6th Symposium & master classes on Mucosal Immunology:
“Cells living on the edge”
Thursday 8 & Friday 9 October, 2015
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The Erasmus Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine has two main activities: the
organization of education for postgraduate students, and the stimulation of collaboration
between departments with a particular focus on translational research.
As a continuation of five prior very successful Symposia and workshops on Mucosal
Immunology, organised by the Erasmus Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine in 2004,
2006, 2008, 2011 and 2013, a 6th Symposium and workshops will be held in October 2015.
The committee has invited nationally and internationally leading scientists to give the
keynote lectures regarding mucosal cytokine responses and activation of innate and adaptive
immunity. In particular, we welcome:
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William Agace
Judy Allen
Andreas Diefenbach
Esther de Jong
Claire Lloyd
Kevin Maloy
Reina Mebius
Martijn Nawijn
On Thursday October 8th a symposium with plenary lectures will be held at the Erasmus MC.
Based on the previous symposia we expect up to 100 or more attendees from all over the
Netherlands and Belgium. On Friday October 9th workshops are held in which all attending
PhD candidates and post-docs are invited to present their own work. In these sessions, the
presented data will be discussed under the guidance of the keynote speakers and one staff
scientist from our research school.
A comprehensive reader consisting of recent papers on the Mucosal Immune System will be
issued before the start of the meeting.
The organizing committee:
Rudi W. Hendriks, Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC Rotterdam
Janneke N. Samsom, Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Erasmus MC Rotterdam
Frank L. van Vliet, managing director Erasmus Postgraduate School MolMed, Erasmus MC
Venue October 8th and 9th: Querido-zaal, Educational Center, Erasmus MC
Registration will be opened from now onwards via the Website of MolMed:
www.molmed.nl. For more information call Frank van Vliet: +31 (0)10 7043518 or
GSM+31 (0)6 54746408, or mail to: molmed@erasmusmc.nl.
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Wednesday evening: speakers’ dinner, Indonesia, 19.00
Thursday October 8th; Symposium
“Cells living on the edge”
Morning session, room: Querido-zaal, Educational center (‘Onderwijscentrum’)
Chairperson/moderator: Rudi Hendriks (Erasmus MC)
Time
Speaker
Subject/ title
9:00-9:30
Registration and coffee
Opening session; introduction of the day
9:30 - 9:40
Rudi Hendriks
Introduction “Cells living on the edge”
9:40 - 10:25 Reina Mebius
Dietary influences on the mucosal immune
system
10:25-11:10 Claire Lloyd
Epithelial inflammatory cytokines in allergic
airway inflammation
11:10-11:40 Coffee break
11:40-12:25 Judy Allen
Chitinase-like proteins in helminth infection
and type 2 immunity
12:25-13:00 Martijn Nawijn
Protocadherine-1 and E-cadherine in allergic
airway inflammation and hyperreactivity
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Afternoon session, room: Querido-zaal, Educational center
(‘Onderