ESH Conference
MECHANISMS OF CELL DEATH AND DISEASE: 
ADVANCES IN THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Chairs: T.J. McDonnell, J.A. Hickman, K.M. Debatin, Local organizer: C. Rego
October 30 - November 04, 2008, Cascais, Portugal

Preliminary Programme

 
Thursday, October 30
17:00-18:00 Keynote lecture S. Cory (Melbourne)
19:30 Welcome cocktail  
20:00 Dinner  
 
Friday, October 31
  BCL-2 family members past and present challenges  
08:30-09:10 Role of microRNAs in apoptosis and disease C. Croce (Columbus)
09:10-09:50 Roles of Bcl-2 in apoptosis and necrosis Y. Tsujimoto (Osaka)
10:00-10:30 Coffee break and poster viewing  
10:30-11:10 The role of pro-survival Bcl-2 family members in tumour development and sustained tumour growth A. Strasser (Melbourne)
11:10-11:50 Understanding, detecting and exploiting dependence on BCL-2 A. Letai (Boston)
11:50-12:30 Short communications  
12:30-14:00 Lunch  
  ER and mitochondrial roles  
14:00-14:40 Mitochondria fission, fusion and apoptosis R. Youle (Bethesda)
14:40-15:20 Mechanisms of bax activation J.-C. Martinou (Geneva)
15:20-15:40 Coffee break and poster viewing  
15:40-16:20 Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL: Versatile regulators of calcium signaling C. Distelhorst (Cleveland)
16:20-17:00 Buridan's ass and the membrane activity of Bcl-2 proteins R.B. Hill (Baltimore)
17:00-18:30 Manned poster session 1  
20:00 Dinner  
 
Saturday, November 1
08:30-09:10 Activation and activity of the BH3-only protein Bim G. Häcker (Munich)
09:10-09:50 Cancer cell dependence on anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members P. Juin (Nantes)
09:50-10:30 The Bcl-2 family clan: Who is talking to whom? C. Borner (Freiburg)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break and poster viewing  
11:00-11:40 Title Pending S. May (Gainesville)
11:40-12:20 Embedded together: The life and death consequences of Bcl-2 protein interactions with membranes D. Andrews (Ontario)
12:20-13:00 Mapping genetic paths to tumourigenesis M. Hardwick (Baltimore)
  Lunch and free afternoon in Lisbon  
19:00-20:00

Pre-dinner talk: Evading cell death and senescence during leukogenesis

S. Lowe (New York)
20:00 Dinner  
 
Sunday, November 2
  MCL-1 and non-death roles for Bcl-2  
08:30-09:10 Regulating cell survival by controlling protein stability D. Huang (Melbourne)
09:10-09:50 Connecting multiple cell death pathways by mitochondrial proteins X. Wang (Dallas)
09:50-10:30 Mechanisms of MCL1 regulation - signs of a therapeutic target? R. Craig (Hanover-USA)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break and poster viewing  
11:00-11:40 Mitochondrial death channel in neuronal ischemia L. Jonas (New Haven)
11:40-12:20 BCL-2 proteins in neuroprotection and plasticity P. Nicotera (Leiscester)
12:20-13:00 Short communications  
13:00-14:00 Lunch  
  Structure-Function and drug discovery  
14:00-14:40 Structure and functiom of myxoma virus and vaccinia virus Bcl-2 homologues P. Colman (Melbourne)
14:40-15:20 Title Pending Y. Shi (Princeton)
15:20-15:40 Structural studies of BH3 domains to Bcl-2 family of proteins R. Hubbard (York)
15:40-16:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
 
16:00-16:40 Challenges in developing SMAC or BAD mimetics as cancer therapeutics S. Fawell (Cambridge-USA)
16:40-17:20 IAP antagonists and TNF induced apoptosis V. Dixit (San Francisco)
17:30-18:30 Manned poster session  
18:30-19:30 Pre-dinner talk: Apoptosis inhibitors from woe to go D. Vaux (Victoria)
20:00 Dinner  
 
Monday, November 3
  Metabolism / autophagy / hypoxia  
09:00-09:40 Role of autophagy in cancer E. White (Piscataway)
09:40-10:20 Title Pending B. Levine (Dallas)
10:20-11:00 Coffee break  
11:00-11:40 Self-eating and self-killing: desperate reactions of cancer cells G. Kroemer (Villejuif)
11:40-12:20 BNIP3 and BNIP3L in hypoxia induced autophagy J. Pouyssegur (Nice)
12:20-13:00 Short communications  
13:00-14:00 Lunch  
  Clinical results  
14:00-14:40 Germinal centre cell lymphoma? Room for novel therapy A. Lister (London)
14:40-15:20 Targeting prosurvival Bcl-2 family proteins with ABT-263 S. Elmore (Abbott Park)
15:20-16:00 Clinical experience with BcL-2 inhibitors Pending
16:00-16:30

Coffee break and poster viewing

 
16:30-17:10 Pharmacological biomarkers in early clinical trials of apoptosis targeted drugs C. Dive (Manchester)
17:10-18:00 Title Pending J. Reed (La Jolla)
18:00 Closing Address: Title Pending J. Adams (Melbourne)
  Cocktails | Dinner | Party  
 
Tuesday, November 4
  Departure