TELEVIE's Researchers Seminar December 5th 2013 – 8:30-17:00 Auditorium Central B Avenue Emmanuel Mounier 51, 1200 Bruxelles Université Catholique de Louvain Télévie 2014: New progress from a multitargeted approach 8:30 Welcome and poster set up 9:30 Introduction by Prof. Jacques Boniver Chair: Pierre Coulie 9:35 The potential role of imaging biomarkers in cancer management : focus on tumor oxygenation, hemodynamics and metabolism Prof. Bernard Gallez (UCL) 10:00 Responses of endothelial cells to cycling hypoxia : a role in tumor inflammation Prof. Carine Michiels (UNamur) 10:25 Molecular Regulation of Cytokine in Inflammation Dr. Stanislas Goriely (ULB) 10:50 Coffee break Chair: Bernard Rogister 11:15 DNA hypomethylation and activation of germline-specific Prof. Charles Desmet (UCL) 11:40 Differential responses of distinct types of stem cells to DNA damage Dr. Panagioka Sotiropoulou (ULB) 12:05 Cardenolides as promising anti-cancer agents Dr. Marc Diederich (LBMCC, Lux.) 12:30 Neurosurgical aspects of translational research on gliomas Dr. Pierre Robe (ULg) 12:55 Graduate school in cancerology Prof. Agnès Noël (ULg) ./.. -2- 13:00 Walking lunch and posters visit (Hall Martin V, Jardin Martin V, 42 – 1200 Bruxelles) 14:30 4 workshops and discussions by thematic in parallel (in French or in English): Classe 42A : Tumeurs cérébrales Modérateurs : Arsène Burny et Jacques Boniver 17:00 Classe 42B : Immunothérapie du cancer, papillomavirus et effets secondaires des thérapies Modérateurs : Pierre Van der Bruggen et Muriel Moser Classe 42C : Oncogenèse, transduction du signal et génétique du cancer Modérateurs : Luc Willems et Olivier de Backer Classe 42D : Progression tumorale, angiogenèse, métastases, microenvironnement Modérateurs : Christine Gilles et Jean-Pascal Machiels (tbc) End of the meeting ______________________