| November 3, 2016 / Thursday | |
| 14:00-16:00 | Registration |
| 16:00-17:00 | Opening ceremony |
| PLENARY LECTURES Chairs: Sonja Levanat, Mariano Barbacid |
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| 17:00-18:00 | Mariano Barbacid (Spain) "Targeting K-Ras Driven Lung and Pancreatic Tumors" |
| 18:00-18:20 | Coffee break |
| 18:20-19:20 | Clare Isacke (United Kingdom) (sponsored by EACR) "Stromal Cell Activation in Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer" |
| SECTION "Tumor Biology and Evolution" Chairs: Maja Herak Bosnar, Tomislav Domazet-Lošo |
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| 19:20-19:55 | Tomislav Domazet-Lošo (Croatia) "Tracing the Evolutionary Origin of Tumors" |
| 19:55-20:30 | Maja Herak Bosnar (Croatia) "The Metastasis Suppressor Gene Family Nme/Nm23/NDPK: Lessons From Model Organisms" |
| 20:30-21:30 | Welcome reception |
| November 4, 2016 / Friday | |
| SECTION "Signaling Networks in Cancer" Chairs: Neda Slade, Daniele Bergamaschi |
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| 8:30-9:05 | Daniele Bergamaschi (United Kingdom) "Oncogenic p63 Signalling in Melanoma and Its Link With Acquired Resistance to MAPK Inhibitors" |
| 9:05-9:40 | Fritz Aberger (Austria) "Targeting Hedgehog-GLI Signaling in Cancer: New Concepts and Strategies" |
| Short talks: | |
| 9:40-10:00 | Nikolina Hanžić (Croatia) "The Expression of p53/p73 Isoforms, NME and GLI in Metastatic Melanoma and Their Induction by Υ-Irradiation" |
| 10:00-10:20 | Vjekoslav Tomaić (Italy/Croatia) "Interaction of the Human Papillomavirus E6 Oncoprotein with Sorting Nexin 27 modulates Endocytic Cargo Transport Pathways" |
| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee break |
| SECTION "Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics" Chairs: Biserka Nagy, Jiri Zavadil |
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| 10:50-11:25 | Sonja Levanat (Croatia) "Genetics and Epigenetic Alterations of Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Pathway in Ovarian Tumors" |
| 11:25-12:00 | Jiri Zavadil (France) "Multi-System Analysis of Genome-Wide Mutational Signatures: Implications for Molecular Cancer Epidemiology" |
| Short talks: | |
| 12:00-12:20 | Yari Ciribilli (Italy) "Identification of Novel Genes Responsible for Chemoresistance in Breast Cancer" |
| 12:20-12:40 | Marko Gerić (Croatia) "A Case-Control Study of Cytogenetic and Oxidative Stress Parameters in Patients with Thyroid Diseases" |
| 12:40-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:30 | Poster session |
| SECTION "Cancer Immunology and Diagnostics" Chairs: Mariastefania Antica, Zlatko Dembić |
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| 14:30-15:05 | Zlatko Dembić (Norway) "Recent Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy" |
| 15:05-15:40 | Agnes Kittel (Hungary) "Extracellular Vesicles and Their Therapeutic Potential" |
| Short talk: | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Kata Križić (Croatia) "Notch and Aiolos in Survival of Neoplastic B-Cells" |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break |
| SECTION "Targeted Therapies and Drug Resistance" Chairs: Maja Sirotković Skerlev, Jean-Christophe Bourdon |
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| 16:30-17:05 | Karmen Stankov (Serbia) "Precision Medicine in Myeloid Leukemia: Predictive Pharmacogenomics Biomarkers of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance" |
| 17:05-17:40 | Jean-Christophe Bourdon (United Kingdom) "Cell Composition in p53 Isoforms Defines Cell Fate Decision" |
| Short talks: | |
| 17:40-18:00 | Natalija Dedić Plavetić (Croatia) "Novel Therapies for Breast Cancer" |
| 18:00-18:20 | Višnja Stepanić (Croatia) "Design of Novel Hybrid Compounds of Vitamin C and 1,2,3-Triazole With Anticancer Properties: Impact of Physicochemical Profile on Biological Activity" |
| 18:20-18:40 | Anna M. Czarnecka (Poland) "Cancer Stem Cells Influence Renal Cell Cancer Tyrosine Kinase Resistance" |
| KEYNOTE LECTURE Chair: Sonja Levanat |
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| 18:40-19:40 | Miroslav Radman (Croatia) "Emergence of Phenotypes in Aging and Disease" |
| 19:40-20:10 | Closing ceremony and best poster awards (sponsored by EACR) |
