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29th Annual Convention of IACR and Symposium
On
“Biology of Cancer Stem Cells”
Venue: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Kochi, Kerala
20-23 February 2010
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Dear Colleagues,
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center is hosting the 29th Annual
rd
Convention of Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR) from 20-23 February 2010. On
behalf of the entire organizing committee, I welcome you to attend the conference and enjoy our
hospitality. This will also be an occasion to feel the splendour and grandeur of Kerala and
especially Kochi.
We have arranged a strong programme highlighting both scientific and clinical aspects of
cancer research. In addition to eminent scientists and clinicians from India, we have invited
experts from abroad to join us in the conference. Please encourage your graduate students and
post doctoral fellows to submit abstracts for the meeting as soon as possible.
The corporate section which supports research in the form of equipment and consumables will
also be present during the meeting.
Moreover, you will also taste the richness of Kerala culture which has always made it unique in
India.
I invite you all to attend the conference and make your stay in God’s own country memorable. I
look forward to meeting you in February 2010.
Prof. T.S. Ganesan
Organizing secretary, IACR 2010
Chairman, Cancer Institute,
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
and Research Institute
Kochi-682 041
E-mail- iacr2010@gmail.com
Website: www.iacr.org.in
29th Annual Convention of IACR and Symposium
on
“Biology of Cancer Stem Cells”
Venue: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Kochi, Kerala
20-23 February 2010
Faculty Speakers
1. Dr. Rita Mulherkar, President IACR.
2. Dr. Prasanna Venkatraman., ACTREC, Mumbai.
3. Dr. A. Sarin, NCBS, Bangalore.
4. Dr. V. K. Nandikoori, National Institute of Immunology, Delhi.
5. Dr. G. C. Kundu, NCCS, Pune.
6. Dr. Chitra Mandal, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
7. Dr. Anil Suri, NII, Delhi.
8. Dr. Neeru Saini, IGIB, Delhi.
9. Dr. Akilesh Pandey, Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
10. Dr. Raghunadha Rao, Nizam Institute, Hyderabad.
11. Dr. Anu Rangarajan, NCBS, Bangalore.
12. Dr. Sunitha Saxena,ICMR, Safdarjung Hospital
13. Dr. Geetha Vemuganti, L.V. Prasad Eye Hospital, Hyderabad
14. Dr. Sheo Mohan Singh, International Institute of Information
Technology, Pune
15. Dr. T. Raj Kumar, Cancer Institute Adayar, Chennai
16. Dr. Krishnan Nair, Amala Cancer Centre, Trichur, Kerala
17. Dr. Krishna P.Gupta, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research,
Lucknow
18. Dr. Cartikeya Reddy, Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Hyderabad
19. Dr. Dileep Vasudevan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
20. Dr. A.Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of
West, Australia
21. Dr.S.Krishnakumar, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
22. Dr.Presenjit Mitra, Institute of Life Science, Hyderabad.
23. Prof.V.Balakrishnan, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin
24. Dr.Harsha Gowda, Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore
25. Dr.Sharmila Bapat, NCCS, Pune
26. Dr.Roy Bicknell, University of Birmingham
27. Dr.K.N.Naresh, Imperial College London
29th Annual Convention of IACR and Symposium on “Cancer Stem
Cells”
Venue: Amrita Institute of Medical Science Cochin
20-23 February 2010
Scientific Programme
DRAFT PROGRAMME
20/02/09 Saturday
2.00 - 5.00 PM Registration & Tea
5.00 - 6.30 PM Inauguration-
Chairperson: Dr. Rita Mulherkar, President IACR
6.40 - 7.30 PM IACR oration by Dr.Naresh, Imperial College, London
“Understanding Lymphoma – a vehicle for translational
research in oncology”
8.00 PM Dinner
Venue: AIMS
21/02/10 Sunday
8.00 AM Breakfast
Venue:AIMS
9.00 - 11.00 AM Session I- Cell Signaling and Cancer
Chairpersons:
Dr.Harsha Gowda, Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore –
9.00 - 9.30 AM “Proteomic approaches to identify activated tyrosine kinase
signaling pathways in cancers “
