6th Waddensymposium
on
“Transfusion Medicine and Immune
Modulation”
This symposium is organized in collaboration with:
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www.waddensymposium.eu
Location: Grand Hotel Opduin, Texel, the Netherlands
www.opduin.nl
This symposium is accredited for 12 points by the
Dutch Society for Immunology (N.V.V.I)
Final program, 23rd of June till the 26th of June 2013
Sunday 23rd of June
18.00
Arrival Hotel Opduin, Texel
20.00
Dinner
Monday 24th of June
07.30 - 08.15 Breakfast
08.15 - 08.30 Welcome, symposium in perspective: Willem Fibbe, Leiden [The Netherlands]
Pathophysiology of allo-immunization in blood transfusion
Chair: Jaap Jan Zwaginga
08.30 – 09.05 France Noizat- Pirenne [France]
“Red blood cell alloimmunization in transfusion”
09.05 – 09.40 Sean. R. Stowell [USA]
“Mechanisms and Consequences of Incompatible RBC Transfusion”
09.40 – 10.15 Alexander Vlaar [the Netherlands]
“Antibody and non-antibody mediated TRALI”
10.15 – 10.50 Raymond Goodrich [USA]
“White cell inactivation as a consequence of pathogen reduction
technologies: Exploring the risks and benefits of side effects”
10.50 – 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 – 11.55 Anne Husebekk [Norway]
“Platelet immunization”
11.55 – 12.40 Abstracts
Robin van Bruggen [the Netherlands] “CD47 functions as a molecular
switch for erythrocyte phagocytosis”
Anno Saris [the Netherlands] “Alloimmunization and T cell activation
in onco-hematological patients transfused with platelets”
Dave Roelen [the Netherlands] “HLA mismatches that are identical for
the antigen recognition site: An inventory of the functional
consequences”
12.40 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 18.00 Informal discussion between young talented scientists / invited
speakers (Transfer at 13.30h)
18.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Keynote lecture
Chair: Marian van Kraaij
Karina Yazdanbakhsh [USA] “Immune dysregulation in autoimmune cytopenias”
Tuesday 25th of June
07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast
Immunological consequences of allo-exposure
Chair: Frans Claas
08.30 – 09.05 Sarah Robertson [Australia]
“Pregnancy and immunomodulation – the latest insights”
09.05 – 09.40 Peter Hordijk [the Netherlands]
“Effect of transfusion on endothelial cells”
09.40 – 10.15 Thomas Fehr [Switzerland]
“Mixed chimerism and transplantation tolerance”
10.15 – 10.40 Coffee break
10.40 – 11.15 Robert Barker [UK]
“T Cell Subsets and Epitopes in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia”
11.15 – 11.50 Anita Hill [UK]
“The role of complement inhibition in PNH and aHUS”
11.50 – 12.45 Abstracts
Henk Schonewille [the Netherlands] “Pregnancy induced red blood
cell antibody persistence and feto-maternal chimerism”
Lisa Lashley [the Netherlands] “Oocyte donation pregnancies are
associated with a higher incidence of HLA alloantibodies”
Tess Meuleman [the Netherlands] “The immunomodulating effect of
semen on maternal T cells”
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 18.00 Informal discussion between young talented scientists / invited
speakers (Transfer at 13.30h)
18.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Keynote lecture
Chair: Anneke Brand
Lee Nelson [USA] “Microchimerism: The Otherness of Self in Autoimmunity and Alloimmunity”
Wednesday 26th of June
07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast
Cellular therapy
Chair: Wim Fibbe
08.30 – 09.05 Edward Geissler [Germany]
“Cellular therapy in organ transplantation"
09.05 – 09.40 Katarina Le Blanc [Sweden]
“Multipotent mesenchymal stem cells in allogenic stem cell transplantation”
09.40 – 10.15 Bart Roep [the Netherlands]
“Tolerogenic dendric cells as immune intervention therapy in clinical
type 1 diabetes”
10.15 – 10.50 Hermann Einsele [Germany]
“Immunotherapeutic approaches based on DCs/Tcells to improve the
outcome of stem cell transplantation”
10.50 – 11.05 Short presentation
Liesbeth Oosten [the Netherlands]
“Treatment of severe steroid-refractory acute GvHD with mesenchymal
stromal cells. A phase III randomized double-blind multi-center HOVON study”
11.05 – 11.25 Coffee break
11.25 – 12.45 General discussion and position paper
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30
Departure to Harbor
(13.15 departure city bus 28 to the harbor)
14.00
Departure boat to Den Helder
END OF MEETING