GEM Meeting — Florence, Italy

September 28, 2007 Scientific Programme

In Memory of Professor Paolo Carli

9.00 Marco Geddes da Filicaia. Welcome
9.10 Roberto Zanetti, Marianne Berwick. Programme of the day
9.20 Benvenuto Giannotti: Our Colleague Paolo Carli
9.30–11.00 Chair: Marianne Berwick, Alessandra Chiarugi
  • Bruce Armstrong: Sun exposure, vitamin D and melanoma survival
  • Anne Kricker, Colin Begg: Gene-Environment interaction in Melanoma
  • Stefano Rosso: Melanins and Melanoma
11.00–11.30 Coffee Break. GROUP PHOTO
11.30–13.0 Chair: Roberto Zanetti, Loraine Marrett
  • Emanuele Crocetti: Descriptive Epidemiology of Melanoma in Italy
  • Francesco Sera: The metaanalysis on aetiological studies on Melanoma
  • Nancy Thomas: Population Studies of Melanoma Tumors
13.00–14.00 Lunch Break
14.00–16.00 Chair: Richard Gallagher, Stefano Rosso
  • Terry Dwyer: Pigmentation and melanoma
  • Cristina Fortes: Diet, pesticides and melanoma—a case-control study
  • Boris Bastian: Molecular characterization of Melanoma
  • Alessandra Chiarugi: early detection of melanoma by clinical examination and dermoscopy
  • Tiziana Venesio: The fraction of BRAFV600E cells as a marker of exposure and transformation
  • Irene Orlow: CDKN2A and Melanoma—an update on function and risk
16.00–16.20 Coffee Break
16.20–17.30 Chair: Emanuele Crocetti, Terry Dwyer
  • Elisabeth Tieden: Behavior among subgroups of the Danish population based on personal UV dosimetry
  • Loraine Marret: Sunbeds and Melanoma
  • Roberto Zanetti: The story of Parkinson's disease, Levodopa and Melanoma