Dr.Prasanna Venkatraman, ACTREC, Mumbai-“ Structure
9.30 - 10.00 AM Guided Modeling to elucidate Novel Functions in Proteins”
10.00 - 10.30 AM Dr. A.Sarin, NCBS, Bangalore
Dr.V.K.Nandacoori NII, Delhi –“ Role of cell signaling event
10.30 – 11 AM in modulating the functions of nucleoporin Tpr”
11.00 - 11.30 AM Tea
11.30 - 1.00 PM Session II Molecular Genetics of Cancer I
Chairpersons : Dr. Chitra Mandal, Indian Institute of
Chemical Biology, Kolakata
11.30 - 12.00 AM Dr.G.C.Kundu NCCS, Pune-“ Stroma and tumor-derived
osteopontin: role in inflammation, angiogenesis and cancer”
12.00 - 12.30 PM Dr.C.Mandal, II CB, Kolkata- “Sialic acids in Haematopoietic
stem cells of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia”
Dr.Anil.Suri, NII, Delhi – “Small Interfering RNA- Mediated
12.30 - 1.00 PM Down – Regulation of SPAG9 Inhibits Cervical Tumor
Growth”
1.00 - 2.00 PM Lunch
2.00 - 4.00 PM Session III Clinical and Molecular aspects of GI Malignancies
Chair person: Prof. V.Balakrishnan
2.00 - 2.30 PM Prof. Balakrishnan AIMS, Kochi.-
“Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer- is there a link”
2.30 - 3.00 PM Dr.K.M.Mohandas, Tata Memorial Hospital
Dr.Akhilesh.Pandey, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
3.00 - 3.30 PM Baltimore- “A multi-pronged proteomic approach to
identifying biomarkers for GI malignancies”
3.30 – 4.00 PM Dr.S.Saxena, Safdarjung Hospital-“ Esophageal cancer in
North East India- Contribution of genetic vis-à-vis
environmental factors.”
4.00 – 5.30 PM Tea and Poster session - I
Session IV Shri R. H. Jaju / Dr. V. B. Kamat Memorial award
5.30 – 6.00 PM session
Chairperson – Dr.Akhilesh Pandey, Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine, Baltimore
Chairperson – Dr.Prasanna venkatraman
6.00 - 7.00 PM
Keynote address- Dr.E.P.Reddy
7.00 PM IACR Executive Committee meeting
7.30 – 8.00 PM Cultural Program
Dinner (Banquet)
8.30 PM onwards Venue:
22/02/10 Monday
9.00 - 11 AM Session V Cancer Stem Cells
Chairperson – Prof. T.S.Ganesan, AIMS, Cochin
9.00 - 9.30 AM Dr.Sharmila Bapat, NCCS, Pune – “Gene Expression - Protein
Interaction Systems Network Modeling identifies
Transformation Associated Molecules and Pathways in
Ovarian Cancer
9.30 - 10.00 AM Dr A. Rangarajan, IISC, Bangalore- “Generation of an
Immortalized Breast Stem Cell Line with a Propensity for
Spantaneous Transformation”
10.00 - 10.30 AM Dr.Geetha Vemuganti, L.V. Prasad Eye hospital, Hyderabad
“Caner stem cells in Retinoblastoma “
Dr.Sheo Mohan Singh, International Institute of Information
10.30 – 11.00 AM Technology, Pune.- “Proteomic systems biology of t(8;21)-
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) reveals that leukemic fusion”
protein AML1-ETO targets a C/EBP-NM23 pathway
11.00 - 11.15 AM Tea
11.15 – 1.5 PM Session VI Molecular Genetics of Cancer II
Chairperson: Dr.T.Rajkumar, Adayar Cancer Centre,
Chennai
11.15 - 11.45 AM Dr.Rita Mulherkar, ACTREC, Mumbai – “Preclinical Studies
on Gene Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer”
11.45 - 12.15 AM Dr.T.Raj Kumar, Cancer Institute Adayar, Chennai- “Gene
expression studies in cervical cancer - diagnostic, predictive
and therapeutic implications”
12.15 - 12.45 PM Dr. Krishnan Nair, Amala Cancer Centre, Trichur – “Control
tumour with radiation and radio modifiers: mechanistic
studies in animal models”
12.45 - 1.15 PM Dr.Krishna Gupta, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research,
Lucknow – “Involvement of epigenetic events in the regulation
of gene expression by inositol hexa phosphate, a
Chemopreventive agent”
1.15 - 2.00 PM Lunch
Session VII Phase I Clinical Trials- Therapeutic
2.00 – 3.00 PM Chairpersons: Dr.E.P.Reddy
2.00 – 2.30 PM Prof. Raghunadha Rao, Nizam Institute, Hyderabad- “Bench
to Bedside - the Role of a Cancer Clinical Trial”
2.30 – 3.00 PM Dr.Ahmed Kamal, IICT, Hyderabad
Dr.Cartikeya Reddy, Reddy’s Laborataries, Hyderabad
3.00 – 3.30 PM
3.30- 4.30 PM Tea and Poster session
Session VIII Shri Sitaram Joglekar / Smt. Mangala Bamane
4.30 – 6.30 PM Award (Selected Abstracts)
Chairpersons:Dr.Rita Mulherkar
Chairperson:
Key note address – Dr.Roy Bicknell, Division of Immunity
6.30 – 7.20 PM
and Infection, University of Birmingham.
