Nobel Conference “The Cell Cycle and Cell Death in Disease”

After two successful Nobel Conferences (2001 and 2010), the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to support the organization of the 3rd Nobel Conference entitled “The Cell Cycle and Cell Death in Disease”. New discoveries concerning regulation of the cell cycle and of programmed cell death/apoptosis represent major advances in biomedical research during the past several decades. The importance of dysregulation of these processes in the pathogenesis of major diseases, such as cancer, myocardial infarction/stroke, atherosclerosis, and infectious, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, is becoming increasingly evident. Both processes are also essential for prevention of autoimmunity. Moreover, recent findings suggest that there is a relationship between inappropriate apoptosis and premature ageing. Therefore, the focus of this Nobel Conference is on the importance of dysregulation of cell cycle/cell death programs in the pathogenesis of human disease and on recent attempts to design and use modulators of these programs as therapeutic tools.

Date and location:

Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institutet, June 8 – 11, 2016

Information:

A limited number of slots at this conference are still open for participants from Karolinska Institutet. If you wish to participate, please contact Irene Tjernberg by email (Irene.Tjernberg@ki.se).

Participants are asked to attend all three days of conference.

Organizers:

Organizers: Boris Zhivotovsky and Klas Wiman

Secretariat: Irene Tjernberg, Contact: Irene.Tjernberg@ki.se

Program:

Download program : Program 8 – 11 juni Nobel Conference (PDF)

Invited speakers:

A

Agostinis, Patrizia, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

B

Bartek, Jiri, Karolinksa Institutet, Sweden
Blasco, Maria, Spain

 

C

Campisi, Judith, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, USA
Chiecanover, Aaron, Israel

 

D

Debatin, Klaus-Michael, Germany
Dixit, Vishva, Genetech USA

 

E

Ellidge, Steve, USA

 

G

Gougeon, Marie-Louise, Pasteur Institute, France

 

H

Hanahan, Douglas, Switzerland
Hunt, Tim, UK
Halazonetis, Thanos D, Geneva University Switerland

 

J

Joseph, Bertrand, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

 

K

Karin, Michael, USA
Kimchi, Adi, WeizmannInstitute, Israel
Klionsky, Daniel, USA
Krammer, Peter, DKFZ, Germany
Kroemer, Guido, France

 

L

Letai, Antony, USA
Levine, Arnold, USA
Lockshin, Richard, USA
Lowe, Scott, USA
Lu, Xin, Ludwig Institute, Sweden

 

M

Mak, Tak, Canada
Melino, Gerry, University of Rome, Italy

 

N

Nagata, Shigekazu, Japan
Nicotera, Pierluigi, Germany
Nurse, Paul, UK

 

P

Perlman, Thomas, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Piacentini, Mauro , University of Rome, Italy

 

S

Simon, Hans-Uwe, University of Bern, Switzerland
Sjögren, Camilla, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Strasser, Andreas, Walter and Elize Hall Institute, Australia
Stockwell, Brent R, Columbia University, USA

 

T

Thompson, Craig, USA

 

V,W

Wang, Xiadong, China
Wiman, Klas, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Yuan, Junying, USA

 

Z

Zhivotovsky, Boris, KarolinskaInstitutet, Sweden