Three abstracts selected for presentation at American Pancreas Club meeting, Chicago, May 2014

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM – TOPIC: Translational Studies

• S014 ROLE OF CYB5A IN PANCREATIC CANCER: CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL OUTCOME AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION IN THE MODULATION OF AUTOPHAGY AND ONCOGENIC PHENOTYPES – Elisa Giovannetti, MD, PhD (Long)
• S017 NEW PLATFORMS FOR PDAC PRECLINICAL STUDIES: 3D TISSUE-ENGINEERED MODELS BASED ON PRIMARY CANCER CELLS AND SYNTHETIC SCAFFOLDS – Claudio Ricci, PhD (Long)
• S018 BIOLUMINESCENT ORTHOTOPIC PANCREATIC-DUCTAL- ADENOCARCINOMA (PDAC) MOUSE MODELS DERIVED FROM PRIMARY PDAC CELLS AS A PLATFORM FOR THERAPEUTIC DISCOVERY – Niccola Funel, PhD (Short)

Dr. Giovannetti with Prof. Farrell (Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Director, Yale Center for Pancreatic Diseases) at the American Pancreas Club meeting, Chicago, May 2014