INTERNATIONAL MDM2 WORKSHOP IV
SCHEDULE
 

Sunday, September 30th
2:00 - 6:00 PM  Registration at Swope Center, MBL
6:00 - 7:30 PM  Dinner / Swope Dining Hall


SESSION 1:  Welcome and Keynote Addresses (chair S. Jones)
Lillie Auditorium

7:30 - 7:40 PM       Opening remarks and comments on Workshop agenda
 Stephen Jones

7:40 - 7:50 PM    Welcome, introduction and history of the MBL
 Gary Borisy, Director of the MBL

7:50 - 8:35 PM   Mdm2 – not only a negative regulator of p53? (1) 
 Moshe Oren - Keynote Address

8:35 - 9:15 PM   Functions and regulation of Mdmx, an essential regulator of p53 activity. (2)  
 Aart Jochemsen - Keynote Address

9:30 - 11:00 PM        Reception at the SWOPE Center


Monday, October 1st
7:30 - 8:30 AM      Breakfast / Swope Dining Hall


SESSION 2:  Regulation of Mdm2 and p53 (chair C. Eischen)
Lillie Auditorium

8:30 - 9:00 AM        The role of MDM-2 and p53 polymorphisms in cancer and fecundity. (3)
   Arnold Levine

9:00 - 9:30 AM           New observations on the Mdm2 /p53 circuit. (4)
   Carol Prives

9:30 - 9:50 AM         Reciprocal regulation between Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) and the p53 pathway involves Plk1-mediated phosphorylation and activation of Mdm2 and p53-mediated repression of Plk1. (5)
  David Meek

9:50 - 10:10 AM        Regulated nuclear import of p53 by direct binding to Importin alpha 3 might contribute to stress-mediated nuclear accumulation. (6)
  Natasha Marchenko

10:10 - 10:30 AM    In vivo functions of E4F1-mediated regulation of the p53 family. (7)
  Laurent Le Cam


10:30 - 10:50 AM   ------Coffee Break / Group Photo-------


10:50 - 11:20 AM   The Wip1 phosphatase acts as a gatekeeper in the p53-Mdm2 autoregulatory loop. (8)
  Larry Donehower
 
11:20 - 11:50 AM     The role of p53 modifications in modulating its tumor suppressor function. (9)
  Wei Gu 

11:50 - 12:10 PM      MDM2 phosphorylation by ATM is critical for rapid p53 stabilization after DNA damage.(50)
 Jiandong Chen

12:10 - 12:25 PM      Regulation of the Mdm2-p53 pathway through NEDDylation of ribosomal proteins. (11)
   Dimitris Xirodimas- AACR Young Investigator Award
     

12:30 - 2:00 PM            Lunch / Swope Dining Hall

 

SESSION 3:  MDM2/MDMX and Other Cell Regulators of p53 (chair S. Grossman)
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services, LLC
Lillie Auditorium


 2:00 - 2:30 PM     Post-translational modifications of Mdm2 and their implication for p53 degradation. (13)
  Christine Blattner
       
2:30 - 2:50 PM         Proteasomal degradation of p53 and p73. (14)
 Yosef Shaul
     
2:50 - 3:10 PM     p53-independent remodeling of ARF complexes from ARF-  PARF to ARF-MDM2 in response to DNA damage. (15)
  Dawn Quelle

3:10 - 3:30 PM           Differential roles of p300 and CBP in p53 regulation. (16)
 Steven Grossman 

3:30 - 3:45 PM         Sooty Foot Ataxia, a new mouse mutant that is haplo- insufficient for a large subunit ribosomal protein resulting in widespread activation of the p53 tumor suppressor throughout mouse development. (17)
   Neil Box - AACR Young Investigator Award

 

3:45 - 4:15 PM   ------Coffee Break-------


4:15 - 4:45 PM           Regulation of the MDM2-MDMX-p53-p21 pathway. (18)
   Hua Lu

4:45 - 5:05 PM           MDM2, p53 and Rb networking in controlling cell proliferation, cell death, and cell differentiation. (19)
   Jim Xiao

5:05 - 5:25 PM    HdmX transcripts are reduced following genotoxic stress. (20)
    Steven Berberich

5:25 - 5:45 PM           HEY1-mediated repression of MDMX links NOTCH to p53 in     tumor suppression. (21)
   Heinrich Kovar

5:45 - 6:05 PM Regulation of p53 by c-Abl through phosphorylation of Hdmx. (22)
   Ygal Haupt

6:05 - 6:25 PM New insights into the physiological function of the constitutive  photomorphogenic protein 1, COP1. (23)
   Jean Christophe Marine- EMBO Young Investigator Lecture

