1^st Joint Meeting UTSW Medical Center & School of Medicine and Dentistry UVEG Valencia, 5-6 March 2015. Aula Magna, Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia

Introduction Speakers Program Abstract submission Committees

DAY 1 - March 5^th 9:00 Opening & Welcome - Federico V. Pallardó. Dean, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Valencia. - Andrew Zinn. Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas. - Clara Martínez. Vicepresident for Sustainability and Planning 9:15 Session 1: Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology - Kidney cancer: molecular genetics, biology and translation. James Brugarolas, UTSW Medical Center. - Molecular basis of endometrial cancer. Diego Castrillon, UTSW Medical Center. - Personalized medicine in oncology. Gloria Ribas, INCLIVA, Valencia. 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Plenary lecture - Overview of the Lung Cancer Program at UTSW Medical Center. Adi Gazdar, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas. 11:45 Session 2: Cardiovascular Research - Redox regulation of cardiomyocyte renewal. Hesham Sadek, UTSW Medical Center. - New biomarkers of essential hypertension. Josep Redón, INCLIVA, Valencia; Dept. of Medicine, University of Valencia. - Cardiac MRI for prognosis and decision making after acute myocardial infarction. Vicent Bodí, INCLIVA, Dept. of Medicine, University of Valencia. 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Session 3: Neurology and Brain Research - Adult-generated neurons: What are new neurons good for? And what is good for them? Amelia Eisch, UTSW Medical Center. - Molecular mechanisms of neural stem cell self-renewal. Isabel Fariñas, Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Valencia. - Aberrant neurogenesis as a therapeutic target to prevent epilepsy. Jenny Hsieh, UTSW Medical Center. - Nutritional psychiatry research. Vicent Balanzá, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia; Dept. of Medicine, University of Valencia. 16:45 Coffee break - poster session 17:15 Session 4: Short talks from Valencian researchers. DAY 2 - March 6^th 9:15 Session 5: Molecular mechanisms of human diseases - Dysbiosis in the inflamed intestine: Chance favors the prepared microbe. Sebastian Winter, UTSW Medical Center. - Molecular mechanisms of aging and longevity. Consuelo Borrás, Dept. of Physiology, University of Valencia. - From the cell nucleus to the heart of Africa. Carlos Romá-Mateo. Dept. of Physiology, University of Valencia. - Calpains and mammary gland involution, where "to make an end is to make a beginning”. Elena Ruiz Garcia-Trevijano, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia. - Oxidative Stress and DNA damage in human gastrointestinal tumors. Guillermo T. Sáez. Dr. Peset University Hospital, Valencia; Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia. 11:00 Coffee break - poster session 11:30 Plenary lecture - Colorectal Cancer and New Therapeutic Strategies. Andrés Cervantes, INCLIVA, Valencia; Dept. of Medicine, University of Valencia. 12:15 Session 6: Omics and new technologies in biomedical research - Elucidating the mechanisms of neurotransmitter release using NMR spectroscopy. Jose Rizo-Rey, UTSW Medical Center. - NMR-based metabolomics and biomarker discovery. Daniel Monleón, INCLIVA, Valencia; Dept, of Pathology, University of Valencia. - Proteomics application to biomedicine and protein chemistry. Manuel Sanchez del Pino, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia. - Functional genomics and lung cancer therapeutics. Julián Carretero, Dept. of Physiology, University of Valencia. 13:30 Concluding remarks & closure of the meeting. - Federico V. Pallardó. Dean, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Valencia. - Andrew Zinn. Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas. - Janet Kafka. Honorary Consul of Spain, Dallas-Fort Worth.