Thursday, 30^th October

08:30 Registration

09:30 Welcome

 

10:00 SESSION I – CANCER
Chair: José Carlos Machado and Raquel Seruca

At the crossroads of post-transcriptional regulatory networks: the role of the RNA-binding protein MEX3A in gastrointestinal cancer
Bruno Pereira

The tumour microenvironment: the role of macrophages
Maria José Oliveira

How oncogenes and non-neoplastic components play together for colorectal cancer development
Sérgia Velho

Actin filament network remodeling during cytokinesis
Ana Carvalho

 

12:00 Coffee break

12:30 PLENARY LECTURE I
Chair: Helder Maiato

Mechanisms of mitosis and the origins of chromosomal instability in human cancer cells
Duane Compton, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, USA

 

13:30 Lunch

15:00 General Poster session

PARALLEL SESSION: Presentation of the COHiTEC Program
Alípio da Torre, Coordinator of the Porto Edition of COHiTEC Program

16:30 Coffee break and General Poster session

17:00 General Poster session

 

19:00 UPDATE ON THE I3S PROJECT

20:00 Dinner

 

Friday, 31^st October

09:30 SESSION II – NEUROBIOLOGY AND NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
Chair: Deolinda Lima and Mónica Sousa

Profilin1 is required for peripheral nervous system myelination
João Relvas

Ether-phospholipids regulate Schwann cell differentiation through membrane signaling
Pedro Brites

Dopaminergic Modulation of Pain-Related Working Memory Deficit
Vasco Galhardo

nanoBiomaterials for neurosciences: one tool, many uses
Ana Paula Pêgo

 

11:30 Coffee break

12:00 PLENARY LECTURE II
Chair: Vitor Costa

Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of life, death and differentiation
Luca Scorrano, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Italy

13:00 Lunch

 

14:30 SESSION III – HOST INTERACTION AND RESPONSE
Chair: Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva and Pedro Rodrigues

Inflammation in Bioengineering: from prejudice to alliance
Mário Barbosa

BioEngineered surfaces to fight infection
Cristina Martins

AIP56, an apoptogenic AB toxin targeting NF-kB
Ana do Vale

Unravelling the effect of Listeria monocytogenes on the control of the host cell cycle progression
Didier Cabanes

 

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 PLENARY LECTURE III
Chair: Pedro Granja

High throughput materials discovery: a new class bacterial resistant polymers and novel synthetic stem cell culture substrates
Morgan Alexander, Director of Interface and Surface Analysis Centre, Faculty of Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK

18:00 Final remarks

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