SESSION ONE: Stem Cells PROGRAM SPEAKER Abstract title

SESSION ONE: Stem Cells PROGRAM SPEAKER Abstract title

SESSION ONE: Stem Cells
PLUS
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
10:00-10:30
Mohamad
Jaber,
University of
Poitiers
Cell Transplantation in the Damaged Adult Brain
10:30-11:00
Karim SiTayeb,
University of
Nantes,
France
Reprogrammed Human Somatic Cells to Study Liver Development
and Pathologies
11:00-11:30
Nada Alaa
Eddine,
University of
St. Joseph,
Lebanon
What are Adipose Derived Stem Cells (ADSC) ? Are They Safe For
Injection for Skin Injuries ? Effect of Long-Term Proliferation on
Immunomodulation and Carcinogenesis Marker
11:30-12:00
Farah Jaber
Hijazi,
University of
Nottingham,
UK
Planarian MBD2/3 is Required for Adult Stem Cell Pluripotency
Independently of DNA Methylation
12:00-12:30
Kazem Zibara, Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C is Downregulated Throughout
Lebanese
Hematopoietic Differentiation and Participates to Stem Cell
University
Maintenance
SESSION TWO: Cellular and Molecular Immunology
PLUS
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
13:30-14:00
Jens Rettig,
University of
Saarland,
Germany
The Other Synapse: Calcium-dependent Exocytosis in the Immune
System
14:00-14:30
Marc
Piechaczyk,
University of
Montpellier,
France
Antiviral Monoclonal Antibodies Induce Long-lasting Antiviral
Immunity Through FcϒR-Binding Effector Functions
14:30-15:00
Haidar Akl,
K.U. Leuven,
Belgium
Transforming the Constitutively Active IP3 Signaling in DLBCL and
CLL into Deadly Ca2+ Signals by Targeting IP3R/Bcl-2 Complexes
15:00-15:30
Hussein
FayyadKazan,
University of
Brussels,
Belgium
Circulating miR-150 and miR-342 in Plasma are Novel Potential
Biomarkers for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
15:30-16:00
Chang Xian
ZHANG,
University of
Lyon I, France
In Search of the Cellular Origins of Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors:
Lessons Learnt from Men1 Knockout Mouse Models
16:15-16:45
Bertrand
Liagre,
University of
Limoges,
France
Dispermidined-protoporphyrin IX, New Photosensitizing One Active
in Dynamic Phototherapy on Prostate Cancer Cells
SESSION TWO: Cellular and Molecular Immunology
PLUS
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
16:45-17:15
Nabil Hadad,
Lebanese
University
Aedes albopictus in Lebanon:
A Potential Vector of Arboviral Diseases
17:15-17:45
Bassam
Badran,
Lebanese
University
Chemokine C Receptor 7 (CCR7): New Players (NFAT-1, Sp-1, Sp-3,
miR-21) Regulating its Expression in Mature Dendritic Cells
SESSION THREE: Cellular and Molecular Biology
PLUS
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
09:30-09:50
Nada
Borghol,
Lebanese
University
Associations with Early Life Socio-economic Position in Adult DNA
Methylation
09:50-10:10
Zouhair
Attieh,
American
University of
Science &
Technology,
Lebanon
Differential Expression of Multicopper Ferroxidases (MCF) in Ductal
Carcinoma
10:10-10:30
Mireille
Kallassy, St.
Joseph
University,
Lebanon
DltX de Bacillus Cereus est Essential pour l’Incorporation des Esters
de D- Alanine au Niveau des Acides Teichoiques de la Paroi
Bactérienne
10:30-10:50
Nader
Hussein,
Lebanese
University
Role of SUMOylation in Full Antiestrogenicity
11:10-11:30
Eva Hamadé,
Lebanese
University
Importance of the Newly Synthesized Inhibitor of COX-2 in
Inflammation: Subcutaneous Air Pouch Animal Model
11:30-11:50
Raghida Abou Combination of Arsenic and Interferon-α Inhibits Expression of KSHV
Merhi,
Latent Transcripts and Synergistically Improves Survival of Mice with
Lebanese
Primary Effusion Lymphomas
University
SESSION THREE: Cellular and Molecular Biology
PLUS
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
11:50-12:10
Mohamad
Fayad-Kazan,
University of
Brussels,
Belgium
Screening the Yeast Genome for New Factors Involved in Nitrogen
Catabolite Repression (NCR)
12:10-12:30
Ali Shaib,
University of
Saarland,
Germany
Molecular Mechanisms of Exocytosis of Large Dense Core Vesicles in
Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons
12:30-12:50
Rihab Nasr,
American
University of
Beirut,
Lebanon
Effective Targeting of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Initiating Activity
with the Combination of Arsenic Trioxide and Interferon Alpha
SESSION FOUR: Educational Session
PLUS
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
14:00-14:20
Layal Falha,
Lebanese
University
Implication of the Nkx2.2 Transcription Factor in Gliomagenesis
14:20-14:40
Lamice Habib, Interaction of Natural Triterpenes, Cucurbitacin E and Erythrodiol,
Lebanese
with Lipid Membranes
University
14:40-15:00
Ferdos Alaa El Rendu Osler Weber Syndrome (HHT): Genetic, Molecular and
Din, Lebanese Epidemiological Aspects
University
15:00-15:20
Jalil Daher,
University of
Brussels,
Belgium
Myeloperoxidase-oxidized LDLs Interfere with
Tubulogenesis and Mobility in Endothelial Cells
15:20-15:40
Ali Kassem,
University of
Brussels,
Belgium
Monoallelic Variant Surface Glycoprotein Expression in
Trypanosoma brucei is Controlled Downstream from Transcription
Initiation
15:40-16:00
Zahraa
Zghaib,
Lebanese
University
Imiqualines: Promising Anticancer Molecules
SESSION FOUR: Educational Session
PROGRAM SPEAKER
Abstract title
16:00-16:20
Role of the Metabolism of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate in the
Development of Cutaneous Melanoma
Marguerite
Mrad,
Lebanese
University
PLUS