Program
(update: September 18th, 2014)
Thursday October 2nd
13:00 Registration, Poster set-up
13:00 EMDS Council Meeting
14:45 Opening remarks
15:00-18:20 Session I: Innate Immunity and innate immune defects
Chairpersons: Silvano Sozzani, Ulrike Schleicher
15:00- 15:35 Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis, France/USA
Genetic predisposition to mycobacterial diseases in human15:35-16:10 Erik Peterson, USA
Autoimmunity gene Ptpn22 promotes innate anti-microbial responses16:10-16:25 Victoria Saferding, Austria
The role of microRNA-146a in inflammatory Arthritis
Coffee break
16:55-17:30 Mihai G. Netea, The Netherlands
Trained Immunity: the adaptive memory characteristics of innate immunity17:30-17:45 Florence Niedergang, France
HIV-1 infection of macrophages impairs their functions of phagocytosis and activation using various viral factors17:45-18:00 Vladmir Ryabov, Germany
Stabilin-1 is expressed on early stages of human breast cancer and supports growth of mouse mammary adenocarcinoma
18:00-18:15 Presentation of bi-annual EMDS Prize
Florent Ginhoux
Dendritic cell and Macrophage ontogeny
Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
18:15 Wine and Cheese party and poster viewing
Friday, October 3rd
9:00-11:450 Session II: Immune Intervention
Chairpersons: Sylvia Knapp, Georg Stingl
9:00-9:35 Jolanda deVries, The Netherlands
Human blood BDCA1+ CD14+ cells: immune suppressors with dendritic cell features9:35-10:10 Antonio Celada, Spain
Macrophages and inflammation: can we modify the scenario?10:10-10:25 Elisabeth Zinser, Germany
Soluble CD83 induces IDO-mediated immune modulation, increases Foxp3+ T cells and inhibits transplant rejection
Coffee break
10:55-11:30 Günter Weiss, Austria
Linkage of iron homeostasis to immune control of infections.11:30-11:45 Gijs Kooij, The Netherlands
Worms to the rescue: Immunomodulation by Trichuris suis & implications for Multiple Sclerosis
11:45-12:55 Session III: Autophagy and Immunity
Chairperson: Hannes Stockinger
11:45-12:20 N. Tony Eissa, USA
Autophagy in Innate Immunity12:20-12:55 Christian Münz, Switzerland
Autophagy proteins in MHC restricted antigen presentation
13:00 Lunch and poster viewing
14:30-16:15 Session IV: Origin, Ontogeny and function of macrophages and dendritic cells
Chairperson: Löms Ziegler-Heitbrock
14:30-15:05 Markus Feurer
Origin of monocytes and macrophages in a committed progenitor15:05-15:40 Manfred Kopf
Tissue specific and cell intrinsic signals driving the development of alveolar macrophages15:40-16:15 Allan Mowat
Development and functions of intestinal macrophages and dendritic cells
Coffee break
16:45 -18:05 Session V: Transcriptional networks
Chairpersons: Pavel Kovarik, Michael Rehli
16:45-17:20 Joachim L. Schultze
Transcriptional Programming of Macrophages: On the way to systems immunology17:20-17:35 Subhra K. Biswas, Singapore
Transcriptional and molecular characterization of monocyte-macrophage reveals their tumor promoting role in human Renal Cell Carcinoma.17:35-17:50 Franz Kratochvil, USA
Inflammatory signaling blocks M2 associated phenotype in tumor associated macrophages.17:50-18:05 Ilka Knippertz
Transcriptional regulation of the human CD83 gene in dendritic cells and lymphocytes
18:05-19:30 EMDS Business Meeting
20:00 Dinner at city hall
Saturday, October 4th
9:00-11:45 Session VI: Signal transduction
Chairpersons: Manuela Baccarini, Amaya Puig Kroger
9:00-9:35 Lena Alexopoulou, France
Endosomal TLR interplay and its relevance to autoimmunity9:35-10:10 Eicke Latz, Germany
Extracellular functions of inflammasomes10:10-10:25 Kate Schroder, Australia
The neutrophil NLRC4 inflammasome selectively promotes IL-1ß maturation without pyroptosis during acute Salmonella challenge
Coffee break
10:55-11:30 Carlos Ardavin, Spain
Modulation of defense against Candida albicans infection by type I interferon.11:30-11:45 Natasa Kopitar Jerala, Slovenia
Mechanisms of caspase 11 upregulation in stefin B (cystatin B ) deficent mice.
11:45-12:50 Session VII: Local immunity
Chairperson: Wilfried Ellmeier
11:45-12:00 Sancho David, Spain
Cross-presenting dendritic cells are crucial for the generation of resident memory CD8+ T cells.12:00-12:15 Elisabeth Glitzner, Austria
Specific roles for dendritic cell subsets during initiation and progression of psoriasis12:15-12:50 Percy Knolle, Germany
Liver immunity in protection against virus infection
12:50 Closing remarks