SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

MAIN TOPICS Genomic analysis Molecular basis of cancer Molecular markers in cancer Free Radicals in Cancer Environment and genetics factors in lipid related disorders Molecular mechanism of heart preconditioning Angiogenesis Stem cell and cell therapy Genetic immunology Proteomics Response therapy and molecular genetics in various disorders in field of pediatric endocrinology Biochemistry and biochemical genetic NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND PLENARY LECTURER Structural Genomics-a New Platform for Drug Discovery (Prof. Kurt Wüthrich) CONGRESS SYMPOSIUMS GENOMIC ANALYSIS AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF CANCER (sponsored by IUBMB) Chair: Angelo Azzi Speakers: Lev Angelo Azzi, Alexander Levitzki, Tuomas Tammela, Efstathios Gonos, Barbara Tudek, Gary Willimson, Maciej Zylicz, Ralph Insinga, Mohsen Meydani, Jean Cadet, Stefano Indraccolo, Henrik Enghusen Poulsen, Iqbal Parker PHENOTYPE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS IN VARIOUS DISORDERS IN THE FIELD OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY (organized by Istanbul University, Medical Faculty) Chair: Feyza Darendeliler Speakers: Feyza Darendeliler, Maithe Tauber, Nuran Saka, David Dunger, Philip Moshe MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF HEART PRECONDITIONING (organized by University of Marmara, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery) Chair: Selim İsbir Speakers: Selim İsbir, Stefan Joekenhoevel, Franz Theuring, Malek Kamoun, Dicle Güç, Serdar Günaydın, Aysun Karataş, Martin Petrek G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS (organized by University of Birmingham, School of Bioscinces) Chair: Mark Wheatley and Mehmet İsbir Speakers: Mark Wheatley, Mehmet İsbir, David R. Poyner, Alison MacKinnon, Bilkay Baştürk MOLECULAR MARKERS IN TUMOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY (organized by International Institute of Anticancer Research (I.I.A.R.) ) Chair: John G. Delinassios Speakers: John G. Delinassios, P.T. Vihko, Helga-Irene Puder, Christos Yapijakis,Bernd Kaina, Ugo Rovigatti, Gigliola Sica, Sonal Bakshi DRUG DEVELOPMENT FROM AN IDEA TO CLINIC (organized by Manchester University, Department of Pathology) Chair: Shant Kumar Speakers: Shant Kumar, Jurek Kropinski, Ian Hampson, Q. Wang, Anita Lindsay THROMBOSIS (organized by University of Ankara, Medical Faculty) Chair: Nejad Akar Speakers: Nejad Akar, Alp Can, Rüchan Akar, Muzaffer Demir PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS AND NUTRIGENETICS (organized by the Turkish Society of Public Health Genomics and Nutrigenetics, Public Health Genomics European Network, GENAR Institute) Chair: Serdar Savaş Speakers: Angela Brand, Tomris Cesuroğlu, Keith Grimaldi, Wolfgang Höppner, Sema Erge, Mithat Yılmaztürk, Şeref Akman, Gülden Pekcan CONFIRMED PLENARY LECTURERS Chair: Ahmed El-Sohemy ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Micronutrients and antioxidants for a beter quality of life (Luca Barella, Switzerland) (Sponsored By DSM) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME Real time PCR in clinical applications The impact of nutrigenetics in health Prenatal diagnosis of common choromosome abnormalities Recombinant DNA technology Novel approaches in biochips Functional Proteomics (Organized by MEDTEK) Application of flow cytometry in stem cell research Genetics and statistics, quality control and accreditation in clinical laboratories CONFIRMED SPEAKERS From Cell to Heart Substitutes: The Engineered Heart : Future and Fiction (Stefan Joekenhovel, Germany) Transgenic Animal Models in Proteomics in Cardiovascular Research (Franz Theuring, Germany) Immune Mechanism of Allograft Rejection in Cardiac Transplantation (Malek Kamoun, USA) Pathobiology of Heart Fibrillation (Selim Isbir, Turkey) Genetic Role of Inflammation in Cardiovascular Surgery (Dicle Güç, Turkey) Clinical impact and biomaterial evaluation of bone marrow aspirate and platelet gel in wound healing (Serdar Günaydın, Turkey) Genetics of Intrauterine and Postnatal Growth (David B Dunger, England) Hyperinsulinism in infancy: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach (Feyza Darendeliler, Turkey) Optimizing Therapy for a Successful Growth Outcome on Growth Hormone Treatment (Maithe Tauber, France) Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Phenotype-Genotype Correlations ( Nurçin Saka, Turkey) Early Puberty: Insight into the Genetics (Moshe Phillip, Israel) Cancer and Cell Signalling (Alexander Levitzki, Israel) Lympangiogenesis in Human Cancer (Tuomas Tammela, Finland) Base Excision Repair Modulation as a Risk Factor for Human Cancers (Barbara Tudek, Poland) Dietary Flavonoids and The Risk of Cancer (Gary Williamson, Switzerland ) Tumor Supressor Proteins (Maciej Zylicz, Poland) Incidence and Duration of Cervical HPV6,11,16 and 18 Infections in Young Women: An Evaluation from Multiple