canberra) “Operational research in public health emergencies for prevention and control of infectious diseases outbreaks”
4. Sutapa B. Neogi (Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi) “Walking the fine line between science and culture: its impact on health”

1. Severine Navarro (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane) “Hookworms and gut microbiome: focus on new therapeutic avenues”
2. Bhupinder Pal (Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Melbourne) “Using ScRNAseq to identify molecular events that shape tumour heterogeneity and microenvironment”
3. Michael Samuel (Centre for Cancer Biology, Adelaide) “Probing biomechanical and biochemical inter-relationships in breast cancer progression”
4. Steve Birrell (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “Breast density – the hidden danger”

1. Shama Prasada (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal) )“Understanding the regulation and biological function of miRNA clusters in cervical cancer”
2. Luke Selth (Flinders University / University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “Elucidating the androgen receptor cistrome in prostate cancer”
3. Sudha Rao (University of Canberra, Canberra) “Epigenetic driven reinvigoration: Progress from mechanism to therapeutics and liquid biopsies in immune-oncology”

Keynote Talk: Mohan Rao (Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Adelaide) “The history and impact of renal transplantation in India”

1. Mark Nottle (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “Embryonic stem cells. A tale of mice and men as well as pigs”
2. Sharmila Bapat (National Centre for Cell Science, Pune) “Cancer stem cells and phenotypic plasticity in metastases”
3. Cedric Bardy (South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Adelaide) “Modeling human brain disorders in vitro”
4. Annapoorni Rangarajan (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru) “Stem cells in breast cancer initiation and progression”

1. Lisa Butler (University of Adelaide / South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Adelaide) “Lipidomics identifies clinically targetable biomarkers for prostate cancer”
2. Daniel Kolarich (Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Brisbane) “Glycomics and glycoproteomics – deciphering the glyco-language of diseases”
3. Mark Corbett (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “Genomic approaches for discovery of non-coding variants in neurodevelopmental disorders”
4. Ashwani Kumar (ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry) “Proteogenomic and transcriptomic approaches for accurate assembly and annotation of genomes”

1. Sharad Kumar (Centre for Cancer Biology, Adelaide) “Caspase-2 dependent suppression of aneuploidy and tumourigenesis”
2. Liz Caldon (Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Sydney) “BRCA1 mutation stabilises cyclin E1 in breast cancer to create a therapeutically targetable subset”
3. David Waugh (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane) “Re-education of tumor-associated macrophages in advanced prostate cancer”
4. Harsha Gowda (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane) ”Novel avenues for therapeutic intervention based on proteogenomic landscape of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma”

1. Shaun McColl (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “The atypical chemokine receptor ACKR4 restrains anti-tumour immunity through regulation of CCL21”
2. Simon Phipps (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane) “Novel approaches for the treatment of viral bronchiolitis and prevention of later asthma”
3. Nic Waddell (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane) “Whole genome and RNAseq sequencing of cancers to predict response to immunotherapy”
4. Rajiv Khanna (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane) “Harnessing the cellular immunity to fight cancers and infectious complications”

1. Maria Kavallaris (Children’s Cancer Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney) “3D bioprinting tumours: Applications in drug screening and cancer biology”
2. Kaylene Simpson (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne) “Using high throughput cellular phenotyping to screen for novel disease targets”
3. Renea Taylor (Monash University, Melbourne) “Using patient-derived xenografts to unveil prostate cancer phenotypes”
4. Theresa Hickey (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “What’s best for breast”

1. Shom Goel (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne) “CDK4/6 inhibition in cancer – more than cell cycle arrest.”
2. Chamindie Punyadeera (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane) “Liquid biopsy for detection of patients likely to develop metastasis in HNC and NSCLC”
3. Melissa Davis (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne) “Molecular phenotypes and precision medicine: In silico sorting, subtyping and single patient analysis”
4. Prashant Kumar (Institute for Bioinformatics, Bengaluru) )“Patient derived circulating tumor cell cluster phenotype allows monitoring response to treatment and predicts survival”

1. Philippa Middleton (South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Adelaide) “Can we reduce preterm birth through precision medicine?”
2. Deborah White (University of Adelaide / South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Adelaide) “A systematic approach to understanding the factors that impact response of ALL patients to current therapies”
3. Rebecca Robker (University of Adelaide, Adelaide) “Childhood obesity starts with egg and sperm”
4. Susan Woods (South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Adelaide) “Patient derived organoids to guide personalised treatment for bowel cancer“
5. Elgene Lim (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney) “Window (trials) to precision medicine”