FEBS MPST 2013
September 26th - October 1st, 2013, Kos, Greece
Invited Speakers
- Thomas N. Wight (USA, , Short CV)
“Targeting Proteoglycans( Versican) in the Control of Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease” - Renato Iozzo (USA, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Proteoglycan, Cancer Biology,Tumor Angiogenesis - Vincent Hascall (USA, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Hyaluronan in inflammatory pathologies - John Couchman (Denmark, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Syndecans in cell adhesion, receptors and signaling - Israel Vlodavski (Israel, , Short CV)
“Heparanase: a valid target for drug development” - Dimitris Kletsas (Greece, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Cellular senescence and age-related pathologies, extracellular matrix, growth factors, signaling pathways, stress, wound healing, cancer, biomaterials, stem cells and cell replacement therapy - Jan-Olof Winberg (Norway, , Short CV)
“Nature and properties of matrix metalloprotease-9/chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan complexes” - Liliana Schaefer (Germany, , Short CV)
“Small leucine-rich proteoglycans orchestrate receptor crosstalk during inflammation - Donald Gullberg (Norway, , Short CV)
“An overview of integrin structure and function” - Achilleas Theocharis (Greece, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Proteoglycans (serglycin) in multiple myeloma and cancer progression - Nikos Karamanos (Greece, , Short CV) Research Interests: Matrix Molecular Targets in Breast Cancer, Proteoglycans, Metalloproteinases,ER crosstalk signaling
- Paraskevi Heldin (Sweden, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Importance of microenvironment in tumor progression, Hyaluronan and HAS signaling, proteasome implication - Jeffrey D. Esko (USA, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Proteoglycans, heparan sulfate, lysosomal storage, lipoprotein metabolism - Alberto Passi (Italy, , Short CV)
“Hyaluronan production in arteriosclerosis” - Carl-Henrik Heldin (Sweden, , Short CV)
“Signaling via receptors for PDFGF and TGFbeta – possible targets in tumor therapy” - Dragana Nikitovic (Greece, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Tumor biology and ECM - Lena Kjellen (Sweden, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Heparin sulfate biosynthesis; Heparan sulfate and embryonic development - Kazuyuki Sugahara (Japan, , Short CV)
“Sugar signals of proteoglycans in neurobiology and tumor biology” - David Birk (USA, , Short CV)
"Regulatory roles of small leucine-rich proteoglycans in matrix assembly" - Jorge Filmus (Canada, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Glypicans in development and cancer - Veli-Matti Kähäri (Finland, , Short CV)
“Proteolytic control of cutaneous wound repair and cancer progression“ - Ralph Sanderson (USA, , Short CV)
“Heparanase, syndecan and exosomes: A deadly combination that drives aggressive tumor behavior” - Themis R. Kyriakides (USA, , Short CV)
Research Interests: Extracellular matrix and vascular biology - Peter Friedl (The Netherlands & USA, , Short CV)
“Mechanisms of cancer invasion in vitro and in vivo: plasticity and limits“ - Alan J. Grodzinsky (UK, , Short CV)
“Matrix Molecular Nano-Mechanics and Mechanobiology: Relevance to Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Repair” - Boris Turk (Slovenia, , Short CV)
“Cysteine cathepsins and their roles in inflammation-associated diseases” - Nicholas W. Shworak (USA, Short CV)
“What can a mouse teach us about cardiovascular disease risk”
