On Monday 8th December 2025, join us for the OxCODE symposium 2025 to hear about the latest research in early cancer detection and prevention from Oxford and elsewhere.

We are delighted to have Ros Eeles (The Institute of cancer Research, London) and Phil Jones (Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge) as our keynote speakers and there will be sessions themed on:

Early detection, featuring Ros Eeles, Parinaz Mehdipour and Brian Nicholson
Stratifying cancer risk, featuring Pradeep Virdee, Karl Smith Byrne, Anneke Lucassen
Biology-informed prevention, featuring Phil Jones, Karin Hellner , Zinaida Dedeic and Maria Aggelakopoulou

The Symposium will also feature:

Panel discussion: Are industry/academia partnerships essential for advancing early detection and prevention research for patient benefit?
Lightning talks (abstract submission deadline, 7th November; see guidance below).
Poster session (abstract submission deadline, 7th November; see guidance below).

At the end of the day, there will be a drinks and canapés reception to give you an opportunity to network and build connections.

Register by 21st November, Please contact cancer@medsci.ox.ac.uk with any questions.

Lightning talk abstract submission

If you would like to submit an abstract for consideration for a 4-minute lightning talk, you will need to follow the guidelines below:

• The abstract must be no longer than 200 words, submitted in Word format.

• Please include a title, author list and your primary departmental affiliation.

• All abstracts must be submitted to cancer@medsci.ox.ac.uk by Friday 7th November. Late abstracts will not be accepted.

• All people submitting abstracts must also register via Eventbrite

• Lightning talks will be selected by the OxCODE operational group

• Applicants will be notified of acceptance from Monday 17th November

Poster guidance

If you would like to submit an abstract for consideration for the poster session you will need to follow the guidelines below:

• The abstract must be no longer than 200 words, submitted in Word format.

• Please include a title, author list and your primary departmental affiliation.

• All abstracts must be submitted to cancer@medsci.ox.ac.uk by Friday 7th November. Late abstracts will not be accepted.

• All people submitting abstracts must also register via Eventbrite

• In the event of oversubscription, poster places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis (40 places available).

• Posters should be printed in portrait orientation and be no larger than A0 to fit the poster display boards.