Symposium Presidents' Awards for Scientific Excellence
The following poster presentations from our 2002 symposium
have received the Symposium Presidents' Award for Scientific
Excellence.
Saturday, February 9
| Session |
Title |
Presenter |
Chromosomal
Aberrations
Honorable Mention |
Disruption of the RanBP17/Hox11L2
region by recombination with the TCR delta locus in acute
lymphoblastic leukemias with t(5;14)(q34;q11). |
JWG Janssen, PhD |
Gene
Expression, Part 1
Winner |
Peptide mimotopes of Tumor
Associated Carbohydrate Antigens mediate anti-tumor
cellular responses. |
T Kieber-Emmons |
Gene Expression,
Part 1
Honorable Mention |
Methylation status of E-cadherin
gene and its correlation to histological grade of
malignancy in adenoid cystic carcinoma |
S Maruya, MD |
Gene Therapy,
Part 1
Winner |
The role of PTEN gene therapy in
bladder cancer |
HB Grossman, MD |
Gene Therapy,
Part 1
Honorable Mention |
Restoration of an impaired
TGF-β1 autocrine growth-inhibitory circuit using a gene
transfer approach results in growth inhibition of some
epithelial cancer cell lines. |
Z Zeinoun, MS |
Chromatin
Structures
Honorable Mention |
Prognostic value of single
micrometastatic cells detected in bone marrow of prostate
cancer patients |
D Weckermann, MD |
Viral
Oncogenesis
Winner |
Distribution of high-risk HPV
types in Yugoslav women with cervical neoplasm |
Z Magic, MD, PhD |
Sunday, February 10
| Session |
Title |
Presenter |
Carcinogenesis
Winner |
Mucinous carcinoma of the colon
in TGFβ1-deficient mice |
T Doetschman, PhD |
Carcinogenesis
Honorable Mention |
Analysis of gastric mutations
frequency induced by Helicobacter pylori during long term
chronic infection in mice. |
E Touati |
Metastasis
Winner |
Cleavage of activated leukocyte
cell adhesion molecule: a gateway to melanoma
metastasis? |
GWM Swart, PhD |
Metastasis
Honorable Mention |
Tissue factor expression in
human colorectal carcinoma: correlation with hepatic
metastasis |
S Seto, MD |
Risk
Assessment, Part 1
Winner |
Oral contraceptives and the
risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2
carriers. |
P Ghadirian, PhD |
Risk
Assessment, Part 1
Honorable Mention |
BRCA2 and genetic
instability |
VP Yu, MA,MB, PhD |
Apoptosis -
Molecular Mechanisms
Winner |
Apoptosis in HEP2 cells treated
with etoposide and colchicine |
E Rudolf |
Apoptosis -
Molecular Mechanisms
Honorable Mention |
G-CSF withdrawal-induced
apoptosis of neutrophils following systemic chemotherapy
for patients with recurrent breast cancer |
Y Ogawa, MD, PhD |
Apoptosis -
Molecular Mechanisms
Honorable Mention |
Autocrine signaling through Ras
regulates cell survival activity in human glioma cells: a
potential crosstalk between Ras and PI3K-Akt
pathway |
K Sakata, MD |
Prevention
Honorable Mention |
Silencing of GSTP1 gene by CpG
island DNA hypermethylation in HBV-associated
hepatocellular carcinomas |
S Zhong, PhD |
Prevention
Honorable Mention |
Inhibition of tumor cell
invasion by the a3 chain of type IV collagen |
S Pasco, PhD |
Dietary
Influences
Honorable Mention |
Solution structure of the
2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b]pyridine
(PhIP)-C8-dG adduct opposite dC in a DNA duplex |
BE Hingerty, PhD |
Monday, February 11
| Session |
Title |
Presenter |
Angiogenesis
Winner |
Anaplastic and differentiated
thyroid carcinoma express different profiles of
angiogenic stimuli and inhibitors |
GL Francis, MD PhD |
Gene Therapy,
Part 2
Honorable Mention |
IN VIVO targeted transfection
of IL-3 gene into murine haematopoietic progenitor cells
through CD117 |
