CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
+ About Arianna BAGGIOLINI
Arianna Baggiolini completed her BSc and MSc in Biology at the ETH (Zurich, Switzerland) and her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) in the laboratory of Prof. Lukas Sommer. She then completed her postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA) in the laboratory of Dr. Lorenz Studer. Arianna was elected Leading Edge Fellow, Gerry fellow of the Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center (GMTEC) at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and she is a Tri-Institutional Breakout Price awardee. Among other awards, she obtained the SNSF Starting grant.
(Bio adapted from Institute of Oncology Research)
TALK: “hPSC-based models of cancer and human development.”
+ About Charles FOUILLADE
Dr Fouillade is based in Institute Curie in France. His research focuses on the effect of radiotherapy on cancer cells and their signaling.
TALK: “Wondering about cancer research in academia? True stories from an insider at Institut Curie.”
+ About Leonidas STEFANIS
Dr Stefanis is Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology at the University of Athens Medical School, while Director of the Second Department of Neurology at «Attikon» Hospital, while he is also Director of Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens. With a medical background, his research ranges from the bench to the bedside, using a wide array of approaches, such as animal and cellular models, as well as patients’ biological material. He is examining the genetic underpinnings of Parkinson’s disease in the Greek population, not only in the rare familial, but also in sporadic cases. He is interested in the role of alpha-synuclein as a disease and he is examining pathways of neurotoxicity induced by aberrant alpha-synuclein, with an emphasis on the involvement of protein degradation pathways, such as Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy.
(Bio adapted from BRFAA)
TALK: "Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease"
+ About Dave HOLMES
Prof. Dave Holmes holds the University Research Chair in Forensic Nursing. After completing his PhD in nursing, he completed a CIHR post-doctoral fellowship in health care, technology and place at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work (2003). To date, Prof. Holmes has received funding to be a principal investigator for research on risk management in the fields of public health, psychiatric nursing, and forensic nursing
(Bio adapted from University of Ottawa)