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XXV Gliwice Scientific Meetings, 2021

Scientific Program, a hybrid conference

[GSM 2021 Conference materials]

Friday, 19^th November 2021

9.00 – 9.15 Opening of the conference and welcome addresses

9.15 – 10.15 Special session:

“Professor Mieczysław Chorąży – 70 years of research in tumor biology”

Rememberance of Prof. Mieczysław Chorąży

Announcement of the Laureate of the Prof. Mieczysław Chorąży Scholarship

The Mieczysław Chorąży Lecture 2021 –

Kari Hemminki (Charles University, Pilsen & DKFZ, Heidelberg): “Science and society”.

10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break

10.30 – 13.00 Session: “Cancer Moonshot – Early Detection of Lung Cancer”

Chairpersons – Piotr Widłak & Witold Rzyman

Witold Rzyman (Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk): Lung cancer screening - where we are?

Luis Montuenga (University of Navarra, Pamplona): The role of molecular markers in the lung cancer screening route [online].

Fabrizio Bianchi (Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo): The small world of microRNAs and their big role in lung cancer [online].

Piotr Widłak (NRIO, Gliwice): Serum metabolome profiling in early detection of lung cancer.

Joanna Polańska (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice): Radiomics of lung cancer.

Marek Kimmel (Rice University, Houston): Modeling risk of lung cancer: Coordination of molecular events and growth characteristics of tumors.

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break/poster viewing

14.00 – 18.00 Session: “Regulation of Gene Expression and Chromatin”

Chairpersons – Joanna Rzeszowska & Sergey Razin

Sergey V. Razin (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow): Order and stochasticity in the 3D organization of individual genomes.

Aleksandra Pękowska (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warszawa): Interplay between chromatin architecture and gene expression.

Michal Gdula (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): How to shut down a whole chromosome? - SmcHD1, epigenetics and 4D genome in X inactivation.

Gracjan Michlewski (International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warszawa): Regulation of miRNA biogenesis - mechanisms and future therapies.

Agnieszka Ciesielska (10x Genomics, Stockholm): Scale and resolution. Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics - more than marriage from convenience.

16.00 – 16.15 Coffee Break

Martin Simard (Université Laval, Quebec): Regulation and modulation of the microRNA silencing pathway [online]

Victor Ambros (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester): Argonaute mutations that broadly disrupt microRNA activity in worms and human disease [online]

Grant McFadden (Arizona State University, Phoenix): Ex vivo oncolytic virotherapy with myxoma virus [online]

Dinner& Social event

Saturday, 20^th November 2021

9.00 – 10.00 Virtual Poster Session (part 1)/coffee

Short presentations of selected posters (5 minutes allocated to each presentation)

10.00 – 11.45 Session: “Radiation Biology and Medicine”

Chairpersons – Dorota Słonina & Nicolas Foray

Nicolas Foray (INSERM, Lyon): The radiation-induced nucleoshuttling of the ATM protein and its medical applications in radiotherapy and radiology.

Carmel Mothersill (McMaster University, Hamilton): New non-targeted mechanisms identified after low dose radiation exposure.

Ludwik Dobrzyński (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Świerk): Yonezawa effect and its modelling.

Marek Janiak (Military Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology, Warszawa): Antineoplastic effects of low-dose whole-body exposures to X-rays combined with inactivation of two immune checkpoints in mice.

11.45 – 12.00 Coffee Break

12.00 – 14.00 Session: “Targeted Drug Delivery and Experimental Therapies”

Chairpersons – Wiesław Szeja & Anna Kasprzycka

Grzegorz Grynkiewicz (Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Warszawa): Sustainable chemistry for a circular economy.

Andrzej Gamian/Beata Orzechowska (Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław): Viral vaccines - new challenges.

Tomasz Sarnowski (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warszawa): M13 bacteriophage and anti-SARS-CoV-2 VHH as a potential therapy against COVID-19.

Ilona Wandzik (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice): Micro- and nanosized hydrogels for biomedical applications.

Katarzyna Jelonek (Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Zabrze): Biodegradable micelles for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs.

Wiesław Szeja (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice): Glut-targeting improves the properties of drug glycoconjugates in relation to neoplastic cells.

14.00 – 15.00 Virtual Poster Session (part 2)/coffee

Short presentations of selected posters (5 minutes allocated to each presentation)

15.00 – 15.15 Presentation of awarded posters and closing remarks

15.15 – Lunch

Conference venue:

Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch,

Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, 44-102 Gliwice, Jeremi Święcki Lecture Room.

Given the ongoing and expected effects of COVID-19, we plan to hold a hybrid type meeting with a limited number of participants in person and with online access to a wider audience.

19-20 Nov 2021

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GSM 2021 invitation

Created on Tuesday, 27 July 2021 14:33

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to participate in the jubilee 25th Gliwice Scientific Meetings

This year planned sessions include:

Professor Mieczysław Chorąży – 70 years of research on tumor biology

Regulation of Gene Expression

Cancer Moonshot – Early Detection of Lung Cancer

Targeted Drug Delivery and Experimental Therapies

Radiation Biology and Medicine

Digital Poster Session (including Award for Best Poster Presentation)

Given the ongoing and expected effects of COVID-19, we plan to hold a hybrid type meeting with a limited number of participants in person and with online access to a wider audience.

GSM 2020 summary

Created on Saturday, 12 December 2020 11:03

Dear Gliwice Scientific Meeetings enthusiasts!

This year's Meeting is history. Our 24th conference, GSM 2020 was concluded on November 21st.
Thinking ahead: in the near future we shall start registration for the next year meeting.
The next - 25th GSM is to be held on November, 2021.
You are cordially invited to attend!

