ADVANCED COURSE ON ONCOBIOLOGY 2012/2013
Coordinator: João Nuno Moreira (CNC)
CNC Seminar Room/Anfiteatro de Farmacologia (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra)
COURSE SCHEDULE
Tuesday (February 26th)
9:55-10:00 – Opening 10:00-11:00 – Basic concepts on signaling in cancer João Taborda Barata Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon 11:00-11:15 – Break 11:15- 12:15- "Mr Hyde revealed: IL-7/IL-7R signaling in T-cell leukemia" João Taborda Barata
12:15-13:45 – Lunch 13:45-14:30 - Journal club (Group I: Ana Metelo, RaviKumar Kapavarapu, Inês Santarino, Elda Bonifácio)
14:30-15:30 – The role of the Immune System in the battle against cancer: an overview Íris Caramalho Institute of Molecular Medicine, Unity of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
15:30-15:45 – Break 15:45-16:30 - Journal club (Group II: Gladys Caldeira, Sofia Ferreira, Cátia Sousa)
Wednesday (February 27th)
09:15-10:15 – Epigenetic changes in cancer: from biology to clinical applications Carmen Jerónimo Department of Genetics from the Portuguese Institute for Oncology, Porto and Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto 10:15-11:15 - Journal club (Group III: Ivan Salazar, Vanessa Mendes, Céu Lourenço)
12:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 15:00- E-cadherine-dependent cancer: what are the critical factors? Raquel Seruca Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto. 15:00-15:15 – Break
15:15-16:15 – Breast Cancer Stem Cells: its importance in cancer biology Joana Paredes Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto. 16:15-17:00 – Journal club (Group IV: Patrícia Morais, Andreia Gomes, Ana Cruz)
Thursday (February 28th)
11:00-12:00- Cancer as a systemic disease: angiogenesis and metastasis Sérgio Dias Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon 12:00-13:00- Journal club (Group V: Jeannette Schmidt, Ana Sofia Valdeira, Salete Baptista) 13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-15:00- Cancer Metastases: is bone a useful paradigm? Luís Marques da Costa Hospital de Santa Maria (Oncology Division Director) Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Principal Investigator- Head of the Clinical Translational Oncology Research Unit) Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (Professor of Medicine)
15:00-16:00 - Notch signaling in the regulation of tumour angiogenesis (Seminar) António Duarte Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon 16:00-16:45 - Journal club (Group VI: Dina Pereira, Mohamed Edfawy Hussien, Rui Martins)
Friday (March 1st)
9:00-11:00 – Targeting cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment with non-viral vectors João Nuno Moreira Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra Vera Moura Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Lígia Silva Chemical Department, University of Coimbra 11:00-11:15 – Break
11:15-12:15 – Development of gene delivery systems for application in cancer therapy Henrique Faneca Group of Vectors and Gene Therapy, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra 14:30-15:30- Journal club (Group VII: Sara Oliveira, Tânia Leandro)
15:30-16:00: Break 16:00-17:00 - Tumor Microenvironment Controls the Rate of Cancer Progression and Metastasis Raghu Kalluri MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Students Evaluation Each group is assigned one or two review paper and one research paper. Students should perform an oral presentation of the research paper (20 min), which will be followed by 10 - 15 min of discussion.
Master students will present and discuss the assigned manuscripts on March 4th, Monday, from 9.30 - 11.30, at the CNC auditorium. Group VIII: Pedro Guiomar, Sandra Correia, Joana Matos. Group IX: Inês Aires, Ana Ribeiro. Group X: Isabel Sousa, Miraj Murshed.
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