Analytical Perspectives (Ralph Insinga, USA) Cancer and aging (Efstathios Gonos, Greece) Oxidative DNA damage (Jean Cadet; France) Identification of Genes Selectively Regulated by IFNs in Endothelial Cells I (Stefano Indraccolo, Italy) Gene Prophylaxis by a DNA repair function (Guido Frossina, Italy) Biomarkers of DNA damage (H E Poulsen, Denmark) Interaction of lifestyle and genetic factors in expression of the metabolic Syndrome (Philip Barter, Australia) Diverse Effects of antioxidants on the cytotoxicity of chemotherapeutics (Tomris Özben, Turkey) Proteomics as diagnostics markers (Aldo Tomasi, Italy) Metabolic syndrome or dietary subjects related to type 2 diabetes mellitus, heart disease etc. (Peter Butterworth, UK) Immunogenomics and inflammatory disease of cardiopulmonary system (Martin Petrek, Czech Republic) Embryonic stem cell- derived dopaminergic neurons for the therapy of Parkinson disease (Ahmed Mansouri, Germany) Genomic Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Disorders (Borut Peterlin, Slovenia) Genetic Instability and Selection in Carcinogenesis: an Old Debate in the Light of Recent Findings in Pediatric Cancer (Ugo Ravigatti, Italy) Interplay of MGMT, MMR, p53 and DSB repair in alkilating drug-induced apoptosis: implications for glioma and melanoma therapy (Bernd Kaina, Germany) Molecular characterization of glioblastoma multiforme and peritumor tissue (Gigliola Sica, Italy) Sex spesific differences in signal transduction in myocardial hypertrophy (Aysun Karatafl, Germany) Psychiatric Genetics (Dilihan Gümüfl, UK) Epigenetic regulation of CIITA expression in health and disease (Peter Van den Elsen, Netherland) Immunologic monitoring of kidney transplantation (Caner Süsal, Germany) Oxidative stress in Familial Mediterranean fever (Güldal Kırkali,Turkey) Nutrition and cancer (Mohsen Meydani, USA) The role of HPV squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus (Iqbal Parker, South Africa) Acute coronary syndrome (Zehra Buğra, Turkey) Mitochondrial disorders in neurodegenerative diseases (Makbule Aydın, Turkey) Neural tube defects (Nejat Akar, Turkey) Cancer cytogenetics (Sonal Bakshi, Indi ) Clinical dysmorphology (Teresa Mattina, Italy) Ethical issues in molecular markers (fiahin Aksoy, Turkey) Association between suppressor of cytokine signalling and diseases (Bilkay Bafltürk, Turkey) Environmental and dietary factors on cancer (Alaattin fien, Turkey) Role of HLA typing in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases (Luca Mascaretti, Italy) Molecular Basis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseases (Sertaç Kip, USA) Molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance (Kubilay Karflıdağ, Turkey) From signalling pathway to theraphy, a concept in molecular medicine: The phenomenon of intracellular calcium (Mehmet İsbir, Turkey) Forensic aspects of alcohol (Ahmet Belce, Turkey) Protein Glycosylation in bacteria (Hamdi Uysal, Turkey) Stress proteins and hemoxigenases (Aysel Arıcıoğlu, Turkey) Antioxidants (Mine Erdem İnal, Turkey) MEFV: new insights (Duran Üstek, Turkey) Introduction to Public Health Genomics and It’s Future Implications (Angela Brand, Germany) Chronic Complex Diseases and Genetics (Tomris Cesuroğlu, Turkey) Genetic Foundation of Atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, obesity (Wolfgang Höppner, Germany) Genetics and Cancers (Keith Grimaldi, USA) The Role of Genomebased Information on Pregnancy and Menopause (Mithat Yılmaztürk, Turkey) Genetics of Aging (fierif Akman, Turkey) The Role of Nutritional Suplements in Preventive Genetics (Gülden Pekcan, Turkey) The role of nutrition in different genetic cheracteristics (Sema Erge, Turkey) CONFIRMED EDUCATION PROGRAMME Application of flow cytometry in stem cell research Moderator: Metin Kurtoğlu A practical guide to analyzing stem cells by flow cytometry (William Telford, USA, NCI flow cytometry core lab. NCI-NIH) Cell colume and marker expression on hematopoetic stem cells (Awtar Krishan, USA, Department of pathology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine) Molecular Applications of Flow Cytometry (Gülderen Yanıkkaya Demirel, Turkey) Genetics and statistics, quality control and accreditation in clinical laboratories Moderators: Ahmet Dirican, Tamer İnal, Ömer Uysal SATELLITE SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS AND NONPROFIT ORGANISATION SYMPOSIA Cooperation between clinicians, researchers and the pharmaceutical and biomedical industry has significantly contributed to a better understanding of pathologies underlying diseases and better management of patients. This is reflected in a series of Satellite Symposia and Workshop Sessions organized by Industry Partners and Nonprofit Organisations The final agenda of each session will appear on the Molecular Medicine WEB Site (www.molekuler2009.org) in April, 2009. CONFIRMED SATELLITE SYMPOSIA ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS MEDSANTEK MEDTEK