Friday 30/9

Friday September 29, 2017

08:45 – 10:30

Session 4a: Cell death, tissue repair and microenvironment -
chair: Mauro Piacentini

08:45 - 09:00

Brief historical introduction by Mauro Piacentini

 
09:00 -09:30
Gabriele BERGERS (Leuven, Belgium)
Vascular and Immune conditioning to eradicate tumors
 
 
09:30 -10:00
Hector PEINADO (Madrid, Spain)
Influence of tumor-secreted exosomes in pre-metastatic niche formation
 
 
10:00 -10:15
Manuel Ehling (Leuven, Belgium)
PP2A/B55α regulates endothelial cell protection against apoptosis during vascular remodeling and pathological angiogenesis
 
 
10:15 -10:30
Aida Freire-Valls (Heidelberg, Germany)
Caspase-8 regulates postnatal angiogenesis via MAPK P38 and VE-cadherin
 

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00

Session 4b: Cell death, tissue repair and microenvironment -
chairs: Patrizia Agostinis & Boris Turk

 
11:00-11:30
Massimiliano MAZZONE (Leuven, Belgium)
The killing kiss of phosphatase blockade in cancer 
 
 
11:30-12:00
Jannie BORST (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
How to exploit the vaccine potential of radiotherapy
 
 
12:00-12:15
Anje Cauwels (Ghent, Belgium)
Targeting type I interferon activity to the tumor microenvironment or to dendritic cells synergizes with immunogenic chemotherapy to safely eradicate tumors
 
 
12:15-12:30
Marco Schaaf (Leuven, Belgium)
The role of endothelial cell-associated autophagy in melanoma growth
 
  12:30-12:45
Olivier De Wever (Ghent, Belgium)
Radiotherapy-activated cancer-associated fibroblasts promote tumor progression through paracrine IGF-1R activation
 
12:45– 13:05
Flash talks -Session 2: P-3, 5, 9, 13, 45, 57, 63, 65, 73

13:05 – 15:45

Lunch on site + Poster session 2 (uneven poster numbers)

15:45 – 17:30

Session 5: Harnessing cell death and immunity crosstalk in translational medicine -
chairs: Klaus-Michael Debatin & Peter Krammer

15:45 - 16:00

Brief historical introduction by Klaus-Michael Debatin

 
16:00-16:30
Michael HENEKA (Bonn, Germany)
Microglial demise and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
 
 
16:30-16:45
Andreas Linkermann (Dresden, Germany)
Necroptosis controls NET generation and mediates complement activation, endothelial damage and autoimmune vasculitis
 
 
16:45-17:00
Julia Zinngrebe (Ulm, Germany)
The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex is a crucial regulator of toll-like receptor 3 signaling
 
 
17:00-17:30
Silvia Chiara FORMENTI (NY, USA)
Ionizing Radiation-Induced Immunogenic cell death
 
17:30 - 18:15
2nd Keynote Lecture: Alberto MANTOVANI (Rozzano, Italy)
The yin yang of tumor-associated macrophages in cancer progression
 
18:15-18:45
Poster and flash talk awards & Wrap-up
 

19:15– 20:30

Reception at the City Hall of Leuven (offered by the town of Leuven)

20:45

Conference dinner at Groot Begijnhof (for registered delegates)