Cancer Biology

2,3, 6,7,10 October 2025
Milan

Organizer: Pier Paolo Di Fiore (IEO) - Dates: 2-3, 6-8 October 2025

Basic and advanced lectures on cancer biology to provide a complete overview on the current knowledge about cancer

Timetable
14.00-16.00
Lesson Argument

The concept of multistep carcinogenesis: oncogenes & tumor suppressors;
Receptor tyrosine kinases. 

Teachers

Pier Paolo Di Fiore

Affiliations

IEO

Lesson Location
IEO Coral Room
Timetable
14.00-16.00
Lesson Argument

Signal transduction: Ras/MAPK and other pathways;
Subversion of signal transduction in tumors;
Chromosomal translocation in tumors.

Teachers

Pier Paolo Di Fiore

Affiliations

IEO

Lesson Location
IEO Coral Room
Timetable
14.00-16.00
Lesson Argument

Tumor suppressors: gatekeepers and caretakers;
Apoptosis and its subversion in cancer

Teachers

Pier Paolo Di Fiore

Affiliations

IEO

Lesson Location
IEO Coral Room
Timetable
14.00-16.00
Lesson Argument

Replicative senescence and telomerases in tumors;
Immune response, immunoediting and immune checkpoints.

Teachers

Pier Paolo Di Fiore

Affiliations

IEO

Lesson Location
IEO Coral Room
Timetable
14.00-16.00
Lesson Argument

Tumor angiogenesis;
Stem cells, metastasis and EMT.

Teachers

Pier Paolo Di Fiore

Affiliations

IEO

Lesson Location
IEO Ivory & Silver Room