PTEN Pathways & Targets
March 5 - 9, 2008
Abstract Deadline: January 11, 2008

Organizers:
Suzanne Baker, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Columbia University
Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Harvard Medical School
Ramon Parsons, Columbia University

Typical Program

We are pleased to announce the second Cold Spring Harbor conference on PTEN Pathways & Targets, which will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, March 5 and run through lunch on Sunday, March 9, 2008.

The 2008 meeting is intended to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches to the analysis of the PTEN pathway in cancer, diabetes, and neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease. Junior and senior researchers will join to discuss their latest research findings and technical approaches toward the analysis of the PTEN pathway. Particular emphasis will be given to human cancer pathogenesis, disease models, and therapy. While a number of speakers have been invited, please note that the majority of oral presentations will be drawn from openly submitted abstracts.

Tentative Topics:
* PTEN Regulation and Function
* Signaling Upstream of PIP3
* Signaling downstream of PIP3
* PTEN/PI3K Pathway Crosstalk
* PTEN Pathways and Disease
* Therapy
* Stem Cell and non-PI3K functions of PTEN

Invited Speakers & Session Chairs:
Jonathan Backer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lewis Cantley, Harvard Medical School
Andrew Chan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peter Downes, University of Dundee, UK
Julian Downward, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, UK
Lora Hedrick Ellenson, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Charis Eng, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Adolfo Ferrando, Columbia University
Frank Furnari, University of California, San Diego
Maria-Magdalena Georgescu, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Xuejun Jiang, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
David Kwiatkowski, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Linheng Li, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Scott Lowe, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/HHMI
Tak Mak, AMDI OCI University Health Network, Canada
Gordon Mills, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Coleen Murphy, Princeton University
Alexandra Newton, University of California, San Diego
Neal Rosen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Charles Sawyers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Bart Vanhaesebroeck, University of London

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to beavers@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in March.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
National Cancer Institute

We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to beavers@cshl.edu and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.