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

Program - Thursday, September 29

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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 

    The site is fully handicapped accessible. 

    Oral Presentations

    Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A. 

    City Tour

    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby 3:00 PM. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast

    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Sheraton Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program.

    Lunches/Informal Discussions

    Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions

    Three of the dinners/informal discussions will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting. 

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    Certificate of Participation

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    Meeting Room Policy

    Mask Recommendation

    Face masks are recommended indoors.

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    Other Information

    Animals are not permitted on site. 

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Thursday, September 29

07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
UPR and Stress Responses
Chair: Ravi Amaravadi
08:30 AM - 08:55 AM
19
Identifying a conserved molecular signature for pediatric osteosarcoma
Linda M Hendershot
08:55 AM - 09:20 AM
20
Mechanisms and functions of eIF2 kinase GCN2 in translational control and stress adaptation
Ronald C Wek1 and Tracy G Anthony2
09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
21
Uncovering cross-talk between mediators of the Unfolded Protein Response
Gideon Ong, Wafa Kammouni, and Susan E Logue
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM
22
Prostate cancer is addicted to GCN2 to preserve amino acid homeostasis
Ricardo A. Cordova1, Jagannath Misra1, Tracy G. Anthony2, Roberto Pili3, Ronald C. Wek1, and Kirk A. Staschke1
10:10 AM - 10:35 AM
23
Microenvironmental and cancer cell intrinsic mechanisms of early dissemination reveal a new dormancy program and a vulnerability to target dormant cancer cells.
Julio A Aguirre-Ghiso
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Metabolism, Epigenetics and the TME
Chair: Susan Logue
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
24
Therapeutic vulnerabilities in cancer stemming from metabolic heterogeneity
Ben Stanger
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM
25
The drivers and effectors of phenotype switching
Colin Goding
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM
26
KMT2C loss is associated with an aggressive tumor phenotype in bladder cancer
Apostolos Klinakis
12:35 PM - 01:00 PM
27
Phenotypic reprogramming of the prostate tumor microenvironment overcomes therapeutic resistance
Natasha Kyprianou and Maddison R. Archer
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
28
Cancer cells depend on environmental lipids for proliferation when electron acceptors are limited
Dennis Vitkup
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:30 PM
City Tour (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses do not return to the hotel prior to dinner)