European School of Genetic Medicine
| From | 2009-09-04 |
| To | 2009-09-07 |
| 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.
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| Venue | EuroMediterranean 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
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