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MicroRNA and Cancer (E1)

Organizer(s): Frank J. Slack and Amy E. Pasquinelli
June 10 - 15, 2009
Keystone Resort  ·  Keystone, Colorado
Abstract Deadline: February 10, 2009
Late Abstract Deadline: March 13, 2009
Scholarship Deadline: February 10, 2009
Early Registration Deadline: April 10, 2009


Supported by the Directors' Fund



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Summary of Meeting
MicroRNAs have recently emerged as key regulators of gene expression during development and are frequently mis-expressed in human disease states, in particular cancer. MicroRNAs act to promote or repress cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis during development, all processes that can go awry in cancer. Thus, microRNAs have the ability to behave like oncogenes or tumor suppressors. Their small size and molecular properties make miRNAs amenable as targets and therapeutics in cancer treatment. While hundreds of human microRNAs are known, relatively little is known about their roles and targets. This meeting will focus on the exciting biology of microRNAs in controlling developmental and cancer processes like cell proliferation, differentiation, cell cycle, apoptosis and metastasis. It will also focus on the latest efforts to harness the power of these small RNAs as agents in the fight against cancer.

Wednesday, June 10
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Shavano Peak Foyer
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Shavano Peak Foyer
7:30 - 7:45 PM Welcome Remarks Red Cloud/Crestone
Frank J. Slack, Yale University
7:45 - 8:45 PM Keynote Address Red Cloud/Crestone
Joan Massagué, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Deconstructing Metastasis
Thursday, June 11
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Shavano/Torreys
8:30 - 11:00 AM Regulation of Development by miRNAs Red Cloud/Crestone
* Helge Großhans, Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI)
Alexander F. Schier, Harvard University
MicroRNAs in Embryogenesis
Amy E. Pasquinelli, University of California, San Diego
Regulation of Gene Expression by MicroRNAs in C. elegans
Eric C. Lai, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Biogenesis and Function of Short Regulatory RNAs in Drosophila
Seogang Hyun, Seoul National University
Short Talk: Conserved microRNA miR-8 and its Target USH Control Body Size by Regulating Insulin Signaling in Fat Calls
Silvia Monticelli, Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Short Talk: MicroRNAs in Mast Cells
Debora Marks, Harvard Medical School
Short Talk: Transfection of Small RNAs Globally Perturbs Gene Regulation by Endogeneous microRNAs
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:45 AM - On Own for Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Shavano/Torreys
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Shavano/Torreys
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 1: Bench to Bedside: Translating miRNA Discoveries into Clinical Applications Red Cloud/Crestone
* Joanne B. Weidhaas, Yale University School of Medicine
Doyel Mitra, University of Colorado Denver
The Role of the Histone Demethylase JARID1b in the Regulation of miRNA Expression in Breast Cancer Cells
Helen M. Heneghan, National University of Ireland, Galway
Circulating miRNAs as Novel Minimally Invasive Biomarkers for Breast Cancer
Galina Gabriely, Brigham and Women's Hospital
The Role of Onco-MicroRNA miR-21 in Gliomagenesis
Stoil D. Dimitrov, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Regulation of BRCA1 Expression by MicroRNA-545
Dalia Cohen, Rosetta Genomics
Identification of Tumor Tissue Origin by a MicroRNA-based Molecular Assay
Kim A. Lennox, Integrated DNA Technologies
A Direct Comparison of miRNA Antagonist Potency
Yan Li, National Eye Institute
Characterization of a Corneal/Lens-Specific miRNA Gene, miR-184
Karen Angelica Cavassani, University of Michigan Medical School
microRNA as Regulators of Tumor Growth in Post-Septic Hosts
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Gene Regulation by Non-Coding RNAs Red Cloud/Crestone
* Alla Grishok, Columbia University Medical Center
John S. Mattick, University of Queensland
The Hidden Layer of Regulatory RNA in Evolution, Development and Cognition
George A. Calin, University of Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
A Noncoding RNA Revolution in the Cancer Society
Mark A. Kay, Stanford University
The Role of Small RNAs in Gene Regulation
Yong Sun Lee, University of Texas Medical Branch
Short Talk: A Novel Class of Small RNAs, tRNA-Derived RNA Fragments (tRFs), is Highly Expressed in Proliferating Cells and Required for Cell Proliferation
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Shavano/Torreys
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Shavano/Torreys
Friday, June 12
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Shavano/Torreys
8:30 - 11:45 AM MicroRNAs in Cancer Red Cloud/Crestone
* Scott M. Hammond, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Curtis C. Harris, NCI, National Institutes of Health
Inflamation and Cancer: Microenvironment, Inflamatory Cytokines microRNA and p53
Frank J. Slack, Yale University
In vivo Role for miR-34 in Radiation Response
Joshua Mendell, Johns Hopkins University
MicroRNA Reprogramming in Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities
Carlo M. Croce, Ohio State University
Role of microRNAs in Human Cancer
Mathijs Voorhoeve, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Short Talk: Genetic Dissection of the Role of microRNAs and Other ncRNAs in Cancer
Florian Kuchenbauer, Terry Fox Laboratory
Short Talk: Emerging Evidence of Differential Expression of miRNA*s and its Contribution to the Development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:45 AM - On Own for Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Shavano/Torreys
