TEFAF Master Class 2012

Master Class

 

Tuesday March 20, 2012,
Greepzaal, level 4, Academic Hospital Maastricht

 

Viral Carcinogenesis

 

– Prof.dr. Harald zur Hausen –

&

– Prof. Sir David Lane –

 

TEFAF Oncology Chairs 2011 and 2012

 

Programme

 

09.30-10.00

Arrival & Coffee, terrace West, Academic Hospital, 4th floor

 

 

10.00-10.10

Welcome by Frans Ramaekers,
Scientific Director GROW, School for Oncology & Developmental Biology

 

 

10.10-11.10

Harald zur Hausen – Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg

"State and perspectives of tumour virology"

 

 

11.10-11.30

Nadine Olthof – Department of Otorhinolaryngology / Molecular Cell Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center

"HPV integration in head & neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines"

 

 

11.30-12.00

Anke Haugg - Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center

"Merkel cell polyomavirus: role model for polyomaviruses in human cancer"

 

 

12.00-12.20

Rogier Litjens - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Molecular Cell Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center

"Increase in viral load, viral integration and gain of telomerase genes during uterine cervical carcinogenesis can be simultaneously assessed by the HPV 16/18 MLPA-assay"

 

 

12.20-13.30

Lunch break, terrace West, Academic Hospital, 4th floor

 

 

 

13.30-14.00

Peter Snijders - Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam

"Implications of HPV research on cervical cancer prevention: towards molecular screening tools"

 

 

14.00-14.20

 

Jos Straetmans– Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Maastricht University Medical Center

"Human papilloma virus confuses UICC’s TNM-classification in tonsillar squamous cell carcinomas"

 

 

14.20-14.40

Jeroen Mooren – Department of Otorhinolaryngology Maastricht University Medical Center,

"Chromosome stability in tonsillar squamous cell carcinomas is associated with HPV 16 and a favorable prognosis"

 

 

14.40-15.10

Jens Peter Klussman – Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University Hospital Giessen:

"HPV infections causing head and neck cancer: an overview"

 

 

15.10-15.30

Coffee break (terrace West, Academic Hospital, 4th floor)

 

 

15.30-16.30

 

Sir David Lane – P53 Lab. A*STAR - Singapore

"How and why do DNA tumour viruses attack the p53 pathway?
34 years of insights and unanswered questions"

 

 

16.30

Closing and informal get-together with wine and cheese: terrace West, Academic Hospital, 4th floor

 

 

 

 

 

Please register by e-mail, including your name, department and address to:

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More information

 

GROW Secretary’s office:
Brigitte Custers & Tamara van de Laar

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Universiteitssingel 40, Room: 2.549

6229 ER Maastricht

The Netherlands

Phone: +31 43 3881863

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GROW office moved

The GROW office has moved to a new location.

The phone numbers remain the same.


Our new location is

Universiteitssingel 40, West

Brigitte Custers Room 2.549 Phone 81863

Tamara van de Laar Room 2.549 Phone 81863

Frans Ramaekers Room 2.541 Phone 81861

Sietske Satijn Room 2.547 Phone 81867

Judith Doomen Room 2.553 Phone 81801

Ivo Schellings/Ralph Sleijpen Room 2.553B (from July 1st) Phone 81876


Regards


Brigitte Custers

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Appointment scientific director GROW

PRESS RELEASE

The executive board Maastricht UMC+ has appointed Prof. F. Ramaekers, PhD, to the position of scientific director of GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology.

Prof. Ramaekers is appointed as of 1 March 2010 for a period of six years.

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