Biochemical Journal - US Symposium, March 22nd 2012

In gratitude to the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute for hosting its US Editorial Office, the Biochemical Journal is sponsoring a special one-day symposium on Thursday March 22nd 2012. Registration for this event is free.

Chair: Guy Salvesen | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla

Confirmed speakers are:

Biochemical Editorial Board Members

Maintaining energy homeostasis: the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade

David Carling | Imperial College, London

Mechanisms of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling

Mark Lemmon | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

mTOR Signaling

Brendan Manning | Harvard School of Public Health

Signal integration by p38 MAPKs

Angel Nebreda | Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona

Development of Drugs Targeting the PI 3-kinase pathway

Peter Shepherd | University of Auckland

Signaling Specificity in the PI 3-Kinase and Akt pathway in cancer

Alex Toker | Harvard Medical School

New insights into the signalling and biology of isoforms of PI 3-kinase

Bart Vanhaesebroeck | Barts Cancer Institute, London

GLUT4 and Insulin Secretion

Tao Xu | Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Special Guest Speakers

Cell migration and invasion in disease

Sara Courtneidge | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla

Cell signalling in cancer and the DNA damage response

Tony Hunter | Salk Institute, La Jolla

Mechanisms of cellular resilience in the face of stressful conditions

John Reed | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla

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