International Symposium of Tokyo University of Science, Translational Research (TR) Center —Frontiers in Developmental Strategy for Cancer Therapeutics— Date:October 20 (Saturday), 2018 10:30 - 19:00 Venue:Fujimi Bilding, Kagurazaka Campus, Tokyo University of Science, Japan 10:30 ~ 10:40 Opening Remarks Soichiro Okamura, Vice-President, Tokyo University of Science 10:40 ~ 11:20 Invited Lecture 1 “Role of exosomal microRNAs in the biology of the Tumor Microenvironment ” Muller Fabbri., Ph.D., University of Hawaii 11:20 ~ 11:50 “Obesity and intestinal cancer development” Michihiro Mutoh, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Center, Japan 11:50 ~ 13:10 Lunch Break 13:10 ~ 13:40 “Design and Development of Nano and Cell Medicine for Cancer Therapy” Makiya Nishikawa, Ph.D., Tokyo University of Science 13:40 ~ 14:10 “Development of a novel therapeutic strategy for poor prognostic breast cancer by PARP1 degradation mechanism” Yoshikazu Higami, M.D., Ph.D., Tokyo University of Science 14:10 ~ 14:40 “Establishment of gastric cancer patient-derived xenografts (PDX) and cell lines” Takeshi Kuwata, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan 14:40 ~ 16:10 Coffee Break & Poster Session 16:10 ~ 16:50 Invited Lecture 2 “Azetidine-based small molecule inhibitors of STAT3 for treating triple negative breast cancer” James Turkson, Ph.D., University of Hawaii 16:50 ~ 17:20 “Development of New Methods for Cancer Theranostics in Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Tokyo University of Science” Shin Aoki, Ph.D., Tokyo University of Science 17:20 ~ 17:25 Closing Remarks 17:30 ~ 19:00 Banquet Supported by MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities, 2014-2018 <Symposium Office> Prof. Takehisa Hanawa, TR Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science E-mail: y.kawano@rs.tus.ac.jp (Yayoi Kawano, Ph.D.)