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Telomere Biology and DNA Repair (T1)

Organizer(s): Roger R. Reddel, Michael B. Kastan and Titia de Lange
October 9 - 14, 2009
RACV Royal Pines Resort  ·  Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
Abstract Deadline: June 10, 2009
Late Abstract Deadline: July 13, 2009
Scholarship Deadline: June 10, 2009
Early Registration Deadline: August 10, 2009


Supported by The Directors' Fund



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Summary of Meeting
There is emerging evidence that telomere dysfunction has ramifications in a wide range of pathologies including cancer, bone marrow failure, pulmonary fibrosis and diseases of aging. Telomeric DNA poses special problems for the DNA repair machinery. The ends of telomeres need to avoid being recognized as DNA breaks and thereby avoid being subjected to DNA repair events that may lead to chromosome end-to-end fusions and result in chromosomal instability. The proteins that bind to telomeres and the higher order telomeric structures that protect the ends from repair events are of particular interest. Another special biological problem is posed by the gradual shortening of telomeres that occurs in somatic cells. Excessively short telomeres may trigger DNA damage checkpoints and be substrates for DNA repair reactions, and the similarities and differences between these processes at telomeres and elsewhere in the genome require examination. The role of DNA repair proteins that are present at normally functioning telomeres, and the possible role of telomere binding proteins elsewhere in the genome is of particular interest. This meeting will explore these and other exciting areas of convergence in the fields of telomere biology and DNA repair.

