Programme

Registration

Lunch

Session 1
Cell cycle regulation

Chairs: L. Monteonofrio and G. Morciano

Sara Badodi (Modena)

MEF2C in proliferating cells: a novel role beyond muscle differentiation

Eros Di Giorgio (Udine)

MEF2-HDACs-SKP2: a dangerous ménage à trois

Eugenia Gilistro (Rome)

Regulated interactions of the RANBP2 SUMO ligase with mitotic microtubules and kinetochores in human mitotic cells

Poster Session I (Odd Numbers) [with coffee]

Keynote Lecture

Chairs: B. Nicolis Di Robilant and M. Raimo

Daniela Corda (Naples)

Mono-ADP-ribosylation and membrane trafficking

Dinner

Michael John (Milan)

Being burnt alive comes just before public speaking on the fear-scale: is it possible for both presenters and audiences to actually enjoy a congress presentation?

Session 2
Cell biology

Chairs: A. Subramanian and C. Zucal

Maria Rosaria Mollo (Naples)

Impaired intermediate filament network is at the basis of the skin fragility phenotype in a mouse model for AEC syndrome

Alexia Conte (Milan)

EGF receptor, signaling and cancer: using mathematical modeling to understand complex biological pathways

Coffee Break

Elisa Duregotti (Padua)

Unravelling the crosstalk between degenerating nerve terminals and perisynaptic Schwann cells at neuromuscular junction

Francesca Marino (Turin)

Preventive and therapeutic effect of STAT3 or complement C3 down-regulation in two different models of autoimmune myocarditis

Keynote Lecture

Vincenzo Bronte (Verona)

Chairs: A. Subramanian and C. Zucal

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as targets for cancer immune modulation

Lunch

Session 3
Cancer biology: signal transduction and epigenetic regulation

Chairs: L. Monteonofrio and G. Morciano

Tito Panciera (Padua)

YAP/TAZ at the core of Wnt pathway: a novel signaling framework

Elena Magnani (Busto Arsizio)

Natural antisense long non-coding RNA regulates E-cadherin expression in prostate cancer cells

Arianna Bellazzo (Trieste)

Mutant p53 reprograms TNF signaling in cancer cells through interaction with the tumor suppressor DAB2IP

Piera Ferro (Salerno)

TFF1 promoter methylation is altered in gastrointestinal pathological conditions

Poster Session II (Even Numbers) [with coffee]

ABCD Assembly

Dinner & Music

Session 3
Cancer biology: signal transduction and epigenetic regulation

Chairs: B. Nicolis Di Robilant and M. Raimo

Cristina Cristofoletti (Rome)

Role ok skin microenvironment in Sezary syndrome pathogenesis

Kamil Lisek (Trieste)

Mutant p53-driven transcriptional regulation of proteasome and its consequences in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)

Coffee Break

Rossella Loria (Rome)

Sema6A and Mical-1 are potential therapeutic targets in BRAFV600E human melanomas

Manfredi Ponente (Milan)

Role of PML in regulating metastatic process in triple-negative breast cancer

Cristina Pirrone (Varese)

Chronic myeloid leukemia: new approach to monitor minimal residual disease

Prizes for best oral presentation and best posters