69th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
November 23-25, 2018
Hotel Imperial, Larissa, Greece
Preliminary Program
Friday, 23rd November 2018
9:00-11:00 SESSION 1: Development, Differentiation & Tissue Morphogenesis
9:00-10:30 Selected short oral presentations
10:30-11:00 Plenary Lecture: Christos Zervas (BRFAA)
“Integrin-mediated adhesion in tissue morphogenesis”
11:30-13:30 SESSION 2: Cell structure & function
11:30-13:00 Selected short oral presentations
13:00-13:30 Plenary Lecture: Katerina Katsani (Democritus University of Thrace)
“Moonlighting at the nuclear pores”
14:00-15:00 Poster Session Α-Ι*
15:00-17:00 SESSION 3: Systems Biology, Bioinformatics & Chemical Biology
15:00-15:30 Plenary Lecture: Nikos Kyrpides (Joint Genome Institute, Berkley)
“Microbiome Research: from Products to Data”
15:30-17:00 Selected short oral presentations
17:30-18:30 Poster Session Α-ΙΙ*
18:30-20:30 Opening Ceremony & KEYNOTE Lectures
18:30-19:00 Welcome Addresses
19:00-19:45 Sir Peter Ratcliffe (Oxford University)
“Elucidation of Cellular Oxygen Sensing Pathways: Implications for Biology”
19:45-20:30 David Stuart (Oxford University)
“Virus structure in vitro and in the cell: implications for biology and therapy”
Saturday, 24th November 2018
9:00-11:00 SESSION 4: Cellular Communication & Signalling
9:00-10:30 Selected short oral presentations
10:30-11:00 Plenary Lecture: Antonis Koromilas (McGill University)
“The Integrated Stress Response and its Connection to Cancer”
11:30-13:30 SESSION 5: Molecular & Cellular Basis of Human Disease
11:30-13:00 Selected short oral presentations
13:00-13:30 Plenary Lecture: Othon Iliopoulos (Harvard Medical School)
“Identification and validation of therapeutic targets in tumor hypoxia
and metabolic reprogramming”
14:00-15:00 Poster Session B-Ι*
15:00-17:00 SESSION 6: Gene Expression, Epigenetics & RNA Biology
15:00-15:30 Plenary Lecture: Christos Tsatsanis (University of Crete)
“Metabolic and epigenetic regulation of innate immunity under the
control of Akt kinases”
15:30-17:00 Selected short oral presentations
17:30-18:30 Poster Session B-ΙI*
18:30-20:30 SPECIAL SESSION: “Honouring the memory of Prof. Fotis Kafatos”
18:30-19:00 Iain Mattaj (EMBL)
“Building a pan-European Legacy”
19:00-19:45 Spyros Georgatos (University of Ioannina)
“Haspin kinase: the Schrödinger’s cat?”
19:45-20:30 George Christophides (Imperial College London)
Title TBA
Sunday, 25th November 2018
9:00-11:00 SESSION 7: Structure & Function of Macromolecules
9:00-10:30 Selected short oral presentations
10:30-11:00 Plenary lecture: Georgios Spyroulias (University of Patras)
“The structural and dynamic basis for the function of biological
molecules through solution NMR spectroscopy”
11:30-12:15 KEYNOTE Lecture
Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre)
“‘Harnessing plant metabolic diversity”
12:15-14:15 SESSION 8: Genomics, Proteomics & Biotechnology
12:15-13:45 Selected short oral presentations
13:45-14:15 Plenary lecture: Gregoris Amoutzias
“Post-translational modifications in the era of Proteomics and
Bioinformatics”
14:15-14:30 Closing Ceremony – Prize Awards
* Poster Session Topics:
Cell Structure & Function
Cell Communication & Signaling
Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Structure and Function of Macromolecules
Molecular & Cellular Basis of Human Diseases
Ageing, Development & Differentiation
Systems Biology & Bioinformatics
Stem Cells, Tissue Morphogenesis & Regeneration
Regulation of Gene Expression
Biotechnology of Plants & Microorganisms
RNA Biology
Chemical Biology