12-14 September 2003
Trieste, Italy


Metal Compounds in the Treatment of Cancer and Viral Diseases

Mid Term Evaluation Workshop

Programme  


All presentations take place at the University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, Building H3

Friday 12
13:00-15:00   Registration
15:00-15:30   Opening:
Chairman COST D20 + local representatives
15:30-18:30
Chairman:B. Lippert
PL 15:30-16:20
Michael J. Clarke
Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, MA, USA
Historical Perspective of Ruthenium Anticancer Agents
  PL 16:20-17:10
Silvio Aime
University of Torino, Italy
Paramagnetic Lanthanide Chelates in MRI: from Extracellular Contrast Agents to Probes for Molecular Imaging
  WG 0001 17:10-17:15
Enzo Alessio
University of Trieste, Italy
Overview on Working Group 0001
    17:15-18:00
Peter J. Sadler
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Design of Novel, Innovative Metal Anticancer Drugs
    18:00-18:15
Ana Maria Pizarro
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Novel Aqueous Chemistry of a transDiamine Anticancer Complex
    18:15-18:30
Vladimir Kokozay
National Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Direct Synthesis of Bioactive Heterobimetallic Complexes
20:00   Welcome reception in the Caffè Tommaseo
Saturday 13
08:45-10:40
Chairman:G. Natile
WG 0002 08:45-09:35
Helmut Sigel
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Overview on Working Group 0002 + Metal Ion Complexes of Nucleic Acid Constituents with Potentials in Antiviral and Anticancer Therapy
  WG 0003 09:35-10:25
Viktor Brabec
Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic
Overview on Working Group 0003 + Biochemistry, Structural and Cellular Biology of Non-Classical Antitumor Platinum Compounds
    10:25-10:40
Yousef Najajreh
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of Novel trans-Diamminedichloroplatinum(II) Derivatives.
10:40-11:10   Coffee break (included in poster session)
11:10-12:45
Chairman:N. Katsaros
WG 0005 11:10-11:15
Gianni Sava
University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Overview on Working Group 0005
    11:15-12:00
Bernhard K. Keppler
University of Wien, Wien, Austria
Development of Platinum and Non-Platinum Anticancer Compounds
  WG 0002 12:00-12:15
Marta Garijo Añorbe
University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Pt(II)-Acidification of the N(6)H2 Group of Adenines
  WG 0003 12:15-12:30
Vivienne Munk
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Non-Classical Platinum Anticancer Complexes: Role of Redox Reactions, Coordination Geometry and Steric Effects in Biological Activity.
    12:30-12:45
Olivier Delalande
University of Paris V, Paris, France
Chiral Platinum Complexes Reacting with DNA: Perturbation of the Double-Helix Studied by NMR, Molecular Modeling, and Biophysical Methods.
12:45-14:00   Lunch at the University Cafeteria
14:00-16:25
Chairman:E. Sletten
WG 0005 14:00.14:15
Darren Griffith
Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
Hydroxamate Complexes of Ruthenium and Platinum: Synthesis, Characterisation and Biological Activity
  WG 0006 14:15-15:05
Iztok Turel
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Overview on Working Group 0006 + Metal Ion Complexes with Antibacterial Quinolones and Antiviral Nucleotide Analogues
    15.05-15.20
Andres Tasada
University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain
New N6,N6'-Polymethylene Bisadenines and their Chelating Properties.
  WG 0007 15:20-16:10
Gerard Jaouen
ENSCP, France
Overview on Working Group 0007 + Metal Complexed SERMs (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators). Synthesis and Antiproliferative Effects.
  WG 0005 16:10-16:25
Karlijn van den Schilden
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden, The Netherlands
Novel Polynuclear Ruthenium and Platinum Complexes and their Interactions with DNA-Model Bases.
16:25-17:10   Coffee break (included in poster session)
17:10-18:50
Chairman:J. Kozelka
PL 17:10-18:00
Nick Farrell
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Platinum Anticancer Agents. Structures and Targeted Bio-molecules.
  WG 0009 18:00-18:50
Luigi Messori
University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Overview on Working Group 0009 + The Interplay of Metallodrugs and Plasma Proteins
20:30   Social dinner at Antica Trattoria Suban
Sunday 14
09:00-10:40
Chairman:I. Sóvágó
WG 0010 09:00-09:50
Michael J. Hannon
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Overview on Working Group 0010 + Non-Covalent DNA Recognition and Remarkable DNA Structural Effects Induced by Supramolecular Cylinders.
  WG 0012 09:50-10:40
Rodica-Mariana Ion
Institute for Chemical Research, Bucharest, Romania
Overview on on Working Group 0012 + Chemical Structure - Activity Correlation in Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer.
10:40-11:10   Coffee break (included in poster session)
11:10-12:30
Chairman:J. Reedijk
WG 0007 11:10-11:25
Stephane Masi
Zurich, Switzerland
New Methods for the Synthesis of CpRe(CO)3 and CpTc(CO)3 Units from Ferrocene Unit.
  WG 0009 11:25-11:40
Christian Hartinger
University of Wien, Wien, Austria
Interaction of Metal Complexes with Biomolecules
  WG 0010 11:40-11:55
Jens Müller
University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Platinum-Modified DNA and PNA Oligomers in Antisense and Antigene Strategies.
  WG 0005 11:55-12:10
Claire S. Allardyce
EPFL, Lausanne,Switzerland
Use of Mass Spectrometry to Help Identify Drug-Protein In-teractions.
    12:10-12:30
Concluding remarks
12:30-13:30   Lunch at the University Cafeteria
13:30-15:30   COST D20 MC Meeting + Discussion with Reviewers

Posters should be hanged the first day (afternoon 12 or morning 13).
Posters should not exceed 100 (width) x 120 (height) cm. Adhesive material will be available on site.

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