Programme
| Date | Venue/Session |
|---|---|
| Thursday 12 June | |
| Discovery Point, Discovery Quay | |
| 18.00 - 18.45 | Registration - you will receive your delegate bag and further meeting information |
| 19.00 - 20.30 | Civic Reception and Opening Ceremony hosted by The Lord Provost of Dundee, John R Letford Wine and canapés will be served Tour of RRS Discovery and Exhibitions Accompanying persons may not attend this event |
| The Conference will be held in the new University Teaching Block, Old Hawkhill, Dundee | |
| Friday 13 June | |
| Cell Signalling | |
09.00 - 9.20 |
Pete Downes, |
| PI 3-kinase/PTEN signalling in cancer | |
09.20 - 9.40 |
Stephane Pyronnet, |
| 4E-BP1 is crucial for TGFbeta/Smad4 tumor suppressor function in pancreatic adenocarcinoma | |
| 9-40-10.00 | Sonia Rocha, |
| Mechanisms of gene expression following hypoxic stress | |
| 10.00-10.20 | Catherine Muller |
| A nuclear, DNA damage dependent, pathway of hypoxia tolerance involving the DNA dependent protein kinase | |
| 10.20-10.50 | Coffee Break |
| 10.50-11.10 | Jean-Christophe Bourdon |
p53 isoforms modulate p53 biological activities |
|
| 11.10-11.30 | Anne-Catherine Prats |
Roles of p53 isoforms in the control of FGF-2 expression, endothelial cell migration and metastatic dissemination |
|
| 11.30-11.50 | David Lane |
Role of p53 isoform in Zebrafish |
|
| 11.50-12.10 | Pierre Roux |
| Control of Rho/ROCK signalling by p53: Consequences on cell migration and invasion | |
| 12.10-12.30 | David Meek |
| p53-mediated down-regulation of Plk1 expression as part of the G2/M checkpoint to DNA damage | |
| 12.50 - 14.40 | Lunch and Poster session |
| Clinical/translational research | |
| 14.30-14.50 | Alastair Thompson |
Integrating clinical and laboratory expertise in Dundee: a breast cancer paradigm. |
|
| 14.50-15.10 | Cecile Desjobert |
Impaired expression of Hematopoietically-Expressed miRNAs in Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma |
|
| 15.10-15.30 | Stefan Vagner |
| Post-transcriptional Gene Expression in Metastatic Breast Cancer | |
| 15.30-15.50 | Steward Fleming |
| Ki-Ras is an aldosterone sensitive gene in renal carcinoma | |
| 15.50-16.10 | Elisabeth Cohen-Jonathan Moyal |
Targeting adhesion pathway for radiosensitization: from the lab to clinic |
|
| 16.10-16.40 | Coffee Break |
| 16.40-17.00 | Cyril Broccardo |
PAX5 mutations occur frequently in adult B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) and are significantly associated with BCR-ABL1 fusion gene |
|
| 17.00-17.20 | John Dillon |
Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma “A Risky Business” |
|
| 17.20-17.40 | Louis Buscail |
Human stromal cells for treatment and targeted therapy of epithelial cancers |
|
| 17.40-18.00 | Tom Shepherd |
CXR Biosciences: translating academic expertise to commercial success |
|
| 18.00-18.30 | Walter Willet |
| Title to be confirmed | |
| 19.00 - 21.30 | Dinner at Invercarse Hotel, Perth Road |
Coach Transport to Invercarse Hotel |
|
| Saturday 14 June | |
Genome Maintenance / Cell Cycle | |
| 9.00-9.20 | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Kinetochore capture and bi-orientation on the mitotic spindle | |
| 9.20-9.40 | Sylvie Tournier |
Sister kinetochore recapture in fission yeast occurs by two distinct mechanisms, both requiring Dam1 and Klp2 |
|
| 9.40-10.00 | Andreas Merdes |
| The role of gamma-tubulin complexes in bipolar spindle formation | |
| 10.00-10.20 | Paul Clarke |
The balance between cell division and cell death |
|
| 10.20-10.50 | Coffee |
| 10.50-11.10 | Bernard Salles |
| NHEJ protein repair complex recruitment at double-strand breaks | |
| 11.10-11.30 | Eric Wright |
| Title to be confirmed | |
| 11.50-12.10 | Jean-Sebastien Hoffman |
| Silencing of the alternative Y-family DNA polymerases in human cancers: impact on DNA replication and genome maintenance | |
| 12.10-12.30 | Stephane Manenti |
New regulations of CDC25A in cancer |
|
| 12.10-12.30 | Bernard Ducommun |
CDC25B phosphatases in cell cycle control and checkpoint response to DNA injury |
|
| Lunch / Poster | |
| Technology/Imaging/Drug discovery | |
| 14.30-14.50 | Sonia Lain |
Discovery, in vivo activity and mechanism of action of small molecule p53 activators |
|
| 14.50-15.10 | Inke Näthke |
The adenomatous polyposis coli protein as a cytoskeletal architect: implications for early tumourigenesis |
|
| 15.10 - 15.30 | Sylvian Kirzin |
| Molecular signature of early onset colorectal cancer (CRC) | |
| 15.30-15.50 | Iain Tait |
| Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is associated with an improvement in survival in patients with irresectable Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma | |
| 15.50-16.20 | Coffee |
| 16.20-16.40 | Peter Kelly |
Detection of novel biomarkers by plasma proteomic profiling of oesophageal cancer mouse xenografts using three human cell lines in response to chemotherapy |
|
| 16.40-17.00 | Andreas Melzer |
| Title to be confirmed | |
| 17.00-17.20 | Alfred Cuschieri |
The European Nanovectot 'Ninieve' for drug and gene therapy. |
|
| 17.20-17.30 | Conclusion |
| 18.00 | Bus transfer to Carnoustie Golf Hotel |
| 19.00 | Conference Dinner & Ceilidh, Carnoustie Golf Hotel |
The New Teaching Block is located on the main campus of the University (see building 15 on campus map), on the corner of Old Hawkhill and Hunter Street. There is a pay and display car park opposite which is open to the public, just behind the Globe Bar.
Please note that admission to Dinner on Friday 13 June and Dinner and Ceilidh on Saturday 14 June is strictly by ticket - if you have registered for these events, tickets will be issued with your delegate bag.
There will be coaches to the Invercarse Hotel on Friday evening at 18.30 hrs departing from the conference venue and also to the Carnoustie Golf Hotel departing from the conference venue & returning to West Park Centre on Saturday evening 14 June at 18.15 hrs
Delegate accommodation if required, will be reserved for you at the West Park Centre, Perth Road, Dundee in single, en-suite rooms for the 3 nights of June 12, 13, 14.