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Shavano/Torreys
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Hot Topics in miRNA Research Red Cloud/Crestone
* Lin He, University of California, Berkeley
Hannele Ruohola-Baker, University of Washington
microRNAs Function in Stem Cells
Eric G. Marcusson, Regulus Therapeutics
Therapeutic Targeting of miRNA
Isidore Rigoutsos, International Business Machines Corporation
Evidence of an Expanded Role of microRNAs Going Beyond the 3'UTR
Zain Paroo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Short Talk: Phosphorylation of the Human Micro-RNA Generating Complex Mediates MAPK/Erk Signaling
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Shavano/Torreys
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Shavano/Torreys
Saturday, June 13
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Shavano/Torreys
8:30 - 11:45 AM Mechanisms of miRNA Form and Function Red Cloud/Crestone
* George A. Calin, University of Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer A. Doudna, University of California, Berkeley
Biogenesis of small regulatory RNAs
Marianthi Kiriakidou, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Mamalian Ago2 in vitro and in vivo in Cancer
Alla Grishok, Columbia University Medical Center
Gene Expression Regulation by Endogenous RNAi and Rb in C. elegans
Elaine Fuchs, HHMI/Rockefeller University
MicroRNA Regulation in Skin Stem Cells: Fine Tuning the Balance between Growth and Differentiation
Liang Zhang, Rockefeller University
Short Talk: Systematic Analysis of Dynamic miRNA-Target Interactions during C. elegans Development
Ulrich Tschulena, DKFZ
Short Talk: A Novel Large-Scale Screen to Identify Modulators of miR-21
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:45 AM - On Own for Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Shavano/Torreys
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Shavano/Torreys
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 2: Emerging Ideas and Technologies in Small RNAs Red Cloud/Crestone
* Allison L. Abbott, Marquette University
Carl D. Novina, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Identification of microRNA-Mediated Tumor Suppressive Activity in Melanoma
Angela Anderegg, Northwestern University
The Role of MicroRNAs in Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurogenesis
Jennifer Young, Centenary Institute
Regulation of Angiogenesis by MicroRNAs
Lu Ping Tan, University Medical Center Groningen
A High Throughput Experimental Approach to Identify miRNA Target , in Human Cells
Ivan Martinez, Yale University
Rb-Dependent Cellular Senescence Induce the Expression of miR-29 and miR-30 that Target the Cell Cycle Regulatory Gene MYBL2
Aleishia Geraldine Harris, Stanford School of Medicine
Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 Modulates Host MicroRNAs in B Cell Lymphomas
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & Univ of Pennsylvania
Clusterin, an Inhibitor of Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis, is Negatively Regulated by c-Myc though miR-17-92 and the type II TGFbeta Receptor
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Roles of Small RNAs in Cancer Red Cloud/Crestone
* Joshua Mendell, Johns Hopkins University
Aurora Esquela-Kerscher, Eastern Virginia Medical School
The Role of miRNAs during Development and Cancer Progression
Bryan R. Cullen, Duke University Medical Center
Herpesvirus microRNAs and Cancer
Judy Lieberman, Harvard Medical School
miRNAs and Breast Cancer also Small RNAs as Therapeutics
Joel Neilson, Baylor College of Medicine
Short Talk: 3' UTR Dynamics in Cellular Activation and Transformation
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Shavano/Torreys
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3 Shavano/Torreys
Sunday, June 14
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Shavano Peak
8:30 - 11:45 AM MiRNAs as Diagnostics and Therapeutics Red Cloud/Crestone
* Aurora Esquela-Kerscher, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Michele A. Cleary, Merck & Co., Inc
miRNAs as Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Lin He, University of California, Berkeley
Functional Dissection of miR-17-92 Oncogene
Joanne B. Weidhaas, Yale University School of Medicine
A MicroRNA Binding Site Polymorphism as a Biomarker of Cancer Risk
Scott M. Hammond, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MicroRNAs in Development and Disease
Sónia A. Melo, IDIBELL - PEBC Program Barcelona/GABBA Program Portugal
Short Talk: microRNA Machinery in Human Cancer
Alexander Pertsemlidis, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Short Talk: miR-337 Modulates Sensitivity to Paclitaxel in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
9:50 - 10:10 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:45 AM - On Own for Lunch
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Lessons from Developmental Biology Red Cloud/Crestone
* Eric C. Lai, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Allison L. Abbott, Marquette University
Genetic Analysis of microRNA Functions in C. elegans Development
Helge Großhans, Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI)
Life and Death of MicroRNAs
David Brown, Asuragen Inc.
Therapeutic Applications of a miR-34 Mimic
Eric Alexander Miska, University of Cambridge
Short Talk: Genetic Analysis in C. elegans Reveals New Insights into miRNA Mechanism
7:00 - 7:15 PM Closing Remarks Red Cloud/Crestone
Amy E. Pasquinelli, University of California, San Diego
7:15 - 8:15 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Shavano Peak
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Shavano Peak
Monday, June 15
Departure
*Session Chair   †Speaker invited, not yet responded.



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