Christophe Mérieux Conference: New Trends in Tumor Virology

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1 Sunday 17 January Registration Welcome Address Guy VERNET - Fondation Mérieux Fabien ZOULIM - INSERM Opening Session Chaired by Christian Bréchot & Massimo Tommasino The history of tumor virology Poster Session How do retroviruses induce cancers? Harald ZUR HAUSEN University of Fribourg Ann SKALKA Fox Chase Cancer Centre Abstracts to be submitted by participants Welcome Dinner Monday 18 January 2010 Session 1 Epidemiology, public health impact, and pathobiology of virally-induced tumors Chaired by David Heymann & Christian Trépo Epidemiology of virus induced cancers: HPV/immune suppression setting (HIV, HHV8, EBV) Flash presentation: screening in low resource countries Natural history of viral hepatitis and link with hepatocellular carcinoma Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of HHV-8 and Kaposi Sarcoma Silvia FRANCESCHI IARC Rengaswamy SANKARANARAYANAN - IARC Mickael KEW University of WitWatersrand Antoine GESSAIN Institut Pasteur

2 Session 2 Animal viruses and cancers Chaired by Jean-Christophe Audonnet & Ab Osterhaus Animal heath Hepadnavirus induced Hepatocellular carcinoma in animals Feline Leukemia virus Mastomys coucha, a natural rodent model to study the cutaneous and mucosal papillomavirus mediated carcinogenesis Ab OSTERHAUS Erasmus Medical Centre Marie-Annick BUENDIA Institut Pasteur Jim NEIL University of Glasgow Frank RÖSL Lunch Session 3 Tumor mechanisms 1: oncogenes Chaired by François-Loïc Cosset & Antoine Gessain Molecular mechanisms of EBV oncoproteins in human carcinogenesis Insights into the molecular oncogenic mechanisms of herpesvirusinduced lymphomas in chicken HTLV tax and adult T cell leukemoa The role of viral signal-transducing membrane proteins in the life cycle of Kaposi Sarcoma Virus Elliot KIEFF Harvard University Venugopal NAIR Imperial College Chou-Zen GIAM University of Connecticut Thomas SCHULZ Hannover Medical School

3 Session 4 Tumor mechanisms 2: epigenetic Chaired by Zdenko Herceg & Thomas Schulz Flash presentation: Cellular gene silencing by promoter methylation during progression of HPV-induced cervical diseases Genome methylation and histone acetylation regulation in chronic HBV and HCV infections: impact on hepatocyte transformation Telomerase and telosomic dysregulation during HTLV induced carcinogenesis Poster session (continued) Panel discussion of posters Matthias DÜRST Klinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde Massimo LEVRERO University of Rome Eric WATTEL Hôpital Edouard Herriot Abstracts to be submitted by participants Chairs: Pierre Jalinot & Patrice Marche Dinner Tuesday 19 January 2010 Session 5 Tumor mechanisms 3: tumor suppressors Chaired by Pierre Hainaut & Massimo Levrero hdlg tumour suppressor and related proteins are targeted by HPV E6 oncoproteins HBV X protein mediated dysregulation of p53 induced apoptosis Role of micrornas and tumor suppressors in HTLV induced cell growth dysregulation Lawrence BANKS ICGEB Ouriana ANDRISANI Purdue University Kuan Teh JEANG NIAID

4 Session 6 Tumor mechanisms 4: cell signaling Chaired by Kuan Teh Jeang & Vincent Lotteau Cell signalling and HTLV: how does HTLV evade the immune response? Regulation of TLR expression and functions by HPV (innate immunity evasion and HPV) HCV induced modification of hepatocyte metabolism and signalling: impact on viral persistence Charles BANGHAM Imperial College Massimo TOMMASINO IARC Ralf BARTENSCHLAGER University of Heidelberg Session 7 Prevention of cancer Chaired by Thomas Baumert & Jack Wands Hepatitis B vaccination: the key towards elimination and eradication of hepatitis B Flash presentation: what s new with HCV vaccine? HPV prophylactic vaccine Impact of antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C on hepatocellular carcinoma prevention Ding-Shinn CHEN National Taiwan University Geneviève INCHAUSPE Transgene Lutz GISSMANN Fabien ZOULIM INSERM Lunch

5 Session 8 Therapy of virally induced cancers Chaired by Christophe Caux & Philippe Merle Targeted therapy for virus induced cancers; the example of hepatocellular carcinoma Immunotherapy of cancer: viral antigen as a target? Viruses as tools: oncolytic viruses for the therapy of cancers Jack WANDS Brown Medical School Cornelis J. MELIEF Leiden University Medical Center Jean ROMMELAERE Final Session Chaired by Cornelis J. Melief & Massimo Tommasino Identification of novel cancer associated viruses Conclusion Patrick S. MOORE University of Pittsburg Guy VERNET - Fondation Mérieux Fabien ZOULIM - INSERM

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