Programme Final (Overview)
Monday 10 | Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12
Full programme with abstracts, poster and author information available for download here (pdf)
0800 |
Registration |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room Foyer |
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EMT and Development: |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
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0830 |
Opening Remarks |
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0900 |
Session I (Invited) |
Inaugural Elizabeth D Hay Lecture |
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0935 |
(Invited) |
Angela Nieto: EMT-related and EMT-independent regulation of cell adhesion and movement by Snail |
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1010 |
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Patrick Humbert: The polarity regulators Scribble and DLG control epithelial migration during development, wound healing and tumourigenesis |
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1030 |
Coffee & Posters |
Conference Room Foyer |
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1100 |
Session II (Invited) |
David McClay: Gene regulatory network states that control EMT. |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
1135 |
(Invited) |
Michael Klymkowsky: Conserved and novel features of the NFkβ-Slug-Twist network involved in Xenopus mesoderm formation and EMT |
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1210 |
Michael Murray: Photoactivatable GFP resolves Drosophila mesoderm migration behaviour |
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1230 |
Lunch and Poster viewing |
Conference Room Foyer | Wierzynek Restaurant / |
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Cell signalling and EMT (I) |
Larischka Palace, Conference Room |
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1400 |
Session III (Invited) |
Aristidis Moustakas: Smad proteins of the TGFß pathway instruct a network of transcription factors for the establishment of EMT |
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1435 |
(Invited) |
Caroline Hill: Searching for novel regulators of EMT |
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1510 |
Wolfgang Mikulits: PDGF Links TGF-β Signaling to Nuclear β-Catenin Accumulation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression |
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1530 |
Eileen Whiteman: The Transcription Factor Snail Represses Crumbs3 Expression and Disrupts Apico-Basal Polarity Complexes |
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1550 |
Afternoon Tea and Posters |
Conference Room Foyer |
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1630 |
Session IV (Invited) |
John Collard: The Par/Tiam1 polarity complex controls epithelial and mesenchymal properties of epithelial cells. |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
1705 |
(Invited) |
Shoukat Dedhar: Regulation of EMT and Wnt signaling by Integrin-Linked Kinase |
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1740 |
William Schiemann: EMT and Oncogenic Signaling by TGF-ß in Mammary Epithelial Cells |
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1800 |
Poster Session / EpiPlast Carcinoma Committee Meeting |
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EMT and Cancer (I) |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
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830 |
Session V (Invited) |
Paolo Comoglio: Invasive growth: a MET-driven genetic programme for cancer and stem cells |
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905 |
(Invited) |
Don Newgreen: EMT in the neural crest model: Does functional manipulation of adhesion and cytoskeletal systems reset the sensitivity to pro-EMT growth factors? |
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940 |
Greg Goodall: The microRNA-200 family regulates the E-cadherin repressors, ZEB1/deltaEF-1 and SIP1/ZEB2 and EMT |
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1000 |
Coffee & Posters |
Conference Room Foyer |
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1030 |
Debate |
EMT-MET cycles in tumors: Amparo Cano, Gerhard Christofori, Pierre Savagner and Erik (Rik) Thompson |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
1130 |
Session VI (Invited) |
Gerhard Christofori: Distinct mechanisms of tumor invasion and metastasis |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
1205 |
(Invited) |
Erik (Rik) Thompson: Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Traits in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines Parallel the Human Breast Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype and Subclassify Human Breast Cancers |
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1240 |
Lunch and Poster viewing Wierzynek Restaurant / |
Conference Room Foyer |
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EMT and Cancer (II) |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
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1415 |
Session VII (Invited) |
Amparo Cano: Understanding the role of Snail factors and other EMT regulators in tumour progression |
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1450 |
(Invited) |
Thomas Brabletz: Malignant progression in colorectal cancer: EMT, β -Catenin & cancer stem cells |
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1525 |
Andreas Eger: The transcription factor ZEB1 promotes tumor progression by repressing master regulators of epithelial differentiation |
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1545 |
Afternoon Tea and Posters |
Conference Room Foyer |
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1615 |
Session VIII (Invited) |
Avri Ben-Ze’ev: Cell motility at the invasive front of tumors: The role of novel Wnt/ß-catenin target genes |
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1650 |
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Arne Östman: PDGF-dependent cancer fibroblasts and pericytes as novel cancer drug targets |
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1725 |
Laura Rosano: β -Arrestin-1 as messenger of endothelin A receptor-driven >β-catenin signaling pathway and epithelial to mesenchymal transition: implication for an effective combined therapy in ovarian cancer |
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1745 |
Hector Peinado: LOXL2 as a player in epidermal homeostasis and early marker of squamous cell carcinomas |
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1805 |
Poster Session / TEMTIA Annual General Meeting |
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1900 |
Conference Dinner |
Folwark Zalesie |
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Physiological aspects of EMT |
Larischa Palace, Conference Room |
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0830 |
Session IX (Invited) |
Pierre Savagner: Slug regulates early epithelial differentiation by maintaining a metastable phenotype |
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0905 |
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Raghu Kalluri: The Effects of BMP-7 on EndMT and Cardiac Fibrosis |
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0940 |
Jiri Zavadil: Gene Regulation Network Analysis Suggests Epigenetic Mechanism for Silencing of TIMP3 in EMT |
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1000 |
Coffee & Posters |
Conference Room Foyer |
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1030 |
Debate |
EMT in development and physiology: Michael Klymkowsky, Raghu Kalluri and Angela Nieto |
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1130 |
Session X (Invited) |
Raymond Runyan: Regulation of EMT in the atrioventricular canal of the developing heart |
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1205 |
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Claire Sharpe: Delineation of GTPase pathways in EMT: A role for every Rho? |
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1225 |
Andrew Garrod: New concepts in desmosomal adhesion and their implications for EMT |
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1245 |
Lunch/Poster Viewing |
Conference Room Foyer |
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Cell signalling and EMT (II) |
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1415 |
Session XI (Invited) |
Lionel Larue: The role of IGF/AKT pathways in the induction of epithelium mesenchyme transition |
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1450 |
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Antonio García de Herreros: The adhesion junction protein E-cadherin plays a central role in the process of epithelial morphogenesis |
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1525 |
(Invited) |
Geert Berx: Functional analysis of EMT-inducing transcription factors in invasion and metastasis |
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1600 |
Concluding remarks, and Invitation to the 4th EMT Meeting in 2009 |
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