Friday 21^st October 2016

13:45      Welcome and introduction (D. Betticher, Fribourg)

Concepts of molecular analysis I (L. Bubendorf, Basel)

14:00      Next-Generation-Sequencing: basic concepts (L. Quagliata, Basel)

14:30      Data and knowledge mining (P. Wild, Zürich)

15:00      Commercial genomic testing solutions (K. Mertz, Liestal)

15:30      Discussion and questions

16:00      Coffee break

Concepts of molecular analysis II (L. Mazzucchelli, Locarno)

16:30      Liquid biopsies (L. Bubendorf, Basel)

17:00      Discussion and questions

Molecular case reports I

17:30      NSCLC 1 (S. Zimmermann, Fribourg)

17:45      NSCLC 2 (A. Curioni, Zürich)

18:00      Colorectal cancer (P. Tsantoulis, Genève)

18:25      Discussion and questions                                                                          

18:30      Adjourn

Saturday 22^nd October 2016

Concepts of molecular analysis III (P. Wild, Zürich)

08:00      Statistical challenges in NGS (C. Ng, Basel)

08:30      New diagnostic methods in hematolymphoid neoplasms (P. Lundberg, Basel)

09:00      In-situ hybridization (T. Grob, Bern)

Molecular case reports II

09:30      Melanoma (S. Diem, St. Gallen/K. Homicsko, Lausanne)

10:00      Coffee Break

10:30      Hematological malignancy (L. Mazzucchelli, Locarno)

10:45      Gynecological/breast cancer (J.-P. Zurcher, Lausanne)

Special topics

11:00      Access routes to new drugs and clinical trials (M. Pless, Winterthur)

11:30      Challenges in immunotherapy (A. Zippelius, Basel)

12:00      Conclusion and wrap-up (L. Bubendorf, Basel)