Translational Approaches to Cancer

Conference Details

Industry Sector: Cancer Research, Medical Research Conference Type: Scientific Conference, Symposium Conference Theme: Advancing Translational Research in Cancer Conference Name: Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Translational Approaches to Cancer

Conference Information

• Date: May 24 - 28, 2011
• Location: Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center, Suzhou, China
• Organized By:
  • Saijuan Chen, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
  • David Huang, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Hiroyuki Mano, Jichi Medical University/The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Yongzhang Luo, Tsinghua University, China
  • Scott Powers, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
• Program Highlights:
  • Eight oral sessions
  • One poster session
  • Selection of talks based on scientific merit and relevance
  • Encouragement of new and unpublished materials in abstracts

Abstract Submission

• Abstracts must be submitted electronically by the deadline.
• Selection for oral and poster presentations will be made by the organizers.

Fellowship Opportunities

• A limited number of fellowship awards (USD $100-$500) will be granted to graduate students and postdocs.
• For more details, please visit http://www.csh-asia.org/stipends.html.

Major Topics

• Targeted therapies in hematological malignancies
• Targeting signaling pathways in cancer
• Targeting Angiogenesis and tumor microenvironment
• Genomics and epigenomics targets in cancer
• Targeting cancer metabolism
• Molecular diagnostics & clinical trials of targeted therapeutics

Keynote Speakers

• Zhu Chen, Ministry of Health P.R. China, China
• Kari Alitalo, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
• Edward Attiyeh, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
• Hellmut Augustin, German Cancer Research Center, GERMANY
• Andrew S. Chi, Harvard Medical School, USA
• Yataro Daigo, Shiga University of Medical Science, JAPAN
• Frederic De Sauvage, Genentech, Inc., USA
• Hugues de Thé, Université Paris 7/CNRS, FRANCE
• Napoleon Ferrara, Genentech, USA
• Richard Finn, UCLA Liver Cancer Center, USA
• William Hahn, Dana Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard Medical School, USA
• Samir Hanash, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
• Lars Holmgren, Karolinska Institue, SWEDEN
• Raghu Kalluri, Harvard Medical School/BIDMC, USA
• William Kim, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, USA
• Gangning Liang, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
• Wenchu Lin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
• Hiroyuki Mano, Jichi Medical University/The University of Tokyo, JAPAN
• Jian-Hua Mao, Rui-Jin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong, CHINA
• Ultan McDermott, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
• Wilson Miller, McGill University, CANADA
• Kate Revill, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
• Charles Roberts, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
• Maarten Van Lohuizen, Netherlands Cancer Institute, THE NETHERLANDS
• Zena Werb, University of California, San Francisco, USA
• Isaac P. Witz, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Arthur Zelent, Institute of Cancer Research, UK

Contact Information

• Website: www.csh-asia.org
• Address: Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences, Mike Ji, Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center, No.299 Qiyue Road, SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
• Phone: +86 512 6272 9029
• Fax: +86 512 6272 9028
• Email: mikeji@csh-asia.org