Annual Meeting | 28-29 November 2019
Programme
Day 1 | 28 November
10:30
Welcome
10:45
SESSION 1. CANCER
Chairs: Ana Magalhães and Carlos Conde
10:45
11:10
When cancer and the immune system play cat and mouse
José Carlos Machado
How to stay in shape: regulation of epithelial architecture during proliferation
Eurico Sá
11:35
11:50
12:05
The anti-oxidant activity of P-cadherin promotes metastasis and therapy resistance in breast cancer
Bárbara Sousa
Cracking the ErbB2 Sugar Code in Gastric Cancer – A Novel Biomarker for the Prediction of Trastuzumab Therapeutic Response
Henrique Duarte
Mechanosensitive cues in the nucleus ensure mitotic fidelity
Jorge Ferreira
12:20
Lunch
14:00
SESSION 2. HOST INTERACTION & RESPONSE
Chairs: Diana Nascimento and Joana Tavares
14:00
14:25
Novel bacteriophage based therapy to prevent orthopedic implant-related infections
Fernando Jorge Monteiro
Adaptations of human populations to infectious agents unravelled by high-throughput technologies
Luisa Pereira
14:50
15:05
15:20
Molecular and mechanistic bases for a dual function of CD6 on T cell activation
Rita Santos
Harnessing chitosan/poly(γ-glutamic acid) nanoparticles to reprogram breast tumor microenvironment
Flávia Castro
CD44v6-Targeted Polymeric Micelles for the Treatment for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Fernanda Andrade
15:35
SESSION 3. POSTERS
with coffee break
19:00
20:00
21:30
Award nominations
Dinner
Concert
Day 2 | 29 November
09:30
SESSION 4. NEURO
Chairs: Márcia Liz and Pedro Moreno
09:30
09:55
A Non-coding Repeat Insertion and Neurodegenerative Disease
Isabel Silveira
The interplay of structure and dynamics in protein aggregation diseases
Sandra Macedo Ribeiro
10:20
10:35
10:50
Plasmalogen deficiency affects skeletal muscle innervation and synapse formation
Tiago Silva
Psychostimulant induce neuronal plasticity by cytoskeleton remodeling via cdc42 pathway
Andrea Lobo
Tracking and automatic classification of rodents’ behavioral activity using depth sensing technology and machine learning techniques
Ana Gerós
11:05
SESSION 5. POSTERS
with coffee break
13:00
Lunch
14:30
SESSION 6. The year in review, Awards and Closing Session