CARTAZ A3_INGLÊS A.C.Camargo Global Meeting of Translation Science 1st São Paulo School of Translational Science São Paulo-SP, Brazil April 19th - 30th, 2010 With over a half a century of experience, Hospital A.C.Camargo is today the largest cancer hospital in Latin America. More than 14,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed and treated each year at its facilities. Over 800,000 patient consultations and procedures including 10,000 surgeries are performed per year. The Hospital and its world-class team treat more than 800 types of medically identified tumors and has a long-standing tradition and international reputation in producing and sharing knowledge. The 50-year-old residency program has trained more than 1,000 residents or about 50% of the country’s oncologists. Its graduate course in oncology received the highest possible rank, awarded by the Ministry of Education in Brazil and its tumor bank ranks among the top twenty tumor collections in the world. The hospital’s research activities played a crucial role in some of the country’s most important research, including the Human Cancer Genome project, which led to the world’s second largest contribution to our current knowledge of the human transcriptome. In the last five years, the A.C.Camargo strong research program has produced over 645 publications in leading journals, with the highest average impact index in South-America. 1st São Paulo School of Translational Science: The Hospital A.C.Camargo invites graduated students, post-docs and young researchers/professors for a 2-weeks course on translational science, to be held in São Paulo, Brazil between April 19th and 30th, 2010. This course will be given by 40 professors from more than 20 European, North and South-American institutions, and will cover genomics, drug-development, immunology, neurosciences and cancer research. Confirmed speakers Achatz, Maria Isabel - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Arap, Wadih - MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA Ashton-Prolla, Patricia - UFRGS - Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil Bardelli, Alberto - Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), Torino - Italy Brentani, Ricardo Renzo - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Brito-Cruz, Carlos Henrique - FAPESP, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Carraro, Dirce - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Cavenee, Web - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, USA Chammas, Roger - USP - São Paulo-SP, Brazil Costa, Rui - Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal Coutinho, Antonio - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Oieras, Portugal Crocce, Carlo - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Dias-Neto, Emmanuel - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Drmanac, Radoje - Complete Genomics, Mountain View, CA, USA Giordano, Ricardo J. - Instituto de Química, USP, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Hainaut, Pierre - International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France Izquierdo, Ivan - Pontif. Univ. Católica RGS, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil Kalluri, Raghu - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Kang, Yibin - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Kobarg, Jörg - Laboratório Nacional de Luz Sincroton, Campinas-SP, Brazil Kowalski, Luiz Paulo - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Linden, Rafael - UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil Lobb, Roy - Avila Therapeutics, Waltham, MA, USA Lopes, Ademar - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Lyden, David - Weill Cornell Medicla College, New York, NY, USA Mainen, Zach - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Oieras, Portugal Malkin, David - The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Martins, Vilma - Ludwig Institute fo Cancer Research, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Moura-Neto, Vivaldo - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil Moustakas, Aristidis - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden Pasqualini, Renata - MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA Prado, Marco Antonio - Robarts Research Institute, Ontario - Canada Podhajcer, Osvaldo - Fund. Inst. Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rehen, Stevens - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil Rogatto, Silvia R. - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Rosenberg, Carla - IB/USP, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Seeley, Randy J. - National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethseda, MD, USA Soares, Fernando A. - Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil Stankiewicz, Pawel - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Tuder, Rubin - University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA Verjovski-Almeida, Sergio - Instituto de Química, USP - São Paulo-SP, Brazil Online Registrations will be accepted until March 7th, 2010 Grants covering air-tickets, hotel and meals will be given to 100 participants from any country, which will be selected based on publication record and a scientific abstract to be evaluated by an internal committee. Selection results Selected participants will be notified by e-mail in March 12, 2010. For registration and further information visit: www.schoolscienceaccamargo.org.br Organization Sponsorship