Nobel Prize 2008 Meeting
Viruses and cancer
| Date | Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 13:00 - 17:00 |
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| Location | Lundbeck Auditorium, Biocenter, Ole Maaløes vej 5, Copenhagen N, Denmark |
| Organizers | Tuula Kallunki, Danish Cancer Society and Steen Gammeltoft, Glostrup Hospital. |
Program
| Session 1: Human papilloma viruses in cervical cancer | ||
| 13.00-13.10 | Tuula Kallunki, Danish Cancer Society: Introduction. | |
| 13.10-14.00 | Nobel lecture: Harald zur Hausen, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany: Discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer | |
| 14.00-14.30 | Susanne Kruger-Kjær, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark: HPV vaccination in Denmark - clinical aspects | |
| 14.30-15.00 | Coffee | |
| Session 2: From mechanism of viral oncogenesis to therapeutical approaches | ||
| 15.00-15.30 | Akseli Hemminki, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland: Oncolytic viruses and cancer stem cells - using viruses to combat cancer | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Maria Masucci, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden: Mechanisms of EBV-induced oncogenesis and its therapeutical potentials | |
| 16.00-16.30 | Päivi Ojala, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland: Kaposi sarcoma virus induced cancer cell death and survival | |
| 16.30-17.00 | Christoph Borner, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Freiburg, Germany: Apoptosis induced by Semliki Forest virus is RNA replication dependent and mediated via Bak | |
Everybody is welcome. Admission is free. Registration is kindly encouraged.