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From2009-09-04
To2009-09-07
Course

This course is focused on the following topics: Clinical and Histopathological Features of Brain Tumors, Genomic Landscapes of Brain Tumors, Infantile Brain Tumors.

Considering the topics covered and its format, this meeting is designed for a broad audience including but not limited to: basic and translational research scientists, clinical geneticists, medical oncologists and anatomo-pathologists.

 

VenueEuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna, ITALY
Directors

H. Chneiweiss (Paris, France), A. Bardelli (Torino, Italy), G. Romeo (Bologna, Italy)

Speakers

A. Bardelli (Torino, Italy), F. Bleeker (Amsterdam, Netherlands), V. Capra (Genoa, Italy), H. Chneiweiss (Paris, France), V.P. Collins (Cambridge, UK), M.L. Garre` (Genoa, Italy), M. Huber (Erlangen, Germany), M. Kool (Amsterdam, Netherlands), S. Puget (Paris, France), Z. Reitman (Durham, USA)

Programme
Friday, 4th September: Clinical and Histopathological features of Brain Tumors
Morning Session
9:00
Romeo/Chneiweiss /Bardelli
Introduction to the course and Health e-Child Project
9:30
Collins
Pilocytic Astrocytomas: Histological pitfalls and genetic signatures
10:15
COFFEE BREAK
10:45
Puget
Molecular profiling of pediatric ependymomas
11:30
Garre`
Medulloblastoma Histological Variants: Age-dependent Occurrence and relation to Gorlin Syndrome: a new clinical perspective inspiring basic research
12:10
Collins
Molecular genetics of medulloblastomas
12:45
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION
13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:30
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Saturday, 5th September: Genomic Landscapes of Brain Tumors
Morning Session
9:00
Reitman
Genomic Analyses of Glioblastoma and Understanding the Results
9:50
Bardelli
Mutational and functional profiling of cancer genes
10:40
COFFEE BREAK
11:10
Bleeker
Inactivating IDH1 mutations in glioblastoma prolong survival
12:00
GENERAL DISCUSSION: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION
12:45
Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:30
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
15:45
Coffee break
16:15
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
17:30
POSTER VIEWING SESSION
Sunday, 6th September: Infantile Brain Tumors
Morning Session
9:00
Chneiweiss
Dedifferentiation and gliomagenesis
9:45
Capra
Genetic predisposition syndromes with brain tumors
10:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:00
Chneiweiss
Current status of the tumor-initiating cells hypothesis in adult and pediatric gliomas
11:45
Kool
The Biology of Childhood Medulloblastoma
12:30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION
12:45
Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:30
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Monday, 7th September: HeC Project, Posters and Concluding Session
Morning Session
9:00
Huber
The Health e- Child Project (the project will be presented by the Technical Coordinator)
9:45
Capra/GarrÈ
The return of the Health e-Child project in the management of patients
10:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:00
Posters presentations (selected posters will be presented by the participants)
11:45
CONCLUDING SESSION
12:30
Lunch


Departure in the early afternoon, after lunch?

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