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EASL 2010 MONOTHEMATIC CONFERENCE

Scientific Programme 

Thursday, February 18, 2010

16:00-19:00 Registration
   

Friday, February 19, 2010

08:30 Welcome
Peter Jansen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
08:40-12:40 

Session 1: Inflammatory Signaling

Chairpersons: Derek A. Mann, Newcastle, UK,
Fabio Marra, Florence, Italy

08:40 a. NF-κB
Regeneration  
Christian Trautwein, Aachen, Germany
09:00 Inflammation/Fibrosis 
Derek A. Mann, Newcastle, UK
09:20 Ischemia Reperfusion damage of the liver
Stefan Heinrich, Zurich, Switzerland
09:40 -10:00 Discussion
10:00 Selected Oral Presentation 1
Aline Antoniou
, Brussels, Belgium
10:10 Selected Oral Presentation 2
10:20 c. Interferon receptor signaling
Markus Heim, Basel, Switzerland
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break / Poster Viewing
11:00 d. TOLL-like receptors
Fibrosis 
Robert  F. Schwabe, New York, NY, USA
11.20 Hepatotoxicity
Hartmut Jaeschke, Kansas City, KS, USA
11.40 Cancer
Jesus Prieto, Pamplona, Spain
12.00 -12.20 Discussion
12.20 e. T-cell differentiation and signaling in viral hepatitis
R. Thimme, Freiburg, Germany
12.40-14:00 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing

14:00-15:20

Session 2: Fibrogenic Signals

Chairpersons: Massimo Pinzani, Florence, Italy,
Ulrich Beuers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

14.00  Soluble factors
Sophie Lotersztajn, Paris, France
14:20  Mechanical signals
Rebecca Wells, Philadelphia, PA, USA 
14:40 Signal for fibrosis resolution 
John Iredale, Edinburgh, UK 
15:00 -15:20 Discussion
15:20 -15:40 Coffee Break / Poster Viewing

15:40-17:00

Session 3: Angiogenic Signaling

Chairpersons: Massimo Pinzani, Florence, Italy,
Ulrich Beuers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

15:40 Portal hypertension 
Mercedes Fernandez, Barcelona, Spain  
16:00 Fibrosis 
Massimo Pinzani, Firenze, Italy
16:20  Cancer
Joseph Llovet, Barcelona, Spain
16:40 -17:00 Discusssion
17:00 - 18:00 Poster Viewing
18:00 Conference Reception
   

Saturday, February 20, 2010

08:00-09:00 Poster Viewing

09:00-10:00

Session 4: Developmental signaling

Chairpersons: Michael Trauner, Graz, Austria,
Fabio Marra,
Florence, Italy

09.00  WNT beta-catenin pathway
Paul Monga, Pittsburg, USA
09.20 Embryogenesis of the liver
Frederic P. Lemaigre, Brussels, Belgium
09.40 -10.00 Discussion

10:00-11:00

Session 5: MicroRNA

Chairpersons: Michael Trauner, Graz, Austria,
Fabio Marra,
Florence, Italy

10.00 miRNAs and cancer 
J. Zucman-Rossi, Paris, France
10.20 miRNAs and other liver diseases
T. Baumert, Strasbourg, France
10.40-11.00 Discussion
11.00-11:20 Coffee Break / Poster Viewing

11:20-12:20 

Session 6: Nuclear hormone receptors

Chairpersons: Michael Trauner, Graz, Austria,
Fabio Marra, Florence, Italy

11.20  Biliary diseases 
Michael Trauner, Graz, Austria
11.40 Metabolic syndrome 
Hélène Duez, Lille, France
12.00 -12.20 Discussion
12.20-13:20 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing

13:20-16:00

Session 7: Metabolic signaling

Chairpersons: Dieter Häussinger, Düsseldorf, Germany,
Peter Jansen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

13.20 a. Adipogenic signaling:
Adipokine signaling
Fabio Marra, Firenze, Italy
13.40 Lipotoxic signals 
Jacquelyn Maher, San Francisco, CA, USA
14.00-14:20  Discussion

14.20

b. Metabolic signaling:
Osmosensors and osmosignaling
Dieter Häussinger, Düsseldorf, Germany
14.40 Calcium 
Mike Nathanson, New Haven, CT, USA
15.00 PI3K/PTEN
Michelangelo Foti, Geneva, Switzerland
15.20 ER stress
Fabienne Foufelle, Paris, France
15.40 -16.00 Discussion
16.00 Summary of the meeting
Ulrich Beuers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands