Multidrug Resistance and ABC Transporters conference

Register and submit your abstract today!

Venue:

Best Western Hotel & Conference Center
5625 O'Donnell Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21224-4630, USA (map)

Date:

November 5, 2008

9:00am to 6:00pm

Organizers:

Dr Suresh V. Ambudkar (National Cancer Institute, NIH) and Abcam, Inc.

Meeting Focus:

The meeting will cover multidrug resistance in cancer and ABC transporters: basic, clinical, regulation and drug-drug interaction aspects.

Contents:

• Invited speakers
• Program
• Registration
• Exhibitors
• Accommodation
• Parking
• Sponsorship opportunities
• Contact information

Confirmed speakers:

• Keynote: Dr Michael M. Gottesman (National Cancer Institute, NIH)
  Current status of multidrug resistance and ABC transporters
• Dr Suresh V. Ambudkar (National Cancer Institute)
  Mechanism of action of multidrug resistance-linked ABC drug transporters
• Dr David S. Miller (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH)
  Regulation of P-glycoprotein and other ABC drug transporters at the blood-brain barrier
• Dr. Robert B. Innis (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH)
  Positron emission tomographic imaging of drug efflux transporters
• Dr Gilbert J. Burckart (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
  Drug-drug interactions and regulatory implications for membrane transporter substrates in drug development
• Dr Maria R. Baer (University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center)
  Clinical and therapeutic implications of multidrug resistance-associated ABC drug transporters

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Additional talks from submitted abstracts:

• Dr. Wilfred Stein (National Cancer Institute, NIH)
  Polymorphisms within PfMDR1 alter the substrate specificity for antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium falciparum
• Ms. Maria DeRosa (Hospital for Sick Children)
  Inhibition of MDR1 as possible therapy for Fabry Disease
• Dr. Zhe-Sheng (Jason) Chen (St. John's University)
  Tyrosine kinase inhibitors as modulators of multidrug resistance in cancer
• Dr. Robert Robey (National Cancer Institute, NIH)
  Novel inhibitors of ABCG2 identified by high-throughput screening analysis
• Dr. Demian Park (Phylonix)
  Zebrafish: A predictive model for assessing modulators of P-glycoprotein efflux
• Dr. Anne-Marie Bleau (Memorial Slaon-Kettering Cancer Center)
  Loss of PTEN increases ABCG2 activity in glioma tumor stem cells and contributes to the MDR phenotype
• Dr. Daotai Nie (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine)
  The role of PXR in cancer multidrug resistance
• Dr. Tianyong Zhao (University of Kentucky)
  Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) localizes in junction of cultured HL1 cells and mediates doxorubicin induced stress signal transmission between cells

Program:

Posters will be judged. The winner will receive up to $150 off their registration for a future Abcam conference or an antibody from the Abcam catalog.

Posters must be no larger than four feet tall by eight feel wide.

Registration:

The registration fee includes lunch, coffee, reception, and abstract book. Register today! 

Students are categorized as those in full-time education at the time of registering. Proof of student status may be requested.

If you are paying via American Express, please contact Katie via email or at 617-577-4263 since we cannot take the cards online at the moment.

Exhibitors:

Abcam is proud to have the following companies exhibiting at the meeting.

Absorption Systems
Absorption Systems® is “the drug absorption company”. A preclinical ADME contract research organization, we are also developing a suite of proprietary human cell lines, CellPort Technologies™ for the definitive identification and characterization of drug-transporter interactions. These models are used in the bidirectional transport assay format the FDA requires for submission.

Applied Biosystems
Applied Biosystems has demonstrated its position as a technology leader and driving force in the changing dynamics of the life science marketplace. The Applied Biosystems business is focused on the following markets: basic research, commercial research (pharmaceutical and biotechnology) and standardized testing, including forensic human identification, paternity testing and food testing.

Accommodation:

Please contact the Best Western Hotel & Conference Center to see if rooms are still available.

Parking:

Parking at the Best Western is complimentary if you are attending the meeting.

Sponsorship opportunities:

If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this meeting, please contact us for more information.

Meeting flier:

Download the flier for the meeting. (Warning - large file)

Feel free to print it out and distribute it at your organization.

Katie Sedat, Abcam Events Team
Phone: 617-577-4263