CANCER WORKSHOP
“From prevention to novel
treatment approaches”
UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA
CANCER Workshop
TRANS2CARE – WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
University of Primorska and Trans2care project are
Trans2Care is the acronym for Transregional Network for
organizing the Cancer workshop: From prevention to novel
Innovation and Technology Transfer to Improve Health
treatment approaches. The workshop aims at under and
Care, a strategic project approved by the Cross-border
post-graduate students, researchers, academics personnel,
Cooperation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, funded
medical doctors, nurses, as well as interested general
by the European Regional Development Fund and national
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funds. Trans2Care involves and integrates the expertise of
comprehensive overview of biological and clinical aspects
13 institutes involved in research, training, health care
of cancer with special emphasis on disease prevention,
and technology transfer. It seeks to establish a permanent
molecular pathways involved in tumor development and
two-way flow of knowledge transfer between the partners,
progression, mechanism-based therapeutic strategies, and
industrial companies and other stakeholders, in order to
novel treatment approaches. Several specific topics will
establish a system that can generate innovative products
be presented by Trans2Care researchers working on
and services for public health, in particular for the
different aspects of cancer; from increased cancer risk
prevention, diagnosis and treatment, also personalized, of
associated with performance enhancing drugs, obesity,
widespread diseases.
This
one
day
workshop
will
provide
and celiac disease to new treatment approaches using
Progetto Rete Transregionale per l’innovazione ed il Trasferimento Tecnologico
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Izola, Slovenija
6th September 2013
antiangiogenic gene therapy. Afternoon session will be
Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013, dal Fondo europeo di
laboratory demonstration.
sviluppo regionale e dai fondi nazionali.
There is NO REGISTRATION FEE for attending the
workshop, but for planning purposes, please register
till 23. August at the following addresses:
Organized by: Maja Čemažar and Ana Petelin
per il Miglioramento della Sanità finanziato nell’ambito del Programma per la
dedicated to presentation of advanced methods with
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PROGRAMME
10.00-11.20 GENERAL TOPICS
10.00-10.20
TUMOR BIOLOGY
Maja Čemazar, University of Primorska Faculty of Health
Sciences; Department of Experimental Oncology, Institute
of Oncology Ljubljana
10.20-10.40
A NOVEL METASTATIC PARADIGM
Krešimir Pavelić, Department of Biotechnology,
laboratory for genomics and system biomedicine,
University of Rijeka
10.40-11.00
PREVENTION OF CANCER
Bruna Scaggiante, Department of Life Sciences,
University of Trieste
11.00-11.20
MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS IN CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND
THERAPY
Serena Bonin, Department of Medicine, Surgery and
Health Sciences, University of Trieste
11.20 – 11:40 DISCUSSION AND COFFEE BREAK
11:40 – 12-40 GENERAL TOPICS CONTINUED
11.40-12.00
EARLY BREAST CANCER TODAY
Giorgio Mustacchi, Department of Medicine, Surgery and
Health Sciences, University of Trieste
12.00-12.20
NEW APPROACHES FOR CANCER TREATMENT-Targeted
therapy and electrochemotherapy
Gregor Serša, Department of Experimental Oncology,
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
12.20-12.40
RADIOTHERAPY
Primoz Strojan, Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of
Oncology Ljubljana
15:00 -16:45 LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 – 15:00 EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERS LECTURES
15.00-15.20
PROTEOMICS AS A TOOL FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT
ANALYSIS OF TISSUE AND BODY FLUIDS BIOMARKERS
Sandra Kraljević Pavelić, Department of Biotechnology,
laboratory for genomics and system biomedicine,
University of Rijeka
14.00-14.10
CANCER RISK ASSOCIATED TO THE USE OF
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS IN ATHLETES
Lovro Žiberna, Tran2Care researcher, University of
Trieste
15.20-15.25
REAL TIME PCR APPLICATIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL
ONCOLOGY
Mitja Rak, University of Primorska, Faculty of Health
Sciences
14.10-14.20
CANCER AND NUTRITION
Jovana Cvorović, Tran2Care researcher, University of
Trieste
15.25-15.35
MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION OF QPCR DIAGNOSTIC
WORKFLOWS
Matjaž Hren, BioSistemika Ltd., Ljubljana, Slovenia
14.20-14.30
ANTI-ANGIOGENIC EFFECT OF PLASMID AMEP GENE
ELECTROTRANSFER ON ENDOTHELIAL CELLS in vitro
Maša Bošnjak, Department of Experimental Oncology,
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
15.35-15.40
TUMOR CELL CULTURES
Ana Petelin, Tran2Care researcher, University of
Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences
12:40 – 14:00 LUNCH AND COFFEE
14.30-14.40
MUSCLE REGENERATION AFTER RADIOTHERAPY
Mihaela Jurdana, University of Primorska, Faculty of
Health Sciences
14.40-14.50
OBESITY AND CANCER-IS THERE A STRONG
CORRELATION?
Ana Petelin, Tran2Care researcher, University of
Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences
14.50-15.00
CELIAC DISEASE AND CANCER
Luigina de Leo, Tran2Care researcher, Institute of Child
Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste
15.40-15.45
FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOSTAINING
Cecil J.W. Meulenberg, University of Primorska, Faculty
of Health Sciences
15.45-15.50
TRANSFECTION OF CELLS-USE OF FLUORESCENCE
MICROSCOPE, ELECTROPORATOR
Maša Bošnjak, Department of Experimental Oncology,
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
15.50-15.55
CANCER-PATHOLOGICAL GRADING AND STAINING
Andrej Cör, University of Primorska, Faculty of Health
Sciences
15.55-17.00
LABORATORY WORK
17:00 END OF THE WORKSHOP