Scientific meeting NVRB

14-02-2014 - 14-02-2014

Location:  Pieterskerkhof 23, 3512JS Utrecht

http://www.nvrb.org

The meeting will be at Friday 14 february 2014.  Location:  Pieterskerkhof 23, 3512JS Utrecht

09.30                                     Coffee and Tea

09.55                                     Opening.

10.00                     Małgorzata Krajewska (UMCG): ATR is essential for survival of homologous recombination-deficient tumors cells

10.15                     Arlene Oei (AMC): PARP1-inhibition sensitizes combined hyperthermia–radiation and combined hyperthermia-cDDP treatment of cervical carcinoma cells

10.30                     Peter Nagle (UMCG): Targeting DNA Repair to Enhance Particle Radiotherapy Treatment.

10.45                     Marco Schaaf (Maastro lab): Evaluation of autophagy in response to ionizing irradiation and its influence on radiosensitivity.

Koffie break                      

11.15                     Hanneke Stegeman (RadboudUMC): Improving chemoradiation efficacy in head and neck cancer patients by AKT inhibition

11.30                     Ravi Narayan (VUMC): Targeting resistance to radio-chemotherapy by inhibition of the PI3Kinase-AKT signalling pathway

11.45                     Tom Keulers (Maastro Lab): Targeting GABARAPL1, a hypoxia induced protein, after irradiation inhibits tumor regrowth.

12.00                     Esther Kleibeuker (VUMC): Improving the radio-sensitizing effect of sunitinib by drug-specific scheduling.

 Lunch                    +           NVRB members meeting

13.15                                     KEYNOTE LECTURE : Fiona Stewart (NKI) Vascular effects after irradiation.

14.15                     Bregje van Oorschot (AMC): Reduced Activity of DSB Repair Genes in Prostate Cancer Patients with Late Normal Tissue Radiation-Toxicity.

14.30                     Martti Maimets (UMCG): Canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway in salivary gland irradiation and regeneration.

14.45                     Damiën van Berlo (NKI): Enhancing pre-clinical models to assess normal tissue toxicity of future radio-chemotherapy approaches

Pauze                                   

15.15                     Anika Nagelkerke (RadboudUMC): LAMP3 is involved in metastasis and therapy resistance in breast cancer.

15.30                     Barry Jutten (Maastro lab): Autophagy inhibition abrogates the survival advantages of EGFRvIII+ cells, sensitizes tumors to irradiation and improves prognosis of GBM patients.

15.45                     Rolf de Boer (UMCG): Rif1 localizes to ultrafine bridges during anaphase to maintain genomic integrity.

16.00                     Nynke Hosper (UMCG): Radiation induced carcinogenesis of salivary and thyroid gland stem cells.

16.15                     Laura van Dijk (RadboudUMC): HNSCC xenograft microSPECT 111In-cetuximab-F(ab’)2 and 18F-FDG PET imaging for early response monitoring after radiotherapy.

Klaas Breur Awards + Drinks