Contact:
YCR P53 Research Unit
Department of Biology
University of York
YORK YO10 5DD, UK.
Tel (within UK):
(01904) 328620
Fax: (01904) 328622
Tel (outside UK):
+44-1904-328620
Fax: +44-1904-328622
E-mail: ajm24@york.ac.uk
Provisional outline Programme
Welcome
Brigitte Debuire Pierre May remembered.
Session 1
Jo Milner Cancer, neuronal differentiation and SIRT1, an ageing-related gene.
Doug Green P53, mitochondria, and apoptosis: Give and take in the BCL-2 family.
Wolfgang Deppert The cancer cell system of WAP-SV40 induced mouse mammary cancer.
Gerard Evan Deconstructing oncogenesis and tumour suppression to find the best cancer targets.Session 2
Dimitris Xirodimas Regulation of nucleolar signalling by the ubiquitin-like molecule NEDD8.
Kim Nasmyth Rec8-containing cohesin maintains bivalents without turnover during the growing phase of mouse oocytes
Graham Warren Biogenesis of the Golgi apparatus
Thomas Söllner Mechanism and regulation of membrane fusion.
Session 3
Martin Raff An outsider’s take on Autism
Frank La Ferla Neural stem cells as a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease.
Robin Franklin CNS re-myelination – from biology to therapy.
Bechir Jarraya From monkey brain to patient brain: development of new gene therapy for
Parkinson's DiseaseSession 4
Tarek Fahmy Modular nanoscale biomaterials for immunotherapy and immunodiagnostics.
Herman Waldmann Re-programming the immune system.
Pierre Hainaut Inherited p53 mutations, cancer and ageing.
Andrei Okorokov The p53 puzzle - looking at the smaller picture.
This is an outline programme and subject to change
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