2008 Conference Calendar

THE TWENTY-THIRD ASPEN CANCER CONFERENCE 
MECHANISMS OF TOXICITY, CARCINOGENESIS,
CANCER PREVENTION AND CANCER THERAPY

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

5:30  -  6:30       Registration (Optional)

Sunday, July 20, 2008

7:30  -  8:00       Registration and Breakfast

8:00  -  8:10       Welcome                                                           Curtis Harris

SESSION 1:  METABOLISM AND OBESITY IN CANCER

8:10  -  8:20       Introduction by Chairperson                           Thea Tlsty

8:20  -  8:40       Autophagy                                                       Craig Thompson

8:40  -  9:00       Discussion

9:00  -  9:20       Obesity and Energy Balance
                          in Carcinogenesis                                             Steve Hursting

9:20  -  9:40       Discussion

SESSION 2:  PERSONALIZED ONCOLOGY

9:40  -  9:50       Introduction by Chairperson                            Ismail Kola

9:50  - 10:10      Connectivity Mapping and Cancer                  Todd Golub

10:10 - 10:30      Discussion

10:30 - 11:00      Break

11:00 - 11:20      Regulatory Issues and Solutions                   John Leighton

11:20 - 11:40       Discussion

SESSION 3:  REGULATORY SOLUTIONS IN ONCOLOGY – A SPECIAL SESSION

11:40 – 11:50      Introduction by Chairperson                              

11:50 – 12:30      To Be Announced                            Andrew von Eschenbach

12:30 -  12:50     Discussion

LUNCH

5:30  -  7:00      RECEPTION AND POSTER ABSTRACTS
                         PRESENTATION OF THE THEODORE T. PUCK AWARD

Monday, July 21, 2008

7:30  -  8:00       Breakfast

SESSION 4:  CANCER GENOMICS

8:00  -  8:10       Introduction by Chairperson                         Webster Cavenee

8:10  -  8:30       Malignant Melanoma                                     Lynda Chin

8:30  -  8:50       Discussion

8:50  -  9:10       Genome-wide Association Studies               Stephen Chanock
                          of Cancer

9:10  -  9:30       Discussion 

SESSION 5:  HYPOXIA

9:30  -   9:40      Introduction by Chairperson                          Cheryl Walker

9:40  - 10:00      VHL and Cancer                                              Bill Kaelin

10:00 - 10:20      Discussion                                                                                     

 10:20 - 10:50      Break

SESSION 6:  SENESCENCE AND CANCER

10:50 - 11:00     Introduction by Chairperson                           Scott Lowe

11:00 - 11:20     Fluorescence Detection of Rare                     Bevin Engelward
                            Recombinant Pancreatic Cells

11:20 - 11:40     Discussion

11:40 - 12:00     Senescence as a Barrier to Cancer                Ron DePinho
                             Prevention and a Biological Target
                             for Therapy

12:00 - 12:20     Discussion

LUNCH

 3:00  -  6:00      SPECIAL SESSION – BREAST CANCER:  PREVENTION,                           DIAGNOSIS, THERAPY AND SURVIVING, RECEPTION,
                          AND SILENT AUCTION

6:30  -  7:00      RECEPTION

7:00  -  9:00      BARBECUE   

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

7:30  -  8:00      Breakfast

SESSION 7:  IMMUNOLOGY

8:00  -  8:10      Introduction by Chairperson                             Richard Gaynor

8:10  -  8:30      Immunotherapy of Cancer                              Jim Allison

8:30  -  8:50      Discussion

8:50  -  9:10      Treg Cell Function                                             Tyler Curiel

9:10  -  9:30      Discussion

SESSION 8:  COMPANION ANIMALS IN ONCOLOGY                 

 9:30  -  9:40      Introduction by Chairperson                             Bill Farland

9:40  - 10:00     Spontaneous Canine Cancer as a                     Doug Thamm
                          Translational Model:  From the
                          Laboratory to the Labrador 

10:00  - 10:20     Discussion

10:20  - 10:50     Break

SESSION 9:  CENTROSOMES, CHROMOSOMES AND NUCLEAR ARCHITECTURE

10:50  - 11:00     Introduction by Chairperson                            Bill Brinkley

11:00  - 11:20     Intracellular Signaling Mediated by Cilia       Greg Pazour

 11:20 -  11:40     Discussion

 11:40 -  12:00     Chromosome Aberrations and Genetic          Bill Slikker, Jr.
                             Damage Caused by Methylphenidate

 12:00 -  12:20     Discussion

LUNCH

12:30 -   3:00      Meeting of the Advisory Board

 END OF THE TWENTY-THIRD ASPEN CANCER CONFERENCE
             EXCELLENCE FROM THE LABORATORY TO THE CLINIC