Keynote Conference - Interevent

João Viola
Program of Cellular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
Brazil.
Differential roles for NFAT transcription factor isoforms in cell transformation
Mari Sogayar
Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo, São
Paulo, Brazil
Room 205 Symp #9
Immune Cell Biology
Chair: Wilson Savino
Flávio Salazar Onfraya
University of Chile
Immunological and Clinical Outcomes of a New DC-Based Vaccine
Augustin G Zapata
Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, Spain
Eph/ephrin-mediated interactions govern functional maturation of developing
thymocytes in the thymic epitelial 3D network
Wilson Savino
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Room 207 Symp #10
Cell Biology and Education (ASCB & IFCB Symposium)
Chairs: Bruce Alberts and Cynthia Jensen
Cynthia Jensen
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Cell Biology and Education
Marlene Behchimol
Universidade Santa Úrsula and Fundação CECIERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Teaching at Distance: Interactive Multimedia of the Cell Biology of
Trypanosoma cruzi
Kiaran Kirk
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Engaging undergraduate students in research
Room 208 Symp #11
Glia Club
Chairs: Vivaldo Moura Neto and Bernardo Castellano
Arthur Butt
University of Portsmouth, U.K.
GSK3β is a profound negative regulator of oligodendrocyte differentiation and
myelination
Geoff Pilkington
University of Portsmouth, UK
Role of cancer stem cells in adult and paediatric brain neoplasms: hoax or holy
grail?
Tamara Lah Turnsec
National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mesenchymal Stem Cells lower proliferation and invasion of Glioblastoma cells,
exploiting the Immune Response Mediating Chemokines
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