The eleventh Korea-Japan-Germany joint symposium on cancer and ageing research

摘要

The Eleventh Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Cancer and Ageing Research was held along with the first participation of German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) on July 5th-6th, 2012, at Gyeongju Hilton Hotel in Gyeongju, Korea. We greatly appreciate the communication between Professor Hirota Fujiki (Tokushima Bunri University) and Professor Otmar Whistler, the director of the DKFZ; three scientists from DKFZ participated in this symposium for the first time. This symposium was expanded from a bi-national to a tri-national joint meeting in this year. Prof. Fujiki delivered an opening address that included a short historical background introduction of this meeting and a remark on his conversation with Prof. Wiestler. Later, Prof. Hellmut Augustin kindly introduced DKFZ and the organization. Scientists in DKFG are organized into seven divisions depending on research programs covering most of the themes in oncology. Two main bodies, the Management Board and Board of Trustees, play a key role in DKFZ administration. This symposium included diverse types of studies from individual to a team-based integrative approach, including genomics, proteomics and potential therapeutics. We grouped the symposium presentations depending on their cancer or ageing research theme.