From bench to human translational research
July 11-12, 2022. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CiMUS Symposium: From bench to human translational research
July 11-12, 2022. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
The 1st International CiMUS Symposium "From bench to human translational research" will take place this July in Santiago de Compostela, from the 11th to the 12th of July 2022, at CiMUS.
This scientific meeting will count with and extraordinary panel of national and international speakers and will discuss the challenges and trends posed by biomedical research from its base to the clinical translation: comorbidities associated with metabolism, the importance of the brain in human diseases, new insights in cancer, aging and regeneration.
The organizing committee: Rubén Nogueiras, Carlos Diéguez, Miguel López, Jose L. Labandeira, Fernando Dominguez, Diana Guallar, Ricardo Villa-Bellosta
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts submission: June 15th, 2022 Deadline extended until the 21st
Registration: June 30th, 2022
Programme
08:30 - 08:50 Registration
08:50 - 09:00 Welcome address. Carlos Diéguez (CiMUS Commissioner Director) and Mabel Loza (CiMUS Deputy Director)
09:00 - 11:00 Session 1. Metabolic-associated comorbidities
Chairs: Sulay Tovar/Carlos Diéguez
09:00 - 09:30 Jordi Gracia-Sancho (IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain). New treatments in portal hypertension
09:30 - 10:00 Miguel López (CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Targeting AMPK to treat obesity
10:00 - 10:30 Angel Nadal (University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain). Endocrine disruptors and pancreatic beta cells
10:30 - 11:00 Jose A. Enriquez (CNIC, Madrid, Spain). Advances in mitochondrial medicine
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:30 Session 2. Brain in human disease
Chairs: Ana Isabel Rodríguez-Pérez/Miguel López
11:30 - 12:00 Alexander Jais (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany). Characterization of hypothalamic neurons activated by palatable hyper-caloric foods
12:00 - 12:30 Vanessa Routh (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA). Hypothalamic AMPK and glucose sensing
12:30 - 13:00 Jose L. Labandeira (CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Cellular therapy for Parkinson´s disease
13:00 - 13:30 Juan P. Bolaños (IBFG, Salamanca, Spain). Neuronal metabolic rewiring in a lysosomal storage neurodegenerative disease
13:30 - 15:00 Break (Lunch is not provided for attendees)
15:00 - 18:30 Session 3. Novel insights in Cancer
Chairs: Clara Álvarez/Roman Pérez-Fernández
15:00 - 15:45 Plenary talk 1.
Augusto Villanueva (Mount Sinai, New York, USA). Molecular monitoring of liver cancer
15:45 - 16:15 Xose Bustelo (CSIC, Salamanca, Spain). Identification of RRAS2 as a new cancer driver: mechanism of action and associated therapeutic opportunities
16:15 - 16:45 Fernando Dominguez (CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Nanomaterials for cancer treatment
16:45 - 17:15 Coffee break
17:15 - 17:45 Patricia Altea Manzano (KU Louvain, Belgium). The role of fatty acid metabolism in metastasis formation
17:45 - 18:30 Plenary talk 2.
Marisol Soengas (CNIO, Madrid, Spain). Identifying and targeting immune suppressors in melanoma
09:00 - 11:30 Session 4. RNA function and regulation
Chairs: Miguel Fidalgo/Miguel González-Blanco
09:00 - 09:30 Roger Gomis (IRB, Barcelona, Spain). New targets for breast cancer
09:30 - 10:00 Marc-David Ruepp (Kings College, London, UK) RNA in neuronal health and disease
10:00 - 10:30 Pietro Fratta (University College London Hospitals, UK). Transcriptomics of neurological disorders
10:30 - 11:00 Diana Guallar (CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Epitranscriptomics in the regulation of cell identity and plasticity
11:00 - 11:30 Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray (Institut für Biologie, Berlin, Germany). Control of eukaryotic translation by queuosine and m5C modification of RNA
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 14:00 Poster session
14:00 - 15:30 Break (Lunch is not provided for attendees)
15:30 - 17:30 Session 5. Molecular mechanisms of aging and regeneration
Chairs: Diana Guallar/Carmen Rivas
15:30 - 16:00 Nuria Montserrat (IBEC, Barcelona, Spain). Organoid technology to study human diseases
16:00 - 16:30 Claudia Cavadas (University of Coimbra, Portugal). Neuroendocrinology and ageing: from mechanisms to translational approaches
16:30 - 17:00 Ricardo Villa-Bellosta (CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Vascular calcification and longevity
17:00 - 17:30 Tim Schulz (DifE, Potsdam, Germany). Aging and adipose tissue biology
Closure remarks
Registration
Registration is now closed, for questions or additional information regarding the congress, please contact us at xestioneventos@usc.es
Abstract Submission
We encourage CiMUS's friends and researchers to attend and participate in our symposium.
All participants must register and/or submit abstracts online for posters presentation, before the following deadlines:
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts submission: June 15th, 2022 Deadline extended until the 21st
Registration: June 30th, 2022
Confirmation and Payment
There is no registration fee for this symposium, except for those presenting an online poster. The number of participants is limited. Previous registration is required.