Program

08:30 - 10:00

New levels of dysregulation in cancer: miRNA, metabolism / Role of systems biology
Chair: W. Kolch (Glasgow), R. Schäfer (Berlin)
W. Kolch (Glasgow): Systems Biology in Cancer Research
A.-L. Børresen-Dale (Oslo): Exploring the systems biology/pathology of breast cancer
N. Eckstein (Bonn): Hyperactivation of the insulin-like growth factor receptor 1 signaling pathway is an essential event for cisplatin resistance of ovarian cancer cells
A. Gross (Bern): A survey of the microRNAome related to RAS oncogene-mediated transformation

10:00

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

Ageing and cellular senescence
Chair: B. Kaina (Mainz), M. Lipp (Berlin)
A. Lechel (Ulm): Telomere dysfunction and DNA damage checkpoints in aging and cancer
P. Boukamp (Heidelberg): Skin: a model for human aging
F. Köpper (Göttingen): The kinase MAPKAP-12 is an early responder to ultraviolet irradiation
B. Kaina (Mainz): DNA double strand break repair in the O6-alkylguanine response: implications for tumor chemotherapy

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30

Molecular diagnostics, biomarkers, rational therapy
Chair: R. Moll (Marburg), R. Engers (Düsseldorf)
P.D.P. Pharoah (Cambridge): The clinical significance of polygenic susceptibility to breast cancer
A. Meindl (Munich): Low risk variants and mutations with moderate penetrance -Can they improve risk assessment in breast cancer?
K. Mengele (Munich): Expression of Y-box binding protein YB-1 identifies a subgroup of high-risk breast cancer patients benefiting from rapidly cycled high-dose tandem adjuvant chemotherapy
J. Wenzel (Berlin): Inhibition of breast cancer metastasis by dual liposomes disturbing the tumour cell-platelet interaction in vivo

14:30 - 16:00

Tumor models
Chair: I.  Fichtner (Berlin), P. Angel (Heidelberg)
D.J. Jerry (Amherst): Defining mechanisms of risk and resistance to mammary tumors using p53-deficient mice
K.-P. Janssen (München): Mouse models for colorectal cancer: solving a progression puzzle
S. Müller (Berlin): Establishment of an orthotopic kidney tumor model using non invasive imaging techniques
R. Savai (Gießen): Evaluation of angiogenesis using micro-computed tomography in a xenograpft mouse model of lung cancer

16:00 - 18:15 Poster Session 2
18:15 - 19:15 AEK Member Assembly
from 20:00

Dinner
Piazza Rossa Alexanderplatz (near Town Hall, “Rotes Rathaus”)