0 SFB-TRR 43: International Symposium 2010

 

Program (updated: 02 June 2010)

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Thursday, 3 June 2010
13:00 – 14:00 Registration and coffee

14:00 – 15:00 Opening session
Chair: F Zipp
W Brück - Welcome Address
S Zamvil - Keynote Lecture 1
     
15:00 – 16:00 PANEL 1
Acute/viral CNS inflammation and autoimmunity
Chair: S Lehnardt, D Merkler
B Hemmer - Emerging autoantibodies in acute and chronic autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system
S Fillatreau - B cell-based therapy for the elimination of unwanted immunity

16:00 – 16:30 Refreshments

16:30 – 18:30 PANEL 2
Chronic inflammation of the CNS
Chair: O Aktas, A Meisel
E Meinl - Molecular analysis of multiple sclerosis lesions
N Goebels - Axonal bystander damage by myelin directed CD8+T cells
B Becher - TH-Path cells: Identification and characterization of a novel encephalitogenic cytokine
H Lassmann -Mechanisms of demyelination and neurodegeneration in the progressive Stage of Multiple Sclerosis

18:30 – 20:30 Poster session SFB Project Area A and dinner buffet
     
Friday, 4 June 2010
9:00 – 10:00 PANEL 3, Part 1
The role of different immune cell populations in chronic inflammation of the CNS
Chair: H Kettenmann, UK Hanisch
J Goverman - Pathogenesis of CD8+ T Cell-Mediated Autoimmunity in the Central Nervous System
I Bechmann - Immune privilege and blood-brain barrier: concepts and misconceptions

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00 PANEL 3, Part 2
Chair: J Priller, R Nitsch
A Waisman - The curious case of Th17 and IL-17 in autoimmunity
J Laman - APC functions in MS
C Linington - B cells and antibodies in the pathogenesis of MS

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30 PANEL 4
Requirements for inflammation of the CNS
Chair: A Flügel, C Stadelmann-Nessler
L Fugger - Functional genetics in multiple sclerosis
M Kerschensteiner - In vivo pathogenesis of immune-mediated axon damage
J Trotter - NG2-expressing progenitor cells: role in myelination and inflammmation

14:30 – 16:30 Coffee break and Poster Session SFB Project Area B

16:30 – 18:30 PANEL 5
Stroke and Inflammation
Chair: U Dirnagl, M Endres
E Lo - Neurovascular injury and remodeling after stroke
R Veltkamp - T cells in cerebral ischemia
P Stys - Molecular mechanism of axoglial injury in CNS white matter
Dorian McGavern - Illuminating acute CNS viral pathogenesis using intravital 2-photon microscopy

19:00 Pick-up for dinner (bus service)

19:30 – 22:30 Dinner

22:30 Bus service back to hotel

     
Saturday, 5 June 2010
9:00 – 10:30 PANEL 6
Neuropathology involving inflammation
Chair: F Kirchhoff, K Nave
JP Julien - Inflammation in ALS and development of immunotherapy
H Wiendl - Functional interactions between immune cells and neuronal cells in CNS inflammation
R Hohlfeld - Identification of T-cell target antigens starting from human tissue

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
     
11:00 – 12:15 Closing Session
Chair: M Prinz
H Wekerle - Keynote Lecture 2 - Treacherous helpers: CD4 T cells attacking the central nervous system
F Heppner - Summary Statements

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch