| November 6, 2014 / Thursday | |
| 15:00-17:00 | Registration |
| 17:00-18:00 | Opening ceremony |
| PLENARY LECTURES Chairs: Sonja Levanat, Richard Marais |
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| 18:00-18:45 | Richard Marais (UK) (sponsored by EACR) "The Biology of BRAF and RAS Signalling in Melanoma: From Basic Biology to Clinical Application" |
| 19:00-19:45 | Esteban Cvitkovic (France) "Drug Development from the Target to the Clinic" |
| 20:00-21:00 | Welcome reception |
| November 7, 2014 / Friday | |
| SECTION "Signal Transduction" Chairs: Maja Herak Bosnar, Ivan Đikić |
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| 8:30-9:05 | Ivan Đikić (Germany) (sponsored by EACR) "Linear Ubiquitination and RIP Kinases in Regulation of Inflammation and Cancer" |
| 9:10-9:45 | Siniša Volarević (Croatia) "Ribosome Biogenesis Stress and p53 Activation" |
| Short talks: | |
| 9:50-10:05 | Isidora Petrović (Serbia) "Human SOX18 Gene Is a Novel Target of Hedgehog Signaling in Cervical Carcinoma Cell Line" |
| 10:10-10:25 | Katja Ester (Croatia) "Chicken Anemia Virus-derived Protein Apoptin Triggers Cell Cycle Arrest but Not Apoptosis in Cancer Stem Cells" |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| SECTION "Immunity and Cancer" Chairs: Božena Šarčević, Janoš Terzić |
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| 11:00-11:35 | Riccardo Dolcetti, Elena Muraro (Italy) (sponsored by EACR) "Breast Cancer and Immunity" |
| 11:40-12:15 | Janoš Terzić (Croatia) "Inflammation and Cancer: Role of IL-6" |
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| 12:20-12:35 | Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić (Croatia) "Cross Talk Between Regulatory T Cells (Tregs) and NKT Cells in Peripheral Blood and Prostatic Tissue of Patients with Prostatic Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia" |
| 12:40-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:30 | Poster session |
| SECTION "Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics" Chairs: Neda Slade, Robert Zeillinger |
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| 14:30-15:05 | Jiri Zavadil, Magali Olivier (France) "Mutation Spectra of Carcinogenic Exposures - New Opportunities in Cancer Research and Prevention" |
| 15:10-15:45 | Robert Zeillinger (Austria) "From Research to Diagnostics in Ovarian Cancer" |
| Short talks: | |
| 15:50-16:05 | Jelena Barbarić (Croatia) "A Closer Look at Disparities in Melanoma Incidence and Mortality in South- Eastern Europe: West to East Gradient in Incidence Rates, Increasing Recent Incidence Trends Across The Region, Unclear Mortality Patterns." |
| 16:10-16:25 | Gabrijela Smoljkić (Croatia) "The Effect of Endothelin System on the Proliferation and Apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 Cells Treated with Paclitaxel" |
| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee break |
| SECTION "New Therapies and Cancer Resistance" Chairs: Maja Osmak, Gregor Serša |
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| 17:00-17:35 | Gregor Serša (Slovenia) "Biomedical Applications of Electroporation: From Bench to Bedside" |
| 17:40-18:15 | Lidija Beketić-Orešković (Croatia) "Personalized Approach to the Therapy of Breast Cancer" |
| Short talks: | |
| 18:20-18:35 | Engin Ulukaya (Turkey) ''A Novel Promising Anti-Cancer Compound Against Cancer: A Palladium (II)-Saccharinate Complex of Terpyridine" |
| 18:40-18:55 | Anamaria Brozović (Croatia) "The miR-200 Family Regulates Sensitivity to Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Human Ovarian Carcinoma OVCAR-3 and MES-OV Cells" |
| 19:00-19:30 | Closing ceremony and best poster awards (sponsored by EACR) |
