Scientific Programme

Innate and adaptive immune responses in the pancreas, including immune checkpoints, T cell exhaustion, myeloid regulation, and mechanisms of immune evasion and immunotherapy resistance.

A dedicated forum of the Young Pancreas Club in which doctoral students, postdocs, and residents present their work to the pancreatology community.

The stromal, vascular, neural, and metabolic architecture of pancreatic tumors, including cancer-associated fibroblasts, matrix remodelling, and single-cell, spatial, and organoid approaches.

Results, interim analyses, and trial designs in pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis, and endocrine pancreatic disease, including neoadjuvant, perioperative, and biomarker-integrated concepts.

Surgical management of pancreatic disease, including minimally invasive and robotic techniques, complex resections, perioperative management, complications, and long-term outcomes.

Acute, chronic, autoimmune, and hereditary pancreatitis, covering disease mechanisms, severity prediction, exocrine insufficiency, pain management, and progression to malignancy.

The intratumoral, intestinal, and oral microbiome in pancreatic health and disease, including its role in carcinogenesis, inflammation, therapy response, and as a therapeutic target.

Molecular and cellular biology of the pancreas, covering signalling pathways, genetic and epigenetic alterations, metabolism, cell plasticity, and models of tumor initiation.

The endocrine pancreas, including neuroendocrine neoplasms, functional tumors, islet biology, and diabetes mellitus of the exocrine pancreas (Type 3c).