Organizers:
Peter Finan (Novartis Horsham Research Centre, UK)
Bart Vanhaesebroeck (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK)
Melanie Welham (Bath, UK)
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PI 3-kinase in Signalling and Disease
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PI3K and immunology
Chair:
Bart Vanhaesebroeck (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK)
Mike Waterfield (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK)
PI3K in lymphocytes: isoform specificity, downstream targets and role in leukemia
David Fruman (Irvine, CA, USA)
A role of p85alpha in lymphocyte development
Shigeo Koyasu (Tokyo, Japan)
Btk-dependent regulation of phosphoinositide synthesis
Chris Carpenter (Boston, MA, USA)
Intrinsic protein kinase activity as a mechanism of PI 3-kinase regulation in vivo
Lazaros Foukas (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK)
PI3K in T cell activation and differentiation
Klaus Okkenhaug (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and poster viewing
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PI3K lipid functions and their turnover
Chair:
Stephen Ward (Bath, UK)
Mike Waterfield (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and poster viewing
Visualization of PI 3-kinase signalling in cells
Glen Prestwich (Echelon Biosciences Inc., USA)
Phosphoinositides in chemotaxis
Takehiko Sasaki - sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim (Akita, Japan)
Acute regulation of the tumour suppressor phosphatase, PTEN by anionic lipids and reactive oxygen species
Peter Downes (Dundee, UK)
The PTEN tumor suppressor : involvement of a tumor suppressor candidate in PTEN turnover
Tomohiko Maehama (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan)
PKB/Akt activation by PTEN inhibitors and PI 3-kinase activators
Rudiger Woscholski (Imperial College London, UK)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/tea break
17:15 - 19:00 Wine reception and poster session
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PI3K downstream signalling
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and poster viewing
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/tea break
The role of phosphoinositide dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) in T lymphocytes
Heather Hinton (Dundee, UK)
Physiological functions of PKB/Akt
Brian Hemmings (Freidrich Meischer Research Institute, Basel, Switzerland)
Identification and validation of novel cancer targets that act downstream of PI 3-kinase
Anke Klippel (Atugen AG, Germany)
17:15 - 19:00 Wine reception and poster session
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PI3K and cancer
Chair:
Melanie Welham (Bath, UK)
Wednesday 12 November 2003
The role of PI 3-kinase in cell transformation
Lew Cantley (Boston, MA, USA)
PI3K signalling and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC): the S6K connection
Richard Lamb (Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK)
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase and forkhead, a switch for cell division
Ana Carrera (Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain)
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee/tea break
Functional analysis of a tumor suppressor gene, PTEN in various tissues
Akira Suzuki (Akita, Japan)
Inhibiting the PI3K pathway for cancer treatment
Paul Workman (Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, London, UK)
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch and poster viewing
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PI3Ks as drug targets in inflammation
Chair:
Peter Finan (Novartis Horsham Research Centre, UK)
Wednesday 12 November 2003
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee/tea break
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch and poster viewing
Role of the class IA PI3K isoform delta in disease
Joel Hayflick (ICOS, Bothell, WA, USA)
Chemokine inhibition ¿ why, when, where, which and how?
Christian Rommel (Serono, Geneva, Switzerland)
Who is who in mast cell function? - Store-operated Ca 2+ entry and protein kinase C take a new role upstream of PI3K 
Katja Björklöf (Fribourg, Switzerland)
P-Rex1-deficient mice have impaired neutrophil function
Heidi Welch (The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee/tea break
The role of PI3K  in murine neutrophil chemotaxis during airway inflammation
Peter Finan (Novartis Horsham Research Centre, UK)
16:45 - 17:00 Lew Cantley - closing remarks
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New emerging roles of PI3Ks in disease
Wednesday 12 November 2003
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch and poster viewing
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee/tea break
PI3Kgamma: kinase-dependent and independent activities in cardiovascular function and disease
Emilio Hirsch (Torino, Italy)
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase: a novel target for anti-thrombotic therapy
Shaun Jackson (Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Victoria, Australia)
16:45 - 17:00 Lew Cantley - closing remarks
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