Program

Two 60-minute Plenary Lectures

Three Poster Sessions

Eleven Oral Sessions with

Twenty Speaker presentations (40-minute talks) and

Eighteen Short Talks (15-minute presentations selected from the abstracts submitted for poster presentations by the Scientific Committee).

 

Sunday, October 24th

3:00 PM Registration opens at the main Lobby.

7:45 PM - 8:00 PM: Welcome speech

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Opening Lecture:

J. Silvio Gutkind, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA.

G Protein-Regulated Signaling Networks in Cancer Progression and Metastasis:

 A Synthetic Biology Approach

 

9:00 PM: Welcome Reception.

 

Monday, October 25th

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

8:40 AM – 10:50 AM Session # 1: all sessions will be held at the SUM Room

(a 5 minute interval is allocated between talks to allow for questions from the audience.)

8:40 AM – 9:20 AM: Lucio Castilla Univ. of Massachusetts Med. School, USA.

Oncogenic role of microRNA 17-92 cluster in acute myeloid leukemia

9:25 AM – 10:05 AM: Celine Gales INSERM, Toulouse, France.

New paradigm in ligand-directed trafficking of GPCRs: AT1 receptor example

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM: Juan Jose Bonfiglio. FCEN – University of Buenos Aires.

CRH SIGNALING IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: UNDERSTANDING MAPKs ACTIVATION

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Maria Julia Perez. FFyB – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Activation of Fyn Kinase by Apotransferrin is Essential for Oligodendrocyte Differentiation

 

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM Coffee Break.

 

11:20 AM -1:30 PM Session # 2:

11:20 AM12:00 PM: Jozef Dulak Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Oxidative signaling, microRNA and stem cells

12:05 AM – 12:20 PM:  Elba Vazquez FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina.

HO-1 as a new player in prostate cancer progression

12:25 AM – 1:05 PM: Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

Novel Intracellular Targets of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate

1:10 PM – 1:25 PM: Laila Suhaiman. Fac. Ccias. Med. UNCuyo-CCT, Mendoza. Argentina

Exocytosis is triggered by sphingosine 1-phosphate through the activation of S1PR type 1 and 3

 

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

3:00 PM – 4:50 PM Session # 3:

3:00 PM – 3:40 PM Nancy Hynes.  F.M. Inst. for Biomed. Research, Switzerland.

Targeting receptor tyrosine kinases in breast cancer

3:45 PM – 4:25 PM Yosef Yarden  Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Oncogenic tyrosine kinase networks: Defective feedback regulation of signal transduction

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Jimena Giudice. FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Spatio-temporal dynamics of endocytosis and signaling of insulin receptor A and B

 

4:50 PM – 5:20 PM Coffee Break

 

5:20 PM – 7:30 PM: Session # 4:

5:20 PM – 6:00 PM Angel Nebreda IRB-Barcelona, Spain.

Signal Integration by p38 MAPKs

6:05 PM – 6:20 PM Maria Sol Degese. FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina.

The p38 MAPK pathway promotes cFOS mRNA decay

6:25 PM – 7:05 PM Mathias Gaestel Hannover Medical School, Germany.

MAPKAP kinases MK2 and MK3 in inflammation and beyond

7:10 PM – 7:25 PM María Victoria Goddio FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina.

The RNA destabilizing factor and tumor suppressor gene TTP is induced by prolactin in mammary cells

 

8:00 PM – 9:15 PM Dinner at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

9:15 PM – onwards Poster Session.

 

Tuesday, October 26th

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

8:40 AM – 10:50 AM Session # 5:

8:40 AM – 9:20 AM: Bernd Groner Georg Speyer Haus Institute, Frankfurt, Germany.

Stat3 and Stat5: oncogenic transcription factors and targets for tumor therapy

9:25 AM – 10:05 AM: Melanie Cobb Univ. of Texas, Southwestern Med. Center, Dallas, USA.

Coming full cERKle on lung cancer

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM: Adriana De Siervi. FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina

Cyclin T1: a new oncogenic protein

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Guadalupe Lorenzatti, FCQ – Universidad de Córdoba. Argentina

SELECTIVE SIGNALING PATHWAYS PARTICIPATE IN THE REGULATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF ZEB1

 

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM Coffee Break.

 

11:20 AM - 1:30 PM Session # 6:

11:20 AM12:00 PM: John Cidlowski NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, USA.

