Abstract
The 11th International Workshop on the CCN Family of Genes organized in Nice from October 20th to October 24th, 2022, was the occasion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ICCNS meetings.
In order to mark this special event, and as a co-organizer of the workshop, I shot pictures to illustrate the nice days that we spent with all the scientists who accepted to participate in this new episode of the ICCNS workshop series.
The meeting
It was the first CCN meeting in person since the COVID-19 pandemics.
All the participants were happy to get together again.
This year, Professor Lester Lau from Chicago has been the ICCNS Awardee, in recognition of his contributions to the field of Cell Communication and Signaling.
Lester Lau has long been committed to advancing research and scientific interest in the CCN field. He has been actively involved in the ICCNS since its inception and has previously served as the Head of the ICCNS Council and President of the Scientific Advisory Board.
ICCNS Awardees
11th international workshop on the ccn family of genes
Program
Thursday, October 20, 2022
17h00 Registration begins
19h00 Welcome reception and buffet dinner
Friday, October 21, 2022
9h00–10h00
JCCS Editorial Board meeting (private) sponsored by JCCS Springer
10h00–10h30 Coffee Break
Workshop opening
10h30–11h15
Bernard Perbal
From Molecular to Functional: A wide angle Approach to Cellular Communication Networks Factors
11h15–11h30 ICCNS Award Presentation- Bernard Perbal
ICCNS—Award conference
11h30–12h30
Lester Lau
CCN1 in wound healing and tissue regeneration
12h30- 14h00 Lunch
Session I
Regulation of cell growth and differentiation
Chair: Brahim Chaqour
14 h:00–14h30.
Brahim Chaqour
The matricellular protein CCN2/CTGF is an extrinsic cue essential for retinal progenitor cell growth and diversification
14h30–15h00
Stephen Twigg
Prospects for CCNs as markers and mediators in diabetes and its complications:a liver focus
15h00–15h30
Kunimasa Ohta
Involvement of the soluble molecule, akhirin, in the niche regulation during brain development
15 h:30–16h00
Gary Fisher
Transcription coactivators YAP/TAZ are essential for postnatal maturation of the dermal extracellular matrix in mouse skin
16h00–16h30 Coffee Break
16h30–17h00
David Roberts
Insights from human genetic variation into functions of the thrombospondin and CCN gene families
17h00–17h30
Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan
Time-of-day secretome profiling reveals rhythmic ECM secretion and reveals altered circadian ECM remodelling during skeletal muscle ageing.
17h30–18h00
Ulf Smith
Cell senescence in human metabolic disorders
19h00 ICCNS-Sponsored Social Event
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Section II
Cancer development & therapy
Chair: Sushanta Banerjee
9h00–9h30
Taihao Quan
Dermal fibroblast CCN1 expression in mice accelerated dermal aging and stimulates skin tumor formation
9h30–10h00
Kathryn Meier
Roles for CCN proteins in lysophosphatidic acid and Sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling in prostate cancer cells
10h00–10h30
Sushanta Banerjee
The role of CCN1 in mutant K-ras addiction in pancreatic cancer
10h30–11h00 Coffee Break
11h00–11h30
Katia Scotlandi
IGF2BP3 tunes cargo of exosomal mirna affecting migration of Ewing sarcoma via PI3K/AKTpathway
11h30–12h00
Carlo Croce
Micro RNA loss to identify oncogenic targets for therapy
12h00–12h30
Herman Yeger
Cancer Therapy: Hitting cancer from all directions. How are we still missing the mark?
12h30–14h00 Lunch
ICCNS—sponsored afternoon
Guided tour of the old city of Nice
19h00 ICCNS-Sponsored Social Event
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Session III
Chondrogenesis and Osteoarthritis
Chair: Blandine Poulet
9h00–9h30
Ali Mobasheri
The clusterin connectome, chondrocyte biology and osteoarthritis biomarkers
9h30–10h00
Csaba Matta
On the role of the CCN family in early chondrogenesis
10h00–10h30
Satoshi Kubota
Do not overwork: CCN3 for life in cartilage
10h30–11h00 Coffee break
11h00–11h30
Roland Takacs
Connections in the transcriptional regulation of clusterin and ccn family genesin normal and osteoarthritic articular cartilage samples
11h30–12h00
Blandine Poulet
Effects of fibrillin-1 deficiency on osteoarthritis development
12h00–14h00 Lunch
Session IV
Future prospects
Chair: Bernard Perbal
14h00–14h30
Sima Zolfaghari
Uncovering the bioactive signaling entity of CCN5 counteracting the diverse functions of CCN2
14h30–15h00
George Bou-Gharios
Endocytosis of extracellular molecules in respiratory health and disease
15h00–16h00
Jean Claude Chermann
16h00–16h30 Coffee break
16h30–17h15
Bernard Perbal
Concluding remarks/ICCNS/ARBIOCOM
19h30 Cocktail and gala dinner with live music
Monday, October 24, 2022 Departure of Participants
The meeting has been a great success.
In order to thank all the attendees among whom some came from far away in Europe, USA and Australia, the ICCNS board organized several social events.
A dinner with wine tasting in a local “Taverne”
A dinner in an Italian restaurant
A guided tour of the old city of Nice
Finally, to end the meeting in a pleasant way, a gala dinner with live music
The 2024 meeting will be held in Oslo Norway,
Thanks to Professor Håvard Attramadal and his team, who accepted to take care of the organization
If you wish to be informed in time, please visit the ICCNS site on: https://ccnsociety.com/
Footnotes
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