4th International Conference on Cytokines in Cancer

Program - Saturday, May 21

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    Registration 

    In completing the online registration form you are not automatically accepted to attend the conference nor are you automatically registered for the conference. Final registration to the conference shall occur after you have been accepted and notified by the conference chair of your acceptance to the conference. If you have been charged the registration fee but your attendance has been declined you will be reimbursed in full.

    Airport

    Please note that Crete has two airports. You want to arrive at the Chania International Airport (code: CHQ) and take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (~60 EUR). You may also rent a car at the airport and drive to the conference center. Alternatively the other airport (HER) is a two-hour drive to the Conference Center.

    Accommodation Tax

    An accommodation tax of € 4.00 per room night will apply, and will be charged automatically to the individual guest’s extras accounts. 

     Accommodations

    Accommodations for the conference are at the Avra Imperial Hotel.  The hotel is located in Kolymbari, 39 km from Chania International Airport, 23 km from the Souda Harbor, and 23 km west of Chania town center.  Please take a taxi from the airport to the conference venue. 

    Arrival and Check-in

    It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:30 pm on the first day should make alternative dinner arrangements.

    Conference Venue

    The Avra Imperial Conference Center is located at the hotel. 

    Handicapped Accessibility

    The site is fully handicapped accessible.

    Oral Presentations

    Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

    City Tour

    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby at 3:30 pm. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast

    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Avra Imperial Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program. 

    Lunches/Informal Discussions

    Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant and only after the session has finished. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions

    Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting.  Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org. 

    Internet, Phone, & Computer

    Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.

    Certificate of Participation

    A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session. 

    Passports and Visa
    Participants are advised to check on their individual requirements before attending any Aegean Conference meeting. Visa applications should be filed at the nearest Greek Embassy in the country in which you are resident, at least three months prior to the anticipated departure date.

    Letters of Invitation
    Letters of invitation to attend an Aegean Conference meeting will be issued only to:

    • Authors of accepted abstracts
    • Fully paid registrants

    Note: Invitations are issued at the discretion of Aegean Conferences, and requests for letters will be accepted only 60 days prior to the conference start date.

    Liability and Insurance
    Neither the organizers, nor the Aegean Conferences will assume any responsibility whatsoever for damage or injury to persons or property during meeting period. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal travel and health insurance.  

    Other Information

    Animals are not permitted on site.

    Badges are required for admission to all events.

    All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.

    No Photographs and Recording Devices

    Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations. 

    Code of Conduct Policy 

    Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be viewed here. 

Saturday, May 21

07:30 AM - 08:20 AM
Breakfast
08:20 AM - 08:30 AM
Housekeeping Notes
Inflammation & Cancer- 1
Chairs: Elenore Fish and Ana Gamero
08:30 AM - 08:55 AM
13
Cytokines and microbiota in inflammation, cancer progression and metastasis
Sergei Grivennikov
08:55 AM - 09:20 AM
14
Activation of cyclin D1-NF-kB and inactivation of PTEN drives development of endometrial carcinoma
J. Alan Diehl
09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
15
Growth Hormone Receptor (GHR) signalling in melanoma progression and immune evasion
Andrew Brooks
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM
16
Pro-inflammatory activity of STAT2 in the gastrointestinal tract
Ana Gamero
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
17
A STAT5B–CD9 axis determines self-renewal in hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells
Sebastian Kollmann
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Inflammation & Cancer- 2
Chairs: Katherine Borden and Iris Behrman
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
18
Interferon-gamma promotes melanoma progression and metastasis
Bo Zhou, Jayati Basu, Hasan R Kazmi, Sarah Preston-Alp, Xuan Mo, and M. Raza Zaidi
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
19
STAT1 signalling in myeloid cells regulates hematopoietic progenitors in the spleen during infection and inflammation
Tanja Bulat1, Svetlana Pahernik1, Caroline Lassnig1,3, Jelena Josipović1, Lena Amenitsch1, Dagmar Gotthardt2, Veronika Sexl2, Mathias Müller1,3, and Birgit Strobl1
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
20
The role of tumor-related and microenvironment IL-1α in TNBC progression
Mathumathi Krishnamohan, Sapir Maudi Boker, Irena Kaplanov, Esther Noy Machluf, Marina Bersudsky, Ron N Apte, Alex Braiman, and Elena Voronov
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM
21
Signal transduction of IL-6-type cytokines: involvement of (short and long) non-coding RNAs
Nadège W.E. Minoungou1, Mélanie Kirchmeyer1, Florence A. Servais1, Petr V. Nazarov2, Aurélien Ginolhac1, Stephanie Kreis1, Claude Haan1, and Iris Behrmann1
12:40 PM - 01:05 PM
22
Role of SOCS3 and SHP2 for the Robustness and Information Transfer within IL-6-induced JAK/STAT Signalling
Anna Dittrich1, Jessica Fiebelkow1, Beate Gündel1, André Gündel2, Nora Mehwald1, Ulrike Billing1, Tomasz Jetka3, Lukas Nordmann1, Nicole Wundrack1, Michal Komorowski3, Steffen Waldherr4, and Fred Schaper1
01:05 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
City Tour and Discussions
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions