Thursday, Nov. 1st
8:00 REGISTRATION
EPIDEMIOLOGY, SUSCEPTIBILITY
9:00-9:45 T. Wienker (Bonn, Germany) - Sampling procedures and risk measurement in clinical and genetics
epidemiology
9:45-10:30 P.-G. Pelicci (Milan, Italy) - Molecular genetics of cancer
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 P. Forabosco (Alghero, Italy) - Statistical methods for gene mapping
11:45- 12:30 T. Wienker (Bonn, Germany) - Genetic epidemiology: objectives and methodology
12:30-13:30 Lunch at the venue of the course (divided in groups with Faculty members)
13:30-14:00 Questions from students on the morning sessions
14:00-15:30 Concurrent workshops
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Concurrent workshops
18:00-19:30 Free time for discussion groups
20:00 Dinner in the village of Bertinoro
Friday, Nov. 2
THE GENETICS OF CANCERS WITH MAJOR HEALTH IMPACT
9:00-9:45 R. Fodde (Leiden, The Netherlands) - Colorectal cancer: it takes two to tango
9:45-10:30 P. Devilee (Leiden, The Netherlands) - Breast cancer
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 R. Eeles (Sutton, United Kingdom) - Genetic predisposition to prostate cancer
11:45-12:30 G. Romeo (Lyon & Bologna) - Thyroid tumours and Gene-environment interactions
12:30-13:30 Lunch at the venue of the course (divided in groups with Faculty members)
13:30-14:00 Questions from students on the morning sessions
14:00-15:30 Concurrent workshops
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Concurrent workshops
18:00-19:30 Free time for discussion groups
20:00 Dinner at the University Residential Center
21:00-22:00 Evening research seminar L. Aaltonen (Helsinki, Finland): ?Adenoma-carcinoma sequence revisited?
Saturday, Nov. 3
BASIC MOLECULAR MECHANISMS
9:00-9:45 P. Mehlen (Lyon, France) - Apoptosis
9:45-10:30 B. Young (London, United Kingdom) - Translocations, fusion genes
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 D. Van Gent (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) - DNA repair
11:45-12:30 T. Dragani (Milan, Italy) - Animal models
12:30-13:30 Lunch at the venue of the course (divided in groups with Faculty members)
13:30 Departure for the Sightseeing tour of Ravenna
19:30 Dinner at the University Residential Center
21:00-22:00 Evening research seminar J. Shay (Dallas, TX, USA) ?Introduction of telomerase into cells for basic cancer genetic studies and for cell and tissue engineering?
Sunday, Nov. 4
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CANCER
9:00-9:45 J. Shay (Dallas, TX, USA) - Telomeres and telomerase in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics
9:45:10:30 R. Bernards (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - Cell cycle regulation
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 G. Kelsey (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - Imprinting and cancer
11:45-12:30 A.L. B›rresen-Dale (Oslo, Norway) - Classifying breast tumors using gene expression arrays
12:30-13:30 Lunch at the venue of the course (divided in groups with Faculty members)
13:30-14:00 Questions from students on the morning sessions
14:00-15:30 Concurrent workshops
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Concurrent workshops
18:00-19:30 Free time for discussion groups
20:00 Dinner in the village of Bertinoro
Monday, Nov. 5
CANCER CLINIC
9:00-9:45 R. Eeles (Sutton, United Kingdom) - Genetic counseling
9:45-10:30 K. Pantel (Hamburg, Germany) - Clinical significance and molecular profiling of occult disseminated cancer cells
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 K. Hemminki (Huddinge, Sweden) - Familial cancer
11:45-12:30 P. Kleihues (Lyon, France) - Advances in the prevention and treatment of cancer
12:30 Lunch at the venue of the course (divided in groups with Faculty members)
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