8th International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress: Signaling, Metabolism, Imaging and Therapeutic Targets

Program - Tuesday, September 27

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    Accommodations

    Accommodations for the conference are at the Sheraton Hotel. The Hotel is located in Ixia, Rhodes, 14.5 km from the airport.

    Arrival and Check-in 

    Attendees are expected to arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM local time. Registered participants arriving after 10:00 PM should make alternative dinner arrangements.  

    Conference Venue

    The Sheraton Conference Center is located at the hotel.  

    Handicapped Accessibility 

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    Oral Presentations

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    City Tour

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    Breakfast

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Tuesday, September 27

07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
09:00 AM - 09:05 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks - Kostas Coumenis
TME, Metastasis and Tumor Dormancy
Chairs: Costas Koumenis and Ashi Weeratna
09:05 AM - 09:30 AM
Age against the machine: how aging impacts tumor progression
Ashani Weeraratna
09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
Origins and Behavior of Disseminated Tumor Cells during Minimal Residual Disease
Maria Sosa, Carolina Rodriguez-Tirado, and Alcina Rodrigues
09:55 AM - 10:20 AM
The Integrated Stress response in tumor progression and metastasis
Constantinos Koumenis
Keynote Lecture
Chair: Sandra Ryeom
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Oxygen Sensing
William Kaelin
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Hypoxia, HIF and the TME
Chair: Sandra Ryeom
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Regulation of the HIF response at the level of chromatin
James Nathan
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
The oncogenic role and therapeutic potential of targeting the RNA demethylase FTO in VHL deficient renal cell carcinoma.
Man Zhao1, Dalin Zhang, Haowen Jiang1, Suchitra Natarajan1, Hongjuan Zhao, Jim Brooks, Donna Peehl, Amato Giaccia1,, and Erinn Rankin1
12:50 PM - 01:15 PM
Hypoxia-derived extracellular vesicles metabolically reprogram endothelial cells to induce angiogenesis
Tom Keulers, Joel Beaumont, Kim Kampen, and Kasper Rouschop
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
02:45 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)