The diversity of experimental
systems used to study the effects of Notch signaling, pleiotropy of
Notch signals, and increased appreciation of Notch involvement in disease
has made the Notch field explode in the past decade.
In 2007 we
launched a biennial general Notch research meeting that aims to reflect
the diversity of Notch research and bring together researchers from
different fields and different experimental systems interested in Notch
signaling. This second meeting was held in Athens in 2009. These meetings
allow each of us to become better informed about what is happening in
spheres of interest not immediately connected with our own, get a feeling
about the trends and most exciting developments in the field, explore
medical Notch applications, and hear and meet old and new players.
Interspersed with these general meetings, in alternating years, more focused smaller
workshops help to explore specific thematic in more depth. The first
such workshop with the title Notch and Cancer was held in 2008.
The second such meeting with the title Notch and Stem Cells will
be held in Athens in October 2010.
These meetings are
sponsored by the not for profit foundation Fondation Santé (www.FondationSante.org) and benefit from the generosity of additional
sponsors. The provisional program includes sessions and confirmed speakers.
There will also be a poster session. The program will not be firmly
set before early summer.
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