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03/13/2005 - 03/16/2005 | Würzburg
Progress in experimental cancer research has defined a plethora of new potential targets for cancer therapy, some of which have already lead to tailor-made treatments blocking particular kinases by small molecules or interfering with signal transduction by blocking receptors with the help of specific antibodies. Yet the speed with which academic, biotech and pharma-research churn out new pathogenic principles, targets and drug candidates has to be matched by clinical research in order to bring potential new treatments to the patient. This was already an important topic at the 12th AEK Cancer Congress in the year 2003 and it is the reason why the sections AEK and AIO within the German Cancer Research Society, representing basic experimental and clinical research respectively, have formally joined forces to co-organise the 13th International AEK/AIO Cancer Congress. We invite you to join us in this event.
The congress will be a truly internationalforum for all the different players that contribute to the fight against cancer, the disease that may surpass all other causes of mortality in developed countries in the years to come.
Sessions will cover basic genetic and epigenetic mechanisms related to uncontrolled cell growth and invasiveness and we will highlight the contribution of tools such as RNA interference, proteomics and animal models in elucidating proliferative mechanisms.
From the clinical perspective the development and application of new drugs will take center stage and the best strategies for various tumor entities will be discussed.
A special emphasis will be put on developments in biotech-companies that have established themselves as the third driver of innovation in cancer-therapy next to academic research and the pharma-industry.
Würzburg, the venue of the conference, has a remark-able history in research on cancer development and diagnosis. Rudolf Virchow, Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen and Theodor Boveri have contributed groundbreaking work. We are looking forward to honour David M. Livingston with the Boveri Award for Molecular Cancer Genetics.
This years awardees of the German Cancer Award and the AIO Science Award will also be honoured at the occasion of the conference.
Main Topics:
- Animal Models
- Biotechnology Boosts Oncology
- Chemoprevention / New Drugs
- Epigenetic Control
- Genetic Instability
- Homeostatic Growth Control
- Proteomics
- Stem Cells & Tumor Cells - Close Relatives?
- Tumor Cell Metabolism
- Tumor-Stroma Interaction
- Sessions on Particular Tumor Entities:
Breast Cancer, Bronchial Carcinoma,
Sarcomas, Endocrine Tumors, Geriatric Oncology
Abstract Submission: http://www.aek-aio-congress.de
The Congress will be Accredited for Continuing Medical Education.
Confirmed Speakers:
Dario Alessi | University of Dundee
Helmut Bartsch | DKFZ, Heidelberg
Konrad Basler | University of Zürich
Anton Berns | CBG, Amsterdam
Petra Boukamp | DKFZ, Heidelberg
Julio Celis | DCHGR, Aarhus
David Cheresh | Scripps, La Jolla
Ben Cravatt | Scripps, La Jolla
Piero Crespo | IIB, Madrid
Carlo M. Croce | T.-J.-University, Philadelphia
Peter ten Dijke | NKI-AVL, Amsterdam
Martin Eilers | University of Marburg
Manel Esteller | CNIO, Madrid
Martin Göttlicher | GSF, Neuherberg
Bernd Groner | Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt
Frank Griesinger | University of Göttingen
Ingrid Grummt | DKFZ, Heidelberg
Peter Jones | Norris Cancer Center, Los Angeles
Christoph Klein | L.-M.-University, Munich
Jürgen Knoblich | IMP, Vienna
Wilhelm Krek | ETH Zürich
David M. Livingston | Dana-Farber Institute, Boston
Maarten van Lohuizen | Amsterdam
Frank Lyko | EMBL, Heidelberg
Chris Marshall | ICR, London
Mike McManus | MIT, Boston
Tarek Möröy | Univeristy of Essen
Rolf Müller | University of Marburg
Erich Nigg | MPI, Martinsried
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci | EIO, Milan
Robert Pirker | University of Vienna
Jacques Pouyssegur | CNRS, Nice
Ulf R. Rapp | University of Würzburg
Ricky A. Sharma | University of Leicester
Giulio Superti Furga | EMBL, Heidelberg
Nick La Thangue | University of Glasgow
George Thomas | FMI, Basel
Ian Tomlinson | LRI, London
Andreas Trumpp | ISREC, Epalinges
Thomas Wirth | University of Ulm
John Yates | Scripps, La Jolla
Information on participating / attending:
registration and abstract submission
http://www.aek-aio-congress.de
Date:
03/13/2005 18:00 - 03/16/2005 18:00
Event venue:
Neue Universität
Sanderring 2
D-97070 Würzburg
97070 Würzburg
Bayern
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Biology, Chemistry, Information technology, Medicine, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing
Types of events:
Entry:
09/23/2004
Sender/author:
Dr. Stephan Schröder-Köhne
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
unknown
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event12074
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