7.30 PM General Body Meeting
8.30 PM Dinner
Venue:
23/02/09 Tuesday
8.00 AM Breakfast
Venue: AIMS
Chairperson:
9.00 - 9.10 AM Key note address- Prof.A.Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy
and Human Biology, Perth, West Australia- “Secreted
Frizzled Related Protein 4: Anovel Angiogenesis Inhibitor”
10.00 - 11.15 AM Cancer Research in India Capacity, Resources And
Opportunities-Dr.Bindu Dey, Advisor, DBT.
11.15 - 11.45 AM Tea
11.45 – 1.30 PM Session XI Oral Presentations of selected abstracts
Chairpersons: Dr.Tanuja Teni
1.30 - 2.30 PM Lunch
Session X Micro RNA & Cancer
2.30 – 4.00 PM Chairpersons: Prof.A.Dharmarajan
2.30 – 3.00 PM Dr.Prasenjit Mitra, Institute of Life Science, Hyderabad
3.00 – 3.30 PM Dr. N. Saini, IGIB, Delhi – “miRNAs as modulators of
apoptosis”
3.30- 4.00 PM Dr. Dileep Vasudevan – “The Nucleosome Core Particle –
simple stories from a complex structure”
4.00- 4.30 PM Dr.S.Krishnakumar, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
4.30 PM Prize Distribution & Valedictory Function
5.00 PM High Tea
Details of Accommodation for Faculty Speakers
Accommodation for faculties has been arranged by Amrita Institute of Medical
Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin through Even Management. Please
contact the following address given below for the details :
Ms. R. Malini
Event Management
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
eventmanagement@aims.amrita.edu
Mob. No. : 9995458866
Genser Holidays Welcomes IACR Delegates to “Gods Own Country “
Proposed dates : 20/ 23 Feb 2010
Hotel options – Room only basis
Name of the hotel Total no. of rooms Single room in Double room in INR
INR / per night per person/ per
night
Star Lagoon 330 rooms (including 2 & 3 1250 725
(room only) bedroom apartments) – A/c
room rate
Star Lagoon Non a/c room rate 900 575
(room only)
Nyle Plaza (room 30 1210 770
only)
BTH Sarovaram 14 1925 1415
(room only)
BTH (room only) 90 1265 950
Highway Gardens 21 1540 880
(room only)
Travelling Distance:-
Star Lagoon – Venue // 45 Min - 01 Hr
Nyle Plaza – Venue // 45 Min
BTH – Venue // 45 Min
Highway Gardens – Venue // 20 Min – 30 Min
Via Kalamasery
Star Lagoon – Venue // 01 Hr 30 Min
Nyle Plaza – Venue // 01 Hr
BTH – Venue // 01 Hr
Highway Gardens – Venue // 45 Min
Hotel Reservations: On or before 15 Dec 2009
Contact person:
Mr. Santhosh Kumar
Manager - Tours
Mobile No.: + 91 97 4444 1127
E -mail: tours@genserholidays.com
Web: www.genserholidays.com
Details for Accommodation for students :
Participants who wish to attend the 29th Annual convention of the IACR 2010,
particularly students and post-doctoral fellows can reserve subsidized
accommodation on a sharing basis as 2 students per room. This
accommodation will be at the hostel at the campus of Amrita Institute of
Medical Sciences. Reservation will be done on writing an e-mail on a first
come-served basis. For reservation of the room please contact the following
address given below.
Ms. R. Malini
Event Management
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
eventmanagement@aims.amrita.edu
Mob. No. : 9995458866
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