Friday, October 9
3:00 - 7:00 PM Registration Marquis Foyer
Saturday, October 10
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Kalinda Restaurant
8:30 - 9:30 AM Keynote Address Marquis Room
* Michael B. Kastan, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stephen C. West, Cancer Research UK
Defects in DNA Strand Break Repair and Links to Inheritable Disease
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM DNA Damage Sensing and Signaling 1 Marquis Room
* Alan D. D'Andrea, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Martin F. Lavin, Queensland Institute for Medical Research
DNA Damage Signaling through the MRN Complex
Roger A. Greenberg, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Ubiquitin Recognition and Remodeling at DNA Double Strand Breaks
David Faucher, Universite de Sherbrooke
Short Talk: Methylated H3K4, a Transcription Associated Histone Modification, is Involved in the DNA Damage Response Pathway
Jiri Lukas, Danish Cancer Society
Dynamic Organization of the DNA Damage Response in Space and Time
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Marquis Foyer
12:30 - 1:30 PM Poster Setup Monarch Room
1:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Monarch Room
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Marquis Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Telomeres and DNA Damage Response Marquis Room
* Roger R. Reddel, Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney
Titia de Lange, Rockefeller University
Persistent Telomere Damage Induces By-Pass of Mitosis and Tetraploidy
Michael B. Kastan, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
ATM-Dependent DNA Damage Signaling
Fuyuki Ishikawa, Kyoto University
RPA-like Mammalian Ctc1-Stn1-Ten1 Complex Binds to Single-Stranded DNA and Protects Telomeres Independently of the Pot1 Pathway
Eric Gilson, Université de Lyon
TRF2 and Apollo Protect the Inner Part of Human Telomeres from Replicative Damages
Amy D. Gelinas, University of Colorado at Boulder
Short Talk: Telomere Capping Proteins are Structurally Related to RPA
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Monarch Room
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Monarch Room
Sunday, October 11
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Kalinda Restaurant
7:30 - 8:30 AM Poster Setup Monarch Room
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Poster Viewing Monarch Room
8:30 - 11:30 AM DNA Repair 1 Marquis Room
* Jan Karlseder, The Salk Institute
Alan D. D'Andrea, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Fanconi Anemia Pathway and the DNA Damage Response
Camilla Sjögren, Karolinska Institute
The SMC5/6 Complex – More than Repair?
Judith L. Campbell, California Institute of Technology
Short Talk: The Roles of Yeast and Human Dna2 in Nuclear DNA DSB Repair and Telomere
Maria Jasin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Double Strand Break Repair Pathways
Jörg Heierhorst, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
Short Talk: Role of the Rad53 SQ/TQ Cluster Domain as a Phospho-Counting Switch in the DNA Damage Response
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Marquis Foyer
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch Monarch Room
12:30 - 3:00 PM Poster Session 2 Monarch Room
3:00 - 3:30 PM Coffee Available Marquis Foyer
3:30 - 5:30 PM BIR and ALT Marquis Room
* Maria Jasin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Peter M. Burgers, Washington University School of Medicine
A Tale of Two Tails: Activation of the Mec1/ATR Checkpoint Kinase by 9-1-1 and by Dpb11/TopBp1
Michael J. McEachern, University of Georgia
Studies of Telomere Maintenance in the ALT-like stn1-M1 Mutant of Kluyveromyces lactis
Roger R. Reddel, Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney
ALT-like Activity in Normal Mammalian Somatic Cells In Vivo
Hyunsook Lee, Seoul National University
Short Talk: BRCA2 is Involved in Telomere End Protection through Suppression of ALT-like Telomeric Recombination
5:30 PM - On Own for Dinner
Monday, October 12
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Kalinda Restaurant
8:30 - 11:30 AM Telomerase/Control of Telomerase Marquis Room
* Titia de Lange, Rockefeller University
Steven Artandi, Stanford University
Telomerase Assembly, Telomere Synthesis and Wnt Signaling
Raymund J. Wellinger, University of Sherbrooke
Adaptation to Telomere Uncapping in Yeast
Prabhat Khadka, Yonsei University
Short Talk: KIP Modulates Telomerase Activity through Interaction with TRF2
Virginia A. Zakian, Princeton University
The Role of the Pif1 DNA Helicase in Maintaining Telomere Length
Martina M. Stagno d'Alcontres, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas
Short Talk: TPP1 Recruits TERT to Chromatin and Positively Regulates Telomere Length, Maintains Telomere Integrity and Prevents Premature Development of Degenerative Pathologies in Mice
Ken Masutomi, National Cancer Center
Short Talk: A Mammalian RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase Formed by hTERT and the RNA Component of RNase MRP
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Marquis Foyer
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Monarch Room
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Monarch Room
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Marquis Foyer
5:00 - 7:15 PM DNA Damage Sensing and Signaling 2 Marquis Room
* Virginia A. Zakian, Princeton University
Junjie Chen, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
DNA Damage Signaling and DNA Repair
Amanda Wraith Kijas, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Short Talk: Autophosphorylation and ATM Activation: Additional Sites Add to the Complexity
Jan Karlseder, The Salk Institute
Telomere Driven Epigenetic Reprogramming during Cellular Aging
Zeenia Kaul, Children's Medical Research Institute
Short Talk: Five Dysfunctional Telomeres Precede Cellular Senescence in Normal Human Diploid Fibroblasts
Woodring E. Wright, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The Comparative Biology Of Replicative Senescence
7:15 - 8:15 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Monarch Room
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3 Monarch Room
Tuesday, October 13
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Kalinda Restaurant
8:30 - 11:30 AM DNA Repair 2 Marquis Room
* Camilla Sjögren, Karolinska Institute
Frederick W. Alt, HHMI, Children's Hospital and Immune Disease Institute, Boston
DNA Double Strand Breaks, Translocations and B Cell Lymphoma
David O. Ferguson, University of Michigan
Multiple Roles of MRN in Double Strand Break Repair Pathways
Marco F. Foiani, Instituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare
The DNA Damage Response during DNA Replication
Huiling Xu, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Short Talk: Cohesin-Mediated Modulation of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage Response
Claudia Lukas, Danish Cancer Society
Short Talk: 53BP1 Nuclear Bodies: A Dynamic, Cell-Cycle-Regulated Surrogate of Replication, Proteotoxic, and Transcription-Coupled Genomic Stress
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Marquis Foyer
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Marquis Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Telomeres, DNA Repair and Human Disease Marquis Room
* Steven Artandi, Stanford University
Monica Bessler, Washington University School of Medicine
Dyskeratosis Congenita
Katharina Schlacher, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Short Talk: BRCA2 (FANCD1) Protects Stalled Replication Forks from Degradation, a Novel Pathway Shared with BRCA1 and Fanconi Anemia
Peter J. McKinnon, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Differential ATM Signaling from DNA Strand Breaks and Dysfunctional Telomeres
Jerry W. Shay, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Will Telomerase Inhibitors Target Cancer Stem Cells?
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Monarch Room
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Monarch Room
Wednesday, October 14
Departure
*Session Chair   †Speaker invited, not yet responded.



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