A Chapel |
Familial and
Hereditary Cancer
Winner |
Preventive genetic screening
for detection of inherited medullary thyroid carcinoma
(MTC): outcome of the five years program |
M Wiench, PhD |
Environment and
Occupation
Honorable Mention |
Common genetic variants of TP53
and BRCA2 in esophageal cancer patients and healthy
individuals from low and high risk areas of northern
China |
PR Taylor, MD, ScD |
Environment
and Occupation
Honorable Mention |
Evaluation of potential
genotoxic effects of three drinking water disinfectants
using plant tests. |
C Zani |
Gene
Expression, Part 2
Honorable Mention |
Differential gene expression in
estrogen receptor negative breast cancer cells
transfected with cDNA for estrogen receptor |
N Ros, MSc |
Novel
Therapies, Part 1
Honorable Mention |
Novel Drug
Resistance-associated Protein and new plant derived
modulators for overcoming drug resistance in human tumor
cells |
C Ramachandran, PhD |
Novel
Therapies, Part 1
Winner |
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor
sti571 downregulates gene expression by reducing histone
h4 acetylation and histone deacetylase (hdac)
expression. |
G Brusa, PhD |
Novel
Therapies, Part 1
Honorable Mention |
Prevention of radiation-induced
pulmonary fibrosis by blockade of transforming growth
factor-beta (TGF-β) signaling |
A Nishioka, MD |
Predictive
Markers
Winner |
Expression of human Telomerase
Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA in tumor cells from
urine, as tumor marker for monitoring both relapse and
urothelial microdissemination in bladder
carcinoma |
E Caso, MD, PhD |
Predictive
Markers
Honorable Mention |
Clinical impact of circulating
tumor cells (CTC) morphological and molecular (β catenin
mutations) characterization in patients with
hepatocellular carcinoma |
P Paterlini-Brechot |
Predictive
Markers
Honorable Mention |
Microvascular Changes During
Inhibition of Colorectal Liver Metastases by
SMANCS/Lipiodol. |
D Kuruppu, PhD |
Tuesday, February 12
| Session |
Title |
Presenter |
Diagnostic
Markers
Honorable Mention |
A rapid FISH diagnosis of Ph
(+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia on bone marrow and
peripheral blood smears |
A Gaworczyk, MD |
Diagnostic
Markers
Honorable Mention |
The hKLK3 gene coding for the
tumour marker PSA (Prostate-specific antigen) is a
multiply spliced gene. |
Y Courty, PhD |
Autoimmunity
Honorable Mention |
Regulatory CD8+ T
cells control autoreactive CD4+ clones in
healthy subjects |
M Molteni, PhD |
Stem Cell
Biology
Honorable Mention |
Bone marrow homing heptapeptide
bears homology to CD84 |
PS Becker, MD, PhD |
Prognostic
Markers
Winner |
Reliability assessment of
soluble c-erbB-2 concentrations in the saliva of healthy
women and men. |
CF Streckfus, DDS |
Prognostic
Markers
Honorable Mention |
Proteomic analysis of
beta-catenin during the neoplastic progression from
precursor lesions to invasive squamous cell carcinoma of
the esophagus |
M Roth, MD |
Prognostic
Markers
Honorable Mention |
Mutational alterations of
connexin 43 associated with advanced stage of progression
of human colon cancer |
VA Krutovskikh, MD PhD |
Immunotherapy
Honorable Mention |
Anti-idiotypic antibodies
induced by genetic immunization are directed exclusively
against combined VL/VH
determinants: implications on the mechanism of
protection |
M Cesco-Gaspere |
Novel
Therapies, Part 2
Winner |
Survival of colorectal cancer
patients with high levels of sialyl lewis-x and sialyl
lewis-a epitope expression on tumor cells was improved by
cimetidine |
S Matsumoto, MD, PhD |
