THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON

MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGY 

MANIPULATION OF CELL PATHWAYS

IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT

A Satellite Meeting of the International Cell Death Society

(by Scientists Without Borders)

Tehran Iran, on May 5-7, 2009 (15-17 Ordibehesht 1388)

Registration Opens    8:00am

Tuesday May 5th 2009

Session 1: Manipulation of cell pathways in drug development

Chair: Zahra Zakeri (U.S.A)

8:30--9:30am              Welcome and Introduction

9:30-10:00am             Richard A. Lockshin (USA):   Cell death and its application for drug development    

10:00-11:00am           Keynote Speaker: David B. Sachar (USA): Pathogenetic Pathways

                                 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and their Implications for Therapeutic

                                 Development

11:00-11:30am           Simone Fulda (Germany): Targeting apoptosis pathways for cancer therapy

12:00-2:00pm             Posters and Lunch

Session 2: Cell death and cancer

Chair: Mohammad Zali (Iran)

2:00- 2:30 pm            Marianne J Cronje (South Africa):Effects of photodynamic therapy on cell death

                                in two cancer cell lines

2:30-3:00pm              Maryam Mehrpour (France):  Prion protein, cell death and cancer

3:00-3:30 pm             Mehtap Vafaimastanabad (Turkey): Caspase-9 promoter polymorphisms and

                                ovary cancer

3:30-3:45                   Short talk

3:45-4:00 pm             Short talk

Wednesday 6th May 2009

Session 3: Therapeutic Applications

Chair: Nader Maghsoudi (Iran) 

9:00-9:30am              Daniela Quaglino (Italy): Connective tissue disorders: from

                                morphology to proteomics

                                towards development of new therapeutic approaches.

9:30-10:00am            Andrea Cossarizza (Italy): TBA----------

10:00-10:15am          Short talk

10:15- 10:30 am        Short talk

10:30- 11:00am         COFFEE

11:00-11:30am          Gian Maria Fimia (Italy): Application of proteomics to the study of

                                the infectious diseases

11:30-12:00pm          Cristina Mussini (Italy): Therapeutic strategies for HIV infection          

12:00-2:00pm            Posters and Lunch

Session 4: Pathways of cell death  

Chair:

2:00- 2:30 pm        Christoph Borner (Freiburg, Germany): To be or not to be - new insights into

                             apoptosis signaling

2:30-3:00pm          Marc Diederich (Luxembourg) : TBA         

3:00-3:30 pm         Marzie Yazdanprast (IRAN) TBA 

3:30-3:45 pm         Short talk

3:45-4:00 pm         Short talk

Thursday 7th May  2009

Session 3: regulation of cell pathways 

Chair:

9:00-9:30am           Saba Valadkhan (U.S.A): Non-coding RNAs as the dark matter of the genome: lessons

                              from splicing and neurogenesis

9:30-10:00am         Francesco Cecconi (Italy): Peptides and peptidomimetics and their relevance in cancer

                             and neurodegeneration

10:00-10:15am       Short talk

10:15- 10:30 am     Short talk

10;30- 11:00am      COFFEE

11:00-11:30am       Nazanine Modjtahedi (France):  Apoptosis-Inducing Factor: vital and lethal

11:30-12:00pm       Zahra Zakeri: U.S.A: Closing and wrap up          

12:00                     Lunch and end of meeting 

Organizers:    Drs: Zahra Zakeri (USA); Richard Lockshin (USA)

Fereshte Motamedi (Iran), and Nader Maghsoudi (Iran)

Sponsored By :International Cell Death Society; Neuroscience Research Center (SBMU); High Tech Developmental Center, Ministry of Health (HTDC); Research Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (RCGLD); Cell Death Society of Iran (CDSI)