Workshop

CLASSIC AND MODERN IN ANGIOGENESIS AND LYMPHANGIOGENESIS

TIMISOARA, 22-24 MAY, 2012

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Oficial Language: English

E-mail: angiogenesis@umft.ro

PROGRAM

Preliminary Program

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

> David Bates (Bristol, UK)

> Yihai Cao (Stockholm, Sweden)

> Valentin Djonov (Bern, Switzerland)

> Arjan Griffioen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

> Satoshi Hirakawa (Hamamatsu, Japan)

> Kurt Ballmer Hofer (Switzerland)

> Domenico Ribatti (Bari, Italy)

> Patrycja Nowak Sliwiska (Lausanne, Switzerland)

22 May 2012 - Mechanisms of Angiogenesis-Chairs: Marius Raica (Romania) and Domenico Ribatti (Italy)

09.00-9.15: Introductory welcome from the president and co-president of the conference

> Marius Raica and Domenico Ribatti.

09.15-10.00: Therapeutic mechanisms of angiogenesis in tumors and fat

> Yihai Cao - Stockholm, Sweden

10.00-10.45:  Nerve growth factor as an angiogenic factor

> Domenico Ribatti and Beatrice Nico-Bari, Italy

10.45-11.00: Coffee Break

11.00-11.45: Immunohistochemistry in angiogenesis: what does it tell us and what it doesn't

> Marius Raica - Timisoara, Romania

11.45-12.30: A historical appraisal of angiogenesis assays since Judah Folkman and before...

> Anca Maria Cimpean - Timisoara, Romania

12.30-13.00: Discussions

13.00-15.00: Lunch

15.00-18.00: Endothelial markers in immunohistochemistry-a practical approach

19.00-21.00: Welcome Reception

23 mai 2012 - Session 1

Chairs: Valentin Djonov (Switzerland), Carmen Panaitescu (Romania)

09.00-10.00: The anti-angiogenic isoforms of VEGF in health and disease

> David Bates - Bristol, UK

10.00-11.00: Biological importance of nodal lymphangiogenesis in tumor metastasis.

> Satoshi Hirakawa - Hamamatsu, Japan
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-12.00: Imaging of angiogenesis; discovery of specific targets of the tumor endothelium

> Arjan Griffioen - Amsterdam, Netherlands
12.00-12.30: Escape mechanisms after antiangiogenic treatment, or why the tumors are growing again?

> Valentin Djonov - Bern Switzerland
12.30-13.00: Specific ablation of the lymphatic vasculature by photodynamic therapy

> Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska, Lausanne, Switzerland
13.00-15.00: Lunch
15.00-15.45: The lymphangiogenic profile of premalignant lesions

> Marius Raica - Timisoara, Romania

15.45-16.30: Development of new allosteric inhibitors based on a thermodynamic and structural analysis of VEGF receptor 2 dimerization

> Kurt Ballmer Hofer - Zurich, Switzerland

16.30-16.45: Coffee break

16.45-18.00: Working on chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane-practical approach for young researchers.

24 May 2012 - Day of young researchers in angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis

Titles to be announced depending on the selection of the scientific comittee from submitting abstracts.

Moses Judah Folkman

(February 24, 1933 - January 14, 2008)

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