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Congress Program

 

Keynote speakers:

Carrie Rinker-Schaeffer, University of Chicago

Mina Bissell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

6:00pm – 10:00pm
Registration

EVENING SESSION
7:00pm – 7:10pm
Welcoming note
Tien Hsu, Boston University School of Medicine, USA

7:10pm – 8:00pm
Opening lecture
Erle Robertson, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, USA

8:00pm – 10:00pm
Reception/Mixer

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration

MORNING SESSION
Regulation of cell signaling
Chair: Thomas Wieland, University of Heidelberg, Germany

8:00am – 10:00am
Scientific session – platform presentations

10:00am – 10:30am
Coffee break

10:30am – 12:00n
Scientific session – platform presentations and presentations selected from abstracts
Confirmed speakers:

• Thomas Wieland, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Anil Mehta, University of Dundee, UK
• Tien Hsu, Boston University School of Medicine
• Iain Buxton, University of Nevada, USA

AFTERNOON SESSION
Embryonic development and model organisms
Chair: Shin-ichi Ohnuma, University College London

1:00pm – 3:00pm
Scientific session – platform presentations

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Coffee break

3:30pm – 5:00pm
Scientific session – platform presentations and presentations selected from abstracts
Confirmed speakers:

• Shin-ichi Ohnuma, University College London
• Maja Herak Bosnar, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia
• Jean Lu, Academia Sinica, and Nianhan Ma, National Central University, Taiwan
• Sang-Soo Kwak, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, South Korea

5:00pm – 6:00pm
Keynote address I
Carrie Rinker-Schaeffer, University of Chicago

6:00pm – 9:00pm
Poster session I

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Friday, August 2, 2013

8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration

MORNING SESSION
Cancer progression and metastasis suppression I
Chair: David Kaetzel, University of Maryland School of Medicine

8:00am – 10:00am
Scientific session – platform presentations

10:00am – 10:30am
Coffee break

10:30am – 12:00n
Scientific session – platform presentations selected from abstracts
Confirmed speakers:

• David Kaetzel, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
• Shantanu Chowdhury, Inst Genom & Integrat Biol, India
• Mark Boyd, University of Liverpool, UK
• Christopher Bunce, University of Birmingham, UK
• Rina Plattner, University of Kentucky

AFTERNOON SESSION
Cancer progression and metastasis suppression II
Chair: Patricia Steeg, National Cancer Institute, USA

1:00am – 3:00pm
Scientific session – platform presentations

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Coffee break

3:30pm – 5:00pm
Scientific session – platform presentations selected from abstracts

• Confirmed speakers:
• Natasha Snider, University of Michigan, USA
• Nikolina Vlatkovic, University of Liverpool, UK
• Mathieu Boissan, Institut Curie, France
• Natascia Marino, National Cancer Institute, USA

5:00pm – 6:30pm
Round-table discussion – Emerging interests and future direction
Moderators:

• Anil Mehta, University of Dundee, UK
• Massimo Zollo, CEINGE, Italy

6:30pm – 9:00pm
Poster session II

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

8:00am – 8:00pm
Registration

MORNING SESSION
Protein structure and function
Chair: Paul Attwood, University of Western Australia, Australia

8:00am – 10:00am
Scientific session – platform presentations

10:00am – 10:30am
Coffee break

10:30am – 12:00n
Scientific session – platform presentations selected from abstracts
Confirmed speakers:

• Alan Friedman, University of Rochester, USA
• Özlem Yilmaz, University of Florida, USA
• Paul Attwood, University of Western Australia, Australia
• Thierry Granjon, University of Lyon, France
• Michael Webb, University of Leeds, UK
• Uwe Schlattner, UJF Grenoble, France
• Dong-Hae Shin, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Keynote address II
Mina Bissell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Tumor microenvironment and metastasis)

AFTERNOON SESSION
Therapeutic strategies
Daniela Lombardi memorial session
Chair: Massimo Zollo, CEINGE, Naples, Italy

2:00pm – 4:00pm
Scientific session – platform presentations

4:00pm – 4:30pm
Coffee break

4:30pm – 6:00pm
Scientific session – platform presentations selected from abstracts
Confirmed speakers:

• Massimo Zollo, CEINGE, Naples, Italy
• Patricia Steeg, National Cancer Institute, USA
• MariaNeve Carotenuto, Naples, Italy
• Yu-Xi Feng, Mannheim, Germany

6:30pm – 8:30pm
Congress dinner

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Checkout and Exit