Cajal Course: Cancer Neuroscience

Venue: Bordeaux School of Neuroscience

22 Sep – 10 Oct 2025. Registration before 16 June

Course overview

Cancer neuroscience represents an interdisciplinary field at the forefront of cancer research, seamlessly combining insights from neurobiology and oncology. The intricate interplay between the nervous system and cancer has yielded profound insights into the mechanisms of tumor progression and the tumor microenvironment. The latter, comprising neuro-glial, immune, and endothelial networks, has been identified as a critical determinant of cancer growth and metastasis.

Cutting-edge technologies inspired by the neuroscience field are transforming our ability to study brain cancers from a neural perspective. This course will enable students to integrate theoretical and methodological concepts in neuro-oncology, combining modern neuroscience approaches with hands-on experience in state-of-the-art methodologies. The course provides an integrated understanding of the crosstalk between neuro-oncology and neuroscience.

Course Directors

• Anna Golebiewska
  Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg
• Antonio C. Pagano Zottola
  Bordeaux Institute of Oncology – INSERM, France
• Varun Venkataramani
  German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Honorary Lecture – Brain Prize Winner

• Frank Winkler
  German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Keynote Speakers

• Thomas Daubon, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, France
• Manuel Valiente, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Spain
• Simona Parrinello, UCL Cancer Institute, UK
• Aurélie Tchoghandjian, Institut de Neurophysiopathologie, France
• Helene Castel, Laboratoire de Différenciation et Communication Neuronale et Neuroendocrine, France
• Hrvoye Miletic, University of Bergen, Norway
• Vidhya Madapusi Ravi, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies , Germany
• Leila Akkari, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands
• Dieter Henrik Heiland, Department of Neurosurgery, Germany
• Elena Ciaglia, Università di Salerno, Italy

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