th
5 Waddensymposium
on
“Modulating and monitoring
alloreactivity”
This symposium is organized in collaboration with:
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www.waddensymposium.eu
Location: Grand Hotel Opduin, Texel, the Netherlands
www.opduin.nl
Preliminary program, 24th of June till the 27th of June 2012
Sunday 24th of June
18.00
Arrival Hotel Opduin, Texel
20.00
Dinner
Monday 25th of June
07.30 - 08.15 Breakfast
08.15 - 08.30 Welcome, symposium in perspective: Willem Fibbe, Leiden [The Netherlands]
The players
Chair: Cees van Kooten
08.30 – 09.05 Jean Paul Soulillou [France]
”The role of B cells in transplantation and tolerance”
09.05 – 09.40 Andrew Bushell [UK]
“Regulatory T cells for controlling alloreactivity:- Is mouse to man a logical
step?”
09.40 – 10.15 Loredana Ruggeri [Italy]
“Role of alloreactive NK cells in allogeneic transplantation”
10.15 – 10.50 Francesco Dazzi [UK]
“Mesenchymal stroma: innate tolerance and tissue repair”
10.50 – 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 – 11.55 Marcus Saemann [Austria]
“Professional Antigen Presenting Cells: the role of mTOR”
11.55 – 12.55 Short abstracts
Nicolle Litjens, Anne Bouvy, Carla Baan, Eyten Breman, Marlies
Reinders
13.00 – 13.45 Lunch
14.00 – 18.00 Informal discussion between young talented scientists / invited
speakers (Transfer at 14.00h)
18.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Keynote lecture
Chair: Wim Fibbe
Robert Lechler [UK] “Is alloimmunity manageable without drugs”
Tuesday 26th of June
07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast
The responses
Chair: Frans Claas
08.30 – 09.05 Ineke ten Berge [the Netherlands]
“Interplay between viral and alloimmunity”
09.05 – 09.40 Will Burlingham [USA]
“The role of chimerism in transplantation tolerance”
09.40 – 10.15 Stephen Sacks [UK]
“Complement and innate immunity in transplant rejection”
10.15 – 10.40 Coffee break
10.40 – 11.15 Caner Süsal [Germany]
“Clinical relevance of HLA specific antibodies”
11.15 – 11.50 Craig Taylor [UK]
”Determining HLA epitope immunogenicity using
comparative protein modelling”
11.50 – 13.00 Short abstracts
Pieter vd Pol, Michael Eikmans Dave Roelen, Sebastiaan Heidt,
Moshe Israeli, Cornelis van der Torren
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.45 – 18.00 Informal discussion between young talented scientists / invited
speakers (Transfer at 13.45h)
18.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Keynote lecture
Chair: Jaap Jan Zwaginga
Phil Halloran [Canada] “Molecular Diagnosis of Kidney Allograft Rejection”
Wednesday 27th of June
07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast
Clinical implementation
Chair: Willem Weimar
08.30 – 09.05 Robert Montgomery [USA]
“Desensitization”
09.05 – 09.40 Claudio Brunstein USA]
“Double cord blood transplantation”
09.40 – 10.15 Teun van Gelder [the Netherlands]
“Immunosuppressive therapy”
10.15 – 10.50 Silvia Gregori [Italy]
“Treg-based cell therapy in transplantation”
10.50 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.45 General discussion and position paper
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch
13.35
Departure by bus to Harbour
14.00
Departure boat to Den Helder
END OF MEETING