Book of abstract 2008

10:45 – 13.00 Section 6: New Drugs and Therapeutic Targets
Chairs: Carlos Lopez Otin & Agnes Noel
10:45 – 11.10 Carlos Lopez Otin: Proteases in cancer: progression or protection?
11:25 – 11:50 Agnes Noel: The lymphatic ring assay: a new in vitro model of
lymphangiogenesis
11:50 – 12:15 Chryso Kanthou: Tumour vascular disrupting agents: mechanism of
action
12:15 – 12:40 Jozef Timar: Melanoma genomics and molecular targeting
12:40 – 12:55 Stanislav Gobec: New inhibitors of steroid metabolizing enzymes as
potential anticancer drugs
13.00 – 15. 00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.55 Section 5: Delivery Systems in Cancer Therapy (Continued)
Chairs: Gillian M. Tozer & Boris Vojnović
15:00 – 15:25 Boris Vojnović: Towards high throughput, high content, fluorescence
lifetime imaging
15:25 – 15:50 Barbara Pedley: Effect of the tumour microenvironment on targeted
therapies
15:50 – 16:15 Gregor Serša: Vascular disrupting action of electroporation and
electrochemotherapy
16:15 – 16:40 Gillian M. Tozer: Response to VEGF receptor inhibition and
vascular disrupting therapy of mouse tumours expressing only single
isoforms of VEGF-A
16:40 – 16:55 Geoffrey Pilkington: Development of three-dimensional (3D) allhuman,
in vitro models for study of the biology of primary and
metastatic brain tumours
16:55 – 17:30 Break
17:30 – 18:30 Closing Lecture
Chair: Tamara Lah Turnšek
Bonnie Sloane: Cysteine cathepsins in tumours and their
microenvironment
18:30 – 19:00 Concluding Remarks, Closing of the Meeting
19.00 – 20.00 Break
20.00 – 24.00 Farewell Dinner
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Departure
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