CNPN 2025

Scientific Program

Program-at-a-glance

Saturday | November 8th, 2025

9:00 - 9:45 am Registration, Light breakfast and refreshments provided
9:45 - 10:00 am Welcome Remarks
10:00 - 10:45 am Chair: Dr. Nicole Hasmeier
Keynote speaker: Dr. Thomas Kislinger (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre), Clinical Proteomics: Biomarker Discovery & Therapeutic Targets
10:45 am - 12:20 pm Session 1: Proteomics Driving Innovation in Health Research
Chair: Dr. Jean-François Trempe, ECR co-chair: Bianca Dupont
Invited Speaker: Dr. Isabelle Sirois (CHU Sainte-Justine), Uncovering Gene Fusion Neoantigens (GF-NEOs): How the ProteoFusion NEO Platform and Mass Spectrometry-Based Immunopeptidomics Reveal Novel Targets for Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy
Invited Speaker: Dr. Philipp Lange (University of British Columbia), Single-cell and spatial proteomics to improve personalized precision medicine
Abstract-selected talk: Dr. Chongyang Li, SUMO isopeptidase SENP6 reshapes ERE-derived antigen presentation via SUMOylation-mediated epigenetic modulation
Abstract-selected talk: Laleh Ebrahimi Ghahnavieh, NexProQ: Multiplexed Quantitation of 500+ Proteins in Whole Blood and Dried Blood Spots Using PRM-PASEF and TMTpro
Abstract-selected talk: Dr. Shawn Li, Ultra-deep phosphoproteomics using sh2 superbinders: Applications in cancer research
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch (provided) and Annual General Meeting
1:30 - 3:15 pm Session 2: Proteomics Technology and Innovation
Chair: Dr. Ji-Young Youn, ECR co-chair: Davier Gutierrez-Gongora
Invited Speaker: Dr. Stuart Cordwell (University of Sydney), Integrated multi-omics for linking mass spectrometry to bacterial pathogen phenotypes
Invited Speaker: Dr. Ling Hao (University of Maryland), Advancing Proteomics Strategies to Capture Lysosome Dynamics in Human Neurons
Abstract-selected talk: Dr. Florence Roux-Dalvai, MICROB-AI-R+: combining advanced proteomic data and machine learning for the ultrafast identification of pathogens and their resistance profile
Abstract-selected talk: Dr. Andrei Drabovich, Redefining Antibody Diagnostics for Viral Infections through Proteome-Wide Serology
Abstract-selected talk: Valeriia Vasylieva, Advancing proteomic discoveries with open modification search
Abstract-selected talk: Dr. Thibault Mayor, Mapping Protein Quality Control Networks: A Proteomics Approach to Chaperone and Degron-Driven Degradation
3:15 - 3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:00 pm Award Presentations
5:00 - 6:15 pm Lightning Talks
6:15 - 7:30 pm Networking Reception

Program at a glance

Saturday | November 8th, 2025

9:00 - 9:45 am Registration, Light breakfast and refreshments provided
9:45 - 10:00 am Welcome Remarks
10:00 - 10:45 am Keynote speaker:
Dr. Thomas Kislinger
, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
10:45 am - 12:20 pm Session 1: Proteomics Driving Innovation in Health Research
Dr. Isabelle Sirois, CHU Sainte-Justine
Dr. Philipp Lange, University of British Columbia
Dr. Chongyang Li,
Laleh Ebrahimi Ghahnavieh
Dr. Shawn Li
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch, Annual General Meeting and Networking
1:30 - 3:15 pm Session 2: Proteomics Technology and Innovation
Dr. Stuart Cordwell, University of Sydney
Dr. Ling Hao, University of Maryland
Dr. Florence Roux-Dalvai
Dr. Andrei Drabovich
Valeriia Vasylieva
Dr. Thibault Mayor
3:15 - 3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:00 pm Award Presentations
5:00 - 6:15 pm Lightning Talks
6:15 - 7:30 pm Networking Reception