The Glucocorticoid Receptor: A South American Perspective

12:05 PM – 12:45 PM: Ana Aranda Iriarte Inst. de Inv. Med., Madrid, Spain.

The thyroid hormone receptors as regulators of cell proliferation and malignant transformation

12:50 PM – 1:05 PM: Luciana Rocha Viegas. FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina

Role of UTX in RAR-mediated gene regulation in leukemia

1:10 PM – 1:25 PM: Virginia Novaro . Inst. IBYME – Buenos Aires. Argentina.

PI3K/AKT pathway regulates hormone sensitivity and differentiation in a mouse mammary tumor modeL

 

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Trekking and Networking.

 

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Meet the Speakers

 

8:00 PM – 9:15 PM Dinner at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

9:15 PM – onwards Poster Session.

 

Wednesday, October 27th

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

8:40 AM – 10:50 AM Session # 7

8:40 AM – 9:20 AM: Channing Der Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.

Targeting the Ral guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RalGEF)-Ral small GTPase effector pathway for the development of anti-Ras inhibitors for cancer treatment

9:25 AM – 10:05 AM: Piero Crespo Univ. de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

Spatial regulation of ERK1/2 MAP kinases: novel nuclear and cytoplamic events

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM: Giorgina Cardama . Univ. Nac. De Quilmes. Argentina.

Strategies to develop novel anti-Rho GTPase compounds with antitumoral activity

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Verónica Andreoli. FCQ – Universidad de Cordoba. Argentina

KLF6 tumor suppressor engages c-Jun oncoprotein in an apoptotic pathway through JNK2 phosphorylation

 

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM Coffee Break.

 

11:20 AM -1:30 PM Session # 8

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM: Pablo Visconti Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.

Phosphorylation Events During Sperm Capacitation

12:05 PM – 12:20 PM: Ernesto Podestá FMED – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina

Tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 regulates arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism and mitochondria rearrangement

12:25 PM – 1:05 PM: Heidi Tissenbaum Univ. of Massachusetts Med. School, USA

Using C. elegans to identify new modulators of insulin/IGF-1 signaling

1:10 PM – 1:25 PM: Graciela Boccaccio,  Fundacion Insituto Leloir. Argentina.

A kinase and phosphatase-wide RNAi screen identifies regulators of Stress Granule dynamics

 

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

3:00 PM – 5:10 PM Session # 9

3:00 PM – 3:40 PM: Marcelo Kazanietz Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA.

Diacylglycerol and Rac signaling in cancer progression

3:45 PM – 4:25 PM: Xose Bustelo CIC, Salamanca, Spain.

The Vav oncoprotein family as anti-cancer targets: positive and negative lights

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Fiorella Galello FCEN – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina

Identification of proteins that interact with PKA Regulatory subunit from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

4:50 PM – 5:05 PM Maria Cecilia Carreras FFyB – University of Buenos Aires. Argentina

Nitric oxide synthases trafficking into mitochondria in the control of cell metabolism and fate

 

5:10 PM – 5:30 PM Coffee Break

 

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM: Plenary Lecture:

Roger Davis, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA, USA.

Metabolic stress regulation of the JNK signal transduction pathway

 

6:45 PM 8:30 PM– Poster Session.

 

9:00 PM – onwards (Traditional Barbecue – ASADO)

 

Thursday, October 28th

 

 

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast at the “Anexo Hotel FATAGA”.

 

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session # 10

9:00 AM – 9:40 AM: Enrique A. Mesri Univ. of Miami, Miami, USA.

A Rac1 mediated oxidative stress loop in paracrine viral oncogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma identifies novel therapeutic targets

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM: Lic Guido Bonino, RAICES y Dr. Enrique A. Mesri, CAPICCyTE-RAICES y Consulado Argentino en Miami.

ACTIVIDADES DEL PROGRAMA RAICES EN VINCULACION Y COOPERACION CIENTIFICA INTERNACIONAL.  THE RAICES PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION WITH ARGENTINA

 

10:20 AM – 10:50 AM Coffee Break

 

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM: Ana Cuenda Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CSIC, Spain.

Alternative p38g and p38d pathways in the immune response

11: 35 AM – 11:50 AM: Ruth Angélica Lezama Palacios, Escuela Nac. de Cs. Biologicas IPN-México.

Evaluation of anti-apoptotic pathway in Bcr-abl +/- acute lymphoblastic cells

 

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM: Closing Remarks:

Omar Coso, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

Farewell lunch and Meeting Adjourns – busses will transport participants to the airport.