Preliminary — subject to change
Program
To be confirmed: This entire programme is preliminary. Times, titles and presenters may change; highlighted items have unresolved issues in the source.
Friday 16 April 2027
- 6:00 pm
Welcome cocktail
Saturday 17 April 2027
- 9:00 am
Opening remarks
Session I
RKIP: general properties and role in diseases (I)
Chairs: Kam Yeung; Stavroula Baritaki
- 9:30 amPlenary
Lessons from RKIP: Rewiring Signaling Pathways as a Therapeutic Approach to Cancer
Marsha Rosner
- 9:55 am
RKIP – a regulator of beta-adrenergic signaling in the heart
Kristina Lorenz
- 10:20 am
RKIP as a CDK1-regulated inhibitor of the mitotic checkpoint
Christopher Figy
To be confirmed: Presenter not on the invited speaker list.
- 10:45 am
Discussion
- 11:00 am
Coffee break / poster session
Session II
YY1: general properties and role in diseases (I)
Chairs: Benjamin Bonavida; Kathy Lui
- 11:30 amPlenaryRemote
Phase separation regulates YY1-mediated enhancer formation in cancer cells
Guangchao Sui
- 11:55 am
Balance of Yin Yang Family and Regulation of Cellular Redox Homeostasis
Vivi Kasim
- 12:20 pm
The importance of structural disorder in the molecular recognition of YY1 partners
Andrzej Górecki
To be confirmed: Brief lists this time as “12:20 am”; shown as pm pending confirmation.
- 12:45 pm
Discussion
To be confirmed: Brief lists this time as “12:45 am”.
- 1:00 pm
Light lunch
Session III
RKIP: general properties and role in diseases (II)
Chairs: Marsha Rosner; Gábor Balázsi
- 2:00 pm
Effect of RKIP loss in mammary duct development and neoplastic transformation
Kam Yeung
- 2:20 pm
Synthetic biological investigation of the RKIP-BACH1 regulatory network
Gábor Balázsi
- 2:40 pm
Usefulness of RKIP assessment in various cancer types: could it be a new reliable tumor marker?
Massimo Papale
- 3:00 pm
Discussion
Session IV
YY1: general properties and role in diseases (II)
Chairs: Ferdinando Nicoletti; Joseph Kissil
- 3:15 pm
YY1 in bone homeostasis and tumor angiogenesis
Filomena De Nigris
- 3:35 pm
YY1 as a moderator of stress-induced resistance of colorectal cancer cells to immune-mediated cytotoxicity
Stavroula Baritaki
- 3:55 pm
YY1 regulates Glucose Homeostasis Through Controlling Insulin Transcription in Pancreatic β-Cells
Kathy Lui
- 4:15 pm
Discussion
- 4:30 pm
Closing remarks
- 5:00 pm
City tour – traditional Cypriot food dinner
Sunday 18 April 2027
Session V
RKIP: general properties and role in diseases (III)
Chairs: Kristina Lorenz; Qais Al-Duwairi
- 9:00 amPlenary
GSK3 and RKIP in metabolic disorders: A proposal for a joint international research program
Fahd Al-Mulla
- 9:25 am
RKIP protects mitochondria under ischemic conditions
Theresa Brand
To be confirmed: Presenter not on the invited speaker list.
- 9:45 am
Characterization of RKIP expression in different histological variants of leiomyoma and in leiomyosarcoma
Pasquapina Ciarmela
- 10:05 am
RKIP/PEBP1: Central to the Redox Loxsisome, Epithelial Biology and Asthma
Sally Wenzel
- 10:25 am
Effect of PHB ligands on RKIP expression and phosphorylation
Laurent Désaubry
To be confirmed: Presenter not on the invited speaker list.
- 10:45 am
Discussion
- 11:00 am
Coffee break / poster session
Session VI
YY1: general properties and role in diseases (III)
Chairs: Demetrios A. Spandidos; Benjamin Bonavida
- 11:15 am
Different Role of Yin Yang 1 in Colon Cancer and B-cell NHL cells
Silvia Vivarelli
- 11:35 am
Understanding the role of YY1 and YAP in neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)
Joseph Kissil
- 11:55 am
Reprogramming effect of preimplantation embryonic microenvironment on cancer stem cells and the role of Yin Yang 1
Gulperi Oktem
To be confirmed: Time conflict: two talks are listed at 11:55 am.
- 11:55 am
Yin Yang 1 Phosphorylation Induces Vascular Endothelial Proliferation Promoting Atherosclerosis Under Disturbed Flow
Jeng-Jiann Chiu
To be confirmed: Time conflict: two talks are listed at 11:55 am.
- 12:35 pm
Discussion
To be confirmed: Brief lists this time as “12:35 am”.
- 1:00 pm
Light lunch
Session VII
RKIP: general properties and role in diseases (IV)
Chairs: Fahd Al-Mulla; Alexandre Ramos
- 2:00 pm
RKIP and Lung Cancer: from the bench to bedside
Olga Martinho
- 2:20 pm
Therapeutic effect of a novel chemical inhibitor of RKIP and TβR1 binding on NF2 syndrome
Bum-Joon Park
- 2:40 pm
The role of RKIP in inflammation and tumor immunity
Xiaojian Wang (Hangzhou)
To be confirmed: Presenter not on the invited speaker list.
- 3:00 pm
A stochastic binary model for the regulation of gene expression to investigate responses to gene therapy
Alexandre Ramos
- 3:20 pm
Discussion
Session VIII
YY1/RKIP cross-talk
Chairs: Apostolos Zaravinos; Gábor Balázsi
- 4:00 pm
Cross-talks between RKIP and YY1: A multilevel pan-cancer analysis focusing on their expression, mutation, methylation, immune infiltration, and drug resistance
Apostolos Zaravinos
- 4:20 pm
RKIP and YY1 expression is modulated in tumour cells after repeated treatment with anticancer drugs inducing oxidative stress: implications for the development of tumour resistance
Valentina Rapozzi
- 4:40 pm
RKIP downregulation is associated with YY1 overexpression in lung cancer: Diagnostic and Prognostic implication
Luca Falzone
- 5:00 pm
Who is the winner? RKIP (David) or YY1 (Goliath) in fighting cancer
Benjamin Bonavida
- 5:25 pm
Discussion
- 5:40–6:00 pm
Closing remarks
Arman Lari
To be confirmed: Speaker not on the committee or invited speaker list.
- 7:00 pm
Social dinner