Award for Exploratory Workshop Molecular Signaling In Cardiovascular And Oncological Diseases: Similar And Shared Pathways by European Science Foundation

The Workshop “Molecular signaling in cardiovascular and oncological diseases: similar and shared pathways” intends to put together leading experts in cardiovascular diseases and oncology, molecular biology and information technology to evaluate similar and shared pathways and molecular signals during disease development. The definition of similarities and differences at the molecular level could help to define the multifactorial role in cell to cell communication, to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of diseases and to prospect possible therapeutical interventions. This extensive collaboration strategy in multidisciplinary fields could offer a new background platform for the interdisciplinary research in medicine. Investigators working in different fields often do not have the possibility of interactions; furthermore experimental research, from in vitro to in vivo, needs continuous feed-backs from the clinical arena and viceversa. The proposal of this workshop reflects the intention to induce an interaction among investigators of different disciplines, spanning from clinical to molecular level; to identify similarities and differences in the hope that a common effort could accelerate understanding of pathophysiology and generate therapeutical suggestions; to get the opportunity of bio-information technology cooperation. EW07-013 - EMRC http://www.esf.org/activities/exploratory-workshops/workshops-list.html?year=2008