TUMOR CELL BIOLOGY

PROGRAM of the MEETING APRIL 11 and 12, 2005

LOCATION: De Werelt, Lunteren

Monday
9.00Registration and coffee
9.50Welcome (G. van Muijen)
Session 1chairman: P. Nederlof
10.00J. Gibcus (Schuuring, UMCG):
Characterization of the amplified region 11q13 in laryngeal cancer
10.20E. van Beers (Nederlof, NKI)
Discovering a-CHG profiles in familial breast cancers
10.40I. Veltman (Geurts van Kessel, UMCN)
Identification of recurrent chromosomal aberrations in germ cell tumors of neonates and infants using ArrayCHG
11.00A. Bonné (Geurts van Kessel, UMCN)
Familial renal cell cancer: high-throughput translocation breakpoint cloning using chromosome flow-sorting and ArrayCHG
11.20Coffee/tea break
11.40Commercial presentations
(Applied Biosystems, Promega Benelux, Corning BV, Snijders Scientific BV, VWR International BV, Sanbio BV, Perbio Science, Beckman Coulter, Sigma-Aldrich Chemie, Dépex BV, Tebu-bio, ITK Diagnostics BV, Westburg BV, Roche Diagnostics Nederland, BIOKÉ, Omnilabo International BV, Invitrogen, BD Biosciences Benelux, Eurogentec Nederland BV, Greiner bio-One BV, Stratagene Europe)
Session 2chairman: L. Dorssers
12.00A. Hollestelle (Schutte, EUR)
Genetic versus epigenetic inactivation of E-cadherin involves two distinct biological pathways
12.20J. Martens (Foekens, EUR)
DNA-hypermethylation of PITX2 and risk of breast cancer recurrence in lymph node-negative hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients
12.40D. Geerts (Versteeg, AMC)
Molecular wiring of the neuroblastoma cancer cell: the role of the MEIS1 homeobox gene
13.00Lunch
13.30Meeting project leaders
Session 3chairman: t.b.a.
14.00K. de Visser (Coussens, UCSF)
B lymphocytes promote de novo epithelial carcinogenesis by regulating chronic inflammation
14.20W. van Veelen (Höppener, UMCU)
Multistep carcinogenesis in medullary thyroid carcinoma development: Involvement of the WNT signaling pathway and cell cycle regulator P18
14.40R. Groen (Spaargaren, AMC)
Aberrant activation of the WNT pathway in lymphoproliferative disease by distinct mechanisms
15.00J.P. ten Klooster (Hordijk, Sanquin)
Targeting and activation of Rac1 are mediated by the exchange factor ß-Pix
15.20Coffee/tea break; commercial presentations
Session 4chairman: t.b.a.
16.00E. Boon (Van der Neut, AMC)
The receptor tyrosine kinases Met and Ron are not expressed in intestinal polyps of Apc+/Min mice
16.20J. Meijer (Roos, NKI)
The role of chemokine receptor CXCR5 in colon carcinoma metastasis
16.40J. Zeilstra (Van der Neut, AMC)
Identifying CD44 related tumour suppressive pathways in intestinal cancer
17.00A. Greijer (Meijer, VUMC)
mTOR and HIF-1 expression in colorectal adenomas and carcinomas
18.00Diner
Guest-Speakerchairman: G. van Muijen
20.00H. Clevers (Hubrecht laboratorium):
WNT and Notch-signaling in intestinal cancer
Tuesday
8.15Breakfast
Session 5chairman: t.b.a.
9.00A. van der Horst (Burgering, UMCU)
Usp7/HAUSP deubiquitinates mono-ubiquinated FOXO4
9.20C. Ramaekers (Wouters, UM)
K63 Poly-ubiquitination protects cells against mutations induced by DNA lesion bypass polymerases
9.40E. Meulmeester (Jochemsen, LUMC)
Loss of HAUSP-mediated deubiquitination contributes to DNA damage-induced destabilization of Hdmx and Hdm2
10.00M. Lohrum (NCMLS)
Function and regulation of p73 and p63 in p53-mediated tumour suppression
10.20Coffee/tea break, Commercial presentations
Session 6chairman: t.b.a.
11.10J. van Kilsdonk (Swart, RU)
Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (CD166/MEMD), a sensor of cell density controlling invasive growth
11.30E. Danen (Sonnenberg, NKI)
Integrins control motile strategy through a Rho-Cofilin pathway
11.50K. Clark (Van Leeuwen, NCMLS)
TRPM7 regulates cell adhesion by promoting relaxation of the actomyosin cytoskeleton
12.10A. Mertens (Sonnenberg, NKI)
The RAC activator Tiam 1 controls tight junction biogenesis in keratinocytes by association with the Par polarity complex
13.00Lunch; commercial presentations
Session 7chairman:L. Hameetman
13.50M. de Graauw (Van de Water, LACDR)
Phosphotyrosine-proteomics of the epithelial mesenchymal transition
14.10P. van Hennik (Hordijk, Sanquin)
Role of p38 and p42/44 MAPKs in migration of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
14.30M. Magagnin (Wouters, UM)
Determination of both the mechanisms and consequences of regulating mRNA translation during hypoxia
14.50Coffee/tea break; commercial presentations
Session 8chairman: t.b.a.
15.20A. de Jong (Van de Sluijs, UMCU)
Munc13-4 is an effector of rab27a and controls secretion of lysosomes in haematopoietic cells
15.40G. Verhaegh (Schalken, UMCN)
Differential expression of winged-helix/forkhead (fox) genes in human prostate carcinoma and the role of FoxL1 in prostate-specific gene expression
16.00R. Roovers (Van Bergen en Henegouwen, UU)
Efficient inhibition of EGFR signaling and of tumour growth by antagonistic anti-AGFR nanobodies
16.20Presentation award and closure











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