From drug target to drug development
UniGR workshop on Biomedicine
ULg’s Arlon Campus, Belgium
September 8th 2015
Welcome
Rectors and presidents of the six partner universities of the "University of the Greater Region - UniGR" (Universities of Kaiserslautern, Liège, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Trier and Saarland) decided in 2012 to continue to strengthen cooperation in the fields of research and training.
Three key areas whose BIOMEDICINE were selected in order to develop targeted cooperation. All universities see in this project the opportunity to pool their strengths and resources and thus play a leading role in the development of the Greater Region.
The domain Biomedicine brings together teachers and researchers from many life sciences and medicine disciplines, such as bioinformatics, systems biology, molecular and cellular biology, psychology, epigenetics or pharmacy. This creates interdisciplinary research networks, in which scientists can perform joint researches on diseases and treatment in the context of cross-border projects.
The Workshop Biomedicine "From drug development to target drug" is organized by the CIRM (Center for Interdisciplinary research on Medicines) from the University of Liege. It follows a series of workshops held since 2013 and 2014 in different Universities of UniGR and will be especially oriented around the development of drugs to expand and strengthen cooperation in this area. The day will focus on 6 oral presentations in the fields of Target Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery and Toxicology but also a poster session that will allow young PhD students working in the UniGR in the field of drug development to present their results.
Finally, the day will end with a presentation by Mr. Jérôme Eeckhout (University of Liege, Belgium) who will present the EU Financial Opportunities for concrete collaboration projects that will born from this day and from this Workshop.
We hope to see many of you in Arlon next 8th september for the "From drug development to drug target" workshop.
Scientific program:
9h30 - 10h00: Welcome coffee
10h00 - 12h00:
· Target discovery
“Epigenetic alterations in cancer as target for chromatin remodeling agents”,
Dr. Michael Schnekenburger, Team leader of Cancer Epigenetics research group, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer (LBMCC), Hôpital Kirchberg, Luxembourg.
· Medicinal Chemistry
“Coumarins and derivatives: from synthesis to biological activity”,
Prof. Gilbert Kirsch, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Moléculaire et Biochimie Pharmacologique, Lorraine University, Metz, France.
· Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
“Microfluidic analytical techniques in drug discovery”,
Prof. Marianne Fillet, Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, CIRM, University of Liege, Belgium.
12h00 - 13h30: Lunch + posters
13h30 - 15h30:
· Nanomedecine
“Understanding and overcoming major barriers in cancer nanomedicine”,
Prof. Géraldine Piel, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, CIRM, University of Liege, Belgium.
· Drug Delivery
“Drug delivery to and across epithelial barriers - gut, skin and lung”,
Prof. Dr. Claus-Michael Lehr, Dept. of Drug Delivery (DDEL), Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
· Toxicology
“Studies on the protection of DNA by plants rich in polyphenols”,
Prof. Dr. Elke Richling, Dept. of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Kaiserslautern University, Germany.
· EU financial opportunities, Jérôme Eeckhout, University of Liege, Belgium.
Posters :
The participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations. The abstracts have to be sent in A4 format to the symposium secretariat before July 10th.
How to reach the symposium :
The symposium will take place on the Arlon Environment Campus of the University of Liege (Avenue de Longwy, 185 in Arlon).
Located in the south of Wallonia, a few kilometers from the french and luxemburg borders, the ULg’s Arlon Campus is easily accessible by motorways (30 min form Luxemburg,~1 h from Metz and Trier, ~1h30 from Liege and Saarbrücken, ~from Nancy and Kasierslautern) or trains (10 min walk from the station).
Access
Organising Committee :
Marianne Fillet (CIRM, ULg)
Géraldine Piel (CIRM, ULg)
Pascal de Tullio (CIRM, ULg)
Cathy Le Baron (UniGR confederation, ULg)
Symposium secretariat :
Bérangère Renaville
Université de Liège
Département de Pharmacie
Faculté de Médecine
15 Av. Hippocrate
4000 Liège
Tel : 0032/43664346
FAx : 0032/43664347
Registration :
The registration is free but mandatory.
Registration Form :
Please Fill in one Form per participant.
First name :
Name :
Affiliation :
Job Title :
Department :
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E-mail :
Abstract submission for poster communication □
Title :
Topic : Target discovery □, Medicinal Chemistry □, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis □, Nanomedecine □, Drug Delivery □, Toxicology □, Miscellaneous □
To be returned before July 10th by e-mail to the symposium secretariat ().