Frontiers in Transplantation 2015:
Clinical Excellence through Innovation
Day 1 - Tuesday, 1 September – Roben’s Suite, Guy’s Hospital
08.50 – 09.00
Introduction - Anthony Dorling & Giovanna Lombardi
09.00 – 09.40
Innate Immunity– Claudia Kemper
09.40 – 10.20
Allorecognition – Lesley Smyth
10.20 – 11.00
Tolerance in Transplantation – Giovanna Lombardi
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee
11.30 – 12.10
Antibody-mediated rejection – what happens when antibody binds
endothelium? – Anthony Dorling
12.10 – 12.50
Antibody-incompatible (ABOi/HLAi) transplantation – Nizam Mamode
12.50 – 13.45
Lunch
13.45 – 14.30
Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury – Martin Drage
14.30 – 15.15
Cytotopic Inhibition of innate immunity – development of targeted
anticomplement and anticoagulant agents – Richard Smith
15.15 – 15.45
Coffee
15.45 – 16.30
Evaluation of Mirococept in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury of Renal
Allograft –Phase IIb (EMPIRIKAL) Trial – Martin Drage
16:30 – 17:30
Wine and Cheese reception, with posters showcasing KCL Translational
Research
Day 2 - Wednesday, 2 September – Roben’s Suite, Guy’s Hospital
9.00 – 9.40
Importance of B cells in Transplantation – data from animal models
– Chris Callaghan
9.40 – 10.20
Studies of cell-mediated immunity in chronic antibody-mediated
rejection – Kin Yee Shiu
10.20 – 11.00
King’s trials in chronic rejection – Anthony Dorling
11.20 – 12.00
Immunoregulation – renal – Maria Hernandez-Fuentes
12.00 – 12.40
Immunoregulation – liver – Alberto Sanchez-Fueyo
12.40 – 13.20
Lunch
13.20 – 14.00
Immunoregulation – autoimmunity – Timothy Tree
14.00 – 14.45
Cell Therapy in Renal and Liver Transplantation – David Game and
Niloufar Safinia
14.45 – 15.15
Coffee
15.15 – 16.00
Commercialising cell based therapies: The Cell Therapy Catapult Natalie Mount
16.00 – 17.00
Guest Speaker – “Tolerance in ABO-incompatible Transplantation” –
Lori West
17.00
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