Program

Arrival day, May 31st

 

20:00 – 21:00

Reception Cocktail at Porto Rio Hotel 

   

Day-1, June 1st

 

08:30 – 09:00

Registration of participants

09:00 – 09:15

Opening:

 

Ch. Bonanos – Deputy Head of Regional Unit of Achaia, Region of Western Greece

 

G. Papatheodorou – Dean of Faculty of Natural Sciences, UP,

 

C. M. Athanassopoulos – Local organizer, UP

 

V. Cardinale – CA18122 COST Action Chair

09:15 – 09:25

EURO-CHOLANGIO-NET-overview and outputs

 

Dr. Rui Castro

 

University of Lisboa, Portugal

09:25-10:00

Cholangiocarcinoma Status Quo: From tumor biology to novel treatments

 

Dr. Jesús Bañales

 

Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain

10:00 – 10:45

Development of biologically useful novel chemical entities (NCEs);

 

First proof-of-concept case study on targeting signaling pathways in

 

histological defined cholangiocarcinoma histological subtypes

 

Dr. Vincenzo Cardinale

 

Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

 

Savino Paradiso

 

Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 11:55

Generation of novel chemical entities (NCEs);

 

Natural products in drug discovery: from bench to clinic

 

Prof. Bruno Botta

 

Sapienza University of Rome

11:55 – 12:20

Diversity-oriented semi-synthetic chemical approaches in natural

 

product-inspired drug discovery

 

Dr. Attila Hunyadi

 

University of Szeged, Hungary

12:20 – 12:45

Hybrids and conjugates: Synthetic Concepts for More Effective Therapeutics

 

Dr. Constantinos Athanassopoulos

 

University of Patras, Greece

12:45 – 13:30

Innovative approaches and computational tools in drug discovery

 

Dr. Eleni Pontiki

 

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch break

15:00 – 15:45

In silico evaluation of potency and ADME(Tox) properties of drug

 

candidates; Lead optimization and drug-design using ACD/Percepta software package.

 

Dr. György T. Balogh

 

Semmelweis University, Hungary

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 – 17:00

Experimental models for the study of

 

cholangiocarcinoma: pros and cons

 

Dr. Pedro Rodrigues

 

Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain

17:00 – 17:45

Protection and publication of results about NCEs

 

Writing patents: general aspects, steps and costs

 

examples, claims, inventors. Phases (and costs) of patent filing

 

Prof. Fernando Cossio

 

University of the Basque Country, Spain

20:30

Gala Dinner (Dining at the Sailing Club of Patras Restaurant with a view of the spectacular sunset over Patras Bay).

   

Day-2, June 2nd

 

09:00 – 10:30

In silico lab:

 

Protein-ligand docking with Autodock Suite

 

 Dr. Amanda R. Guimaraes

 

University of the Basque Country, Spain

 

AND

 

Dr. Constantinos Makris

 

University of Patras, Greece

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

Synthesis/web lab demonstration

 

videos illustrating key chemical reactions and chromatographic purifications

 

in Medicinal Chemistry

 

Dr. Ivàn Rivilla

 

University of the Basque Country, Spain

 

Dr. Attila Hunyadi

 

University of Szeged, Hungary

11:45 – 12:15

Synthetic Conjugates of Ursodeoxycholic Acid for the treatment of Polycystic

 

Liver Diseases and cholangiocarcinoma

 

Dr. Jesús Bañales

 

Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain

12:15 – 12:35

Design and Chemical Synthesis of Novel Chemical Entities against Cholangiocarcinoma

 

Pr. Fernando P. Cossío

 

The University of the Basque Country, Spain

12:35-13:05

Photochemotherapy to improve cholangiocarcinoma outcomes

 

Dr. Pilar Acedo

 

University College London, UK

13:05 – 13:30

Closing remarks

16:45

Excursion I (optional)

  Archaelogical Museum of Patras and free time in city center
Return at hotel @ 21:15

June 3rd

 

09:00

Excursion IΙ (optional)

 

Patras’ Myceanean Cemetery site (1500 BC) and
OLYMPIA Archaelogical site and Museum
Return at hotel @ 18:30

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