The Organizing Committee

GSM 2020 - registration

Created on Wednesday, 07 October 2020 21:29

Dear Colleagues,

The XXIVth Gliwice Scientific Meetings will be held on November 20, 2020 (Friday). Due to COVID-19 pandemia restrictions the Conference will take place this year in the virtual meeting formula. No registration fee will be required this year, however the registration is still mandatory. Registration and posters (digital only !) will be accepted until November 13, 2020.

All posters should be prepared using our template.

The Organizing Committee

GSM 2020

Created on Wednesday, 05 February 2020 08:57

Dear Gliwice Scientific Meeetings enthusiasts!

In the near future we shall start registration for the next year meeting.
The next - 24^th GSM is to be held on 20-21 November, 2020.
You are cordially invited to attend!

The Organizing Committee

GSM 2019 registration

Created on Monday, 07 October 2019 20:57

Dear Friend and Colleagues,
The 23rd Gliwice Scientific Meetings (22-23.11.2019) is coming. Please note important dates:

01.10.2019 Start of the registration (via conference web page)
03.11.2019 (24:00 CET) End of abstract submission (there will be no extensions)
08.11.2019 (24:00 CET) End of early registration
21.11.2019 (24:00 CET) End of late registration (we cannot guarantee participation in conference dinner and conference materials)

The recommended and maximal poster size is A0 (84,1 cm width x 118,9 cm height)

Complete registration fee is 500 PLN including the cost of participation in the conference Dinner (or 400 PLN without dinner).

The Organizing Committee

GSM 2018 summary

Created on Monday, 19 November 2018 10:07

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Thank you for your participation in the Gliwice Scientific Meetings 2018!

The conference materials are available at: gsn.io.gliwice.pl/materials/GSN_2018.pdf

We look forward to seeing you in Gliwice next November at GSM2019!

„Gliwickie Spotkania Naukowe 2018” - zadanie finansowane w ramach umowy nr 574/P-DUN/2018 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę"

GSM 2018 dates

Created on Sunday, 16 September 2018 21:58

Dear Friend and Colleagues,
The 22nd Gliwice Scientific Meetings (16-17.11.2018) is coming. Please note important dates:

01.10.2018 Start of the registration (via conference web page)
31.10.2018 (24:00 CET) End of abstract submission
09.11.2018 (24:00 CET) End of early registration
15.11.2018 (24:00 CET) End of late registration (we cannot guarantee participation in conference dinner and conference materials)

The recommended and maximal poster size is A0 (84,1 cm width x 118,9 cm height)

Complete registration fee is 300 PLN including the cost of participation in the conference Dinner (or 200 PLN without dinner).

The Organizing Committee

GSM 2017 summary

Created on Wednesday, 06 December 2017 09:14

Dear Gliwice Scientific Meeetings enthusiasts!

This year's Meeting is history. Our 21st conference, GSM 2017 was concluded November 18. Thinking ahead: in the near future we shall start registration for the next year meeting.The next - 22nd GSM is to be held November 16-17th, 2018.You are cordially invited to attend!

The Organizing Committee

Gliwickie Spotkania Naukowe 2017 - zadanie było finansowane w ramach umowy 634/P-DUN/2017 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.

Registration GSM 2017

Created on Sunday, 01 October 2017 20:38

The registration for Gliwice Scientific Meeetings 2017 is now available!

For registration and abstract submission please use the form available in the registration section. The deadline for abstract submission is October 27, 2017.

To participate in the Meetings you can register at any time, also at the Registration Desk during the Conference. However, if you wish to secure dinners, conference materials, etc. make sure you register until November 6, 2017.

GSM 2017 - Invitation

Created on Friday, 16 June 2017 10:53

Dear Gliwice Scientific Meeetings enthusiasts! In the near future we shall start registration for the next year meeting. The next - 21st GSM is to be held 17-18 November, 2017.

You are cordially invited to attend!

The Organizing Committee

GSM 2016 summary

Created on Tuesday, 06 December 2016 23:41

Dear Gliwice Scientific Meeetings enthusiasts!

This year's Meeting is history. Our 20th conference, GSM 2016 was concluded November 19.
Thinking ahead: in the near future we shall start registration for the next year meeting.
The next - 21st GSM is to be held November, 2017.
You are cordially invited to attend!

The Organizing Committee

"Gliwickie Spotkania 2016" finansowane były w ramach umowy 639/P- DUN/2016 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.

Registration GSM 2016

Created on Thursday, 06 October 2016 10:51

The registration for Gliwice Scientific Meeetings 2016 is now available!

For registration and abstract submission please use the form available in the registration section. The deadline for abstract submission is November 01, 2016.

To participate in the Meetings you can register at any time, also at the Registration Desk during the Conference. However, if you wish to secure dinners, conference materials, etc. make sure you register until November 9, 2016.

Gliwickie Spotkania Naukowe 2019” - zadanie finansowane w ramach umowy nr 511/P-DUN/2019 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę

The Gliwice Scientific Meeting is an annual event of international scope organized jointly by the Center of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, together with the Silesian University of Technology. The Meetings are held under the auspices of the Association for the Support of Cancer Research, a local non-profit organization seeking progress in anticancer research. The conference topics usually cover recent advances in molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics and bioinformatics that have an impact on cancer research, ranging from basic studies to clinical applications.
Gliwickie Spotkania Naukowe - 21 i 22 listopada 2014 roku. Gliwice Scientific Meetings - 21 i 22 November 2014

Organizers:

Association for the Support of Cancer Research,
Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch
Silesian University of Technology

Contact:

Joanna Rzeszowska, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Piotr Widłak, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jacek Rogoliński, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., phone: +48 32 278 9804

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