6:30 – 8:00 PM            Dinner / Swope Dining Hall


8:00 - 10:00 PM      POSTER SESSION I  (Swope Center /refreshments)

 

Tuesday, October 2nd
7:30 - 8:30 AM
      Breakfast / Swope Dining Hall


SESSION 4:  Physiological Functions of MDM Proteins (chair J. Xiao)
Lillie Auditorium

8:30 - 9:00 AM           The Mdm2/Mdm4 complex: a rheostat for p53 activity. (24)
   Guillermina Lozano

9:00 - 9:30 AM      The impact of Mdm2 and Mdmx subcellular distribution and abundance on p53 pathway responses. (25)
   Geoffrey Wahl

9:30 - 9:50 AM         Targeted inactivation of Mdm2 RING E3 ligase in the mouse reveals new insights into p53 regulation. (26)
   Yanping Zhang

9:50 - 10:10 AM         p53-dependent and p53-independent functions of Mdm2 contribute to tumor development. (27)
   Christine Eischen

10:10 - 10:30 AM       MdmX promotes bipolar mitosis to suppress transformation and tumorigenesis in p53-deficient cells and mice. (28)
  Stephen Jones


10:30 - 10:50 AM           ------Coffee Break-------


10:50 - 11:10 AM  Human oncoprotein MDM2 enhances Akt phosphorylation reducing the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drugs. (29)
   Swati Deb

11:10 - 11:30 AM      Coordinately spliced MDM2 and MDM4 implicate a cancer spliceome in pediatric rhabdomyosarcomas. (30)
      Dawn Chandler 

11:30 - 11:45 AM      Association of HDM2-transcript variant expression and SNP309 with age of onset and prognosis in human tumors. (31)
   Frank Bartel - AACR Young Investigator Award

11:45 - 12:00 PM    Dissecting Mdm2 and Mdmx oncogenic properties in vivo using conditional transgenic mice. (32)
   Agnieszka Gembarska - AACR Young Investigator Award

12:00 -12:15 PM      Identifying novel and conserved genes in the p53 regulatory loop in zebrafish. (33)
   John Parant  - AACR Young Investigator Award


12:30 - 1:30 PM          Lunch / Swope Dining Hall


1:30 - 3:15 PM    POSTER SESSION II (Swope Center /refreshments)

 

         Social Event / Workshop Banquet
3:15 - 3:30 PM      Meet at Woods Hole Ferry Dock to board the Ferry
3:45 - 4:30 PM      Ferry Trip to Martha's Vineyard (Vineyard Haven)
4:30 - 5:00 PM      Meet Buses - tour "down island"
5:15 - 6:15 PM      Visit Edgartown
6:15 - 6:45 PM      Reload buses / trip to Sailing Camp
6:45 - 9:00 PM      New England–style clambake
9:00 - 9:30 PM      Bus trip back to Vineyard Haven Ferry
9:30 - 10:15 PM    Ferry back to Woods Hole

 


Wednesday, October 3rd
7:30 - 8:30 AM      Breakfast / Swope Dining Hall / Dorm check-out
 

SESSION 5:  p53 Regulators as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer (chair X. Lu)
Sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Lillie Auditorium

8:30 - 9:00 AM           Regulation of p53 stability and activity by ubiquitination. (34)
   Karen Vousden 

9:00 - 9:30 AM          Intervention in p53 regulation by inhibitors of the p53-MDM2 interaction. (35)
   Lyubomir Vassilev

9:30 - 10:00 AM        p53 regulators as therapeutic targets in cancer. (36)
    Xin Lu

10:00 - 10:15 AM Targeting the human double minute (HDM)-2 p53 ubiquitin   ligase as a strategy against non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (37)
   Richard Jones  - AACR Young Investigator Award

10:15- 10:30 AM Modulation of p53-dependent apoptosis by Hdmx. (38)
   Mark Wade - AACR Young Investigator Award


10:30- 10:50 AM          --Coffee Break / Pre-ordered Box Lunches available at Swope--


10:50 - 11:10 AM      Nutlin-3, but not DNA damage, disrupts a p53-Mdm2 complex to allow for transcriptional activation and G1 arrest in  SNP309 cancer cells. (39)
 Jill Bargonetti

11:10 - 11:30 AM      Nutlin3 blocks VEGF induction by preventing the interaction between HIF1α and Hdm2. (40)
 Lindsey Mayo

11:30 - 11:45 AM HDM2 antagonist Nutlin-3 disrupts p73-HDM2 binding and enhances p73 Function. (41)
   Loretta Lau - AACR Young Investigator Award

11:45 - 12:00 PM       Workshop Summary
 Carol Prives


12:00 - 1:00 PM          Lunch / Swope Dining Hall / Depart