PaLM Grand Rounds May

Join us on Thursday, May 21, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., in Auditorium A at University Hospital, as Dr. Brian Keller, discusses “Beyond Checkpoint Inhibition: Remodeling the Tumor Immune Microenvironment in GI and GU Cancers.”

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Auditorium A, University Hospital

Learning objectives:

  1. Understand the relationship between mismatch repair status, tumour mutational burden, and response to immune checkpoint inhibition in GI and GU cancers
  2. Describe the mechanisms by which oncolytic virotherapy disrupts the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment and primes anti-tumour immunity.
  3. Examine the cellular and molecular composition of the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment in GI and GU cancers, with a focus on emerging immune cell populations as potential therapeutic targets.