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  PROGRAMME  
     
  Theme areas:  
     
  Fluorescence diagnosis
of pre-cancerous lesions and cancer
 
     
  Photodynamic therapy of cancer  
     
 

Photodynamic therapy of microbial diseases
- current status and future trends

 
     
  5th EPPM SCHEDULE - (Download PDF)  
     
  Thursday, November 7th 2013  
       
  12:00-12:30 OPENING CEREMONY  
  12:30-14:10 SESSION 1
OVERVIEW OF PDT
 
  12:30-12:50 Photodynamic diagnostics and therapy in Bytom, Poland
Aleksander Sieroń
 
  12:50-13:10 The boosting power of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in combination with nanotechnology or radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF)
Heinrich Walt
 
  13:10-13:30 Photodynamic inactivation of microbial pathogens: applications for the treatment of microbial infections and the prevention of water-borne diseases
Giulio Jori
 
  13.30-13.50 Photodynamic diagnosis andtherapy; indication for neurosurgery: a review
Hervig Kostron
 
  13:50-14:10 Review of PDT in Thoracic Oncology
Keyvan Moghissi
 
  14:15-15:30 Coffee break (lunch on its own)  
  15:30-18:00 SESSION 2
ANTIMICROBIAL PDT (Chairman: G. Jori, T. Sarna, K. Berg, P. Ziółkowski)
 
  15:30-15:50 Clinical antimicrobial PDT
Tim Maisch
 
  15:50-16:10 Nanomaterials in photodynamic therapy and for enhanced antimicrobial photodynamic activity
Halina Podbielska
 
  16:10-16:30 Role of singlet oxygen and free radicals in antibacterial photodynamic therapy.
Tadeusz Sarna
 
  16:30-17:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS  
  16:30-16:40 Influence of photodynamic therapy on secretion of selected growth factors secreted by colon carcinoma cells in hypoxic microenvironment
K. Wawrzyniec , A. Kawczyk-Krupka, Z. Czuba, A. Mertas, B. Flak , P. Oleś,
J. Kiełtucki, W. Król, A. Sieroń - Bytom, Staszow, Poland
 
  16:40-16:50 Novel bacteriochlorins for photodynamic therapy: from concept to clinical trials
Janusz Dąbrowski, Martyna Krzykawska, Luis Arnaut, Krystyna Urbanska,
Grazyna Stochel - Krakow, Poland, Coimbra, Portugal
 
  16:50-17:00 Discussion
 
  20:00 Regional dinner  
       
  Friday, November 8th 2013  
       
  08:30-11:00 SESSION 3
BASIC PDT (Chairman: H. Walt, A. Ratuszna, H. Podbielska, G. Gasser)
 
  08:30-08:50 Basic research on PDT in Poland a new photosensitizers for the pdt applications – the physical and biological studies on the example of the Silesian group
Alicja Ratuszna
 
  08:50-09:10 The role of chosen regulatory proteins in the mechanism of photodynamic therapy
Piotr Ziółkowski
 
  09:10-09:30 Latest developments in Photochemical Internalization (PCI)
Kristian Berg
 
  09:30-09:50 Metal complexes in photodynamic therapy
Gilles Gasser
 
  09:50-11:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS  
  09:50-10:00 Lifelong suffering from PDT-like adverse effects – the genetic disease erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP)
Jasmin Barman-Aksözen, Emina Besic Gyenge, Rocco Falchetto,
Xiaoye Schneider-Yin, Elisabeth I. Minder - Zurich, Switzerland
 
  10:00-10:10 Novel Cages for Two-Photon Induced Uncaging: Tools for Chemical Biology and Beyond
Philipp Anstaett, Klemens Koziol, Peter Hamm, Gilles Gasser
- Zurich, Switzerland
 
  10:10-10:20 Visible light induced annihilation of tumour cells using novel tetraplatinated porphyrin conjugates for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
Anu Naik, Riccardo Rubbiani, Gilles Gasser, Bernhard Spingler
- Zurich, Switzerland
 
  10:20-10:30 The use of Rhenium complexes as Photosensitizers in PDT
Vanessa Pierroz, Anna Leonidova, Riccardo Rubbiani, Jakob Heier,
Stefano Ferrari, Gilles Gasser - Zurich, Dübendorf, Switzerland
 
  10:30-10:40 Novel DNA Intercalating Ru(II) Complexes as Potent Phototoxic Agents
Cristina Mari, Vanessa Pierroz, Riccardo Rubbiani, Malay Patra,
Stefano Ferrari, Gilles Gasser - Zurich, Switzerland
 
  10:40-10:50 Discussion  
  11:00-11:30 Morning coffee break  
  11:30-13:00 SESSION 4
CLINICAL (Chairman: H. Kostron, S. Ejlamel, S.G. Bown, P. Mlkvý, W. Latos)
 
  11:30-11:50 PDT- treating the untreatable
Ernest Allan
 
  11:50-12:10 What's new in Head and Neck PDT
Collin Hopper
 
  12:10-12:30 PDT for pancreatic and biliary carcinomas - review
Stephen G. Bown
 
  12:30-13.00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS  
  12:30-12:40 Clinical Usefulness of Topical Application of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid for Photodynamic Diagnosis of Cavum Oris Diseases
Anna Dojs, Alfreda Graczyk, Krystyna Opalko, Michał Dojs
- Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
 
  12:40-12:50 Oncological photodynamic therapy - clinical applications in China
Zheng Huang - CO USA, Fuzhou, China
 
  12:50-13:00 Discussion  
  13:00-14:00 Lunch  
  14:00-15:30 SESSION 5
CLINICAL (Chairman: K. Moghissi, W. Latos, A. Kawczyk-Krupka)
 
  14.00-14.20

Photodynamic therapy for locally advanced and metastatic lung cancer: Saint-Petersburg experience
Andrey Akopov

 
  14.20-14:40 Photodynamic Therapy in Oncology
Zheng Huang (on behalf of Ron Allison)
 
  14:40-15:00 Non-invasive Delineation of NMSC-Tumors and Control of PDT Results by OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography)
Carsten M. Philipp
 
  15:00-15:30 FREE COMMUNICATIONS  
  15:00-15:10 Novels in Image processing during autofluorescence bronchoscopy. How to improve quality of images and see more in real-time?
Kwiatek S., Kawczyk-Krupka A., Latos W., Stanek A., Flak B., Markiel M.,
Oleś P., Sieroń A. - Bytom, Poland
 
  15:10-15:20 Recent progress of ALA-PDT in China
Xiuli Wang and Hongwei Wang - Shanghai, P. R. China
 
  15:20-15:30 Discussion  
  15:30-16:00 Afternoon coffee break  
  16:00-17:30 EPPM members meeting  
  20:00 Banquet  
       
  Saturday, November 9th 2013  
       
  08:30-10:30 SESSION 6
CLINICAL (Chairman: A. Sieroń, A. Kawczyk-Krupka, A. Stanek, P. Ziółkowski)
 
  08:30-08:50

Vascular targeted PDT
Aleksandra Kawczyk-Krupka

 
  08:50-09:10 The role of fluorescence diagnosis in gastrointestinal diseases
Wojciech Latos
 
  09:10-09:30

Ablative therapy of early stage of GI cancers
Peter Mlkvý

 
  09:30-09:50 Photodynamic applications in the nervous system, an up date?
Sam Ejlamel
 
  09:50-11:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS  
  09:50-10:00 The influence of photodynamic therapy on secretion of selected angiogenesis factors (VEGF) and adhesive molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1) secreted by colon cancer cell lines in hypoxic environment“.
B. Flak, A.Kawczyk-Krupka, Z. Czuba, A. Mertas, S. Kwiatek, P. Jończyk, W. Król, A. Sieroń - Bytom, Poland
 
  10:00-10:10 The influence of photodynamic therapy on secretion of selected progression factors secreted by colon carcinoma cells in hypoxic microenvironment
P. Oleś , A. Kawczyk-Krupka, Z. Czuba, A. Mertas, B. Flak , M. Potempa,
K. Wawrzyniec, E. Szliszka, W. Król, A. Sieroń - Bytom, Poland
 
  10:10-10:30 Discussion  
  10:30-11:00 Morning coffee break  
  11:00-12:45 Round Table Session  
  13:00-14:00 Lunch  
       
  The expexted time for plenary lecture is 20 minutes
and for free communication 10 minutes.
 
     
  The organizer reserves the right to make changes in the program.  
     
  [ date of modyfication, November 5, 2013 ]