19th Euroconference on Apoptosis “Metabolism, Epigenetics and Cell Death”
8th Training course on 'Concepts and Methods in Programmed Cell Death'
September 14-17, 2011
Stockholm, Sweden


























































Friday September 16, 2011

Morning session
 
09:00-09:30 Guido Kroemer (Villejuif, France)
  Immunogenic cell death for optimal anticancer chemotherapy
09:30-10:00 Marja Jäättelä (Kopenhagen, Denmark)
  Lysosomal acid sphingomyelinase as a target for cancer therapy
10:00-10:30 Andreas Strasser (Victoria, Australia)
  Which pro-survival Bcl-2 family members should be targeted for the treatment of different cancers?
   
10:30-11:00 Coffee (with exhibition viewing)
   
11:00-11:30 Gerry Melino (Rome, Italy)
  Involvement of p73, a p53-family member, in metabolism and senescence
11:30-11:45 Paolo Bonaldo (University of Padova, Italy)
  Apoptosis and autophagy in muscular dystrophies linked to collagen VI deficiency
11:45-12:00 Sarita Larisch (University of Haifa, Israel)
  The pro-apoptotic ARTS protein initiates mitochondrial apoptosis upstream of MOMP and promotes the release cytochrome c and SMAC/Diablo
12:00-12:30 Mauro Piacentini (Rome, Italy)
  Ambra1 is a key regulatory element of the early and late stages of autophagy

Lunch 12:30-14:00
 
Afternoon session
 
14:00-14:30 Jan Paul Medema (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  Colon Cancer stem cells; their role in tumor growth and therapy resistance
14:30-14:45 Selcuk Colak (Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands)
  Inhibition of HDACs sensitizes chemotherapeutic resistant colon Cancer Stem Cells
14:45-15:00 Jose L. Venero (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
  A novel role for executioner caspases in controlling microglia activation and neurotoxicity
15:00-15:30 Jesus Gil (London, UK)
  Epigenetic control of the INK4/ARF locus
15:30-16:00 Nicholas La Thangue (Oxford, UK)
  HDAC inhibitors: from bench to clinic, and back again
   
Poster Viewing Session #2 from 16:00-18:00
 
18:00-18:45 ECDO Honorary Lecture:
Dr. Klaus-Michael Debatin (Ulm, Germany)
  TBA
   
18:45-19:00 Poster Awards
   
19:00-19:30 ECDO General Assembly (for ECDO members)
   
Gala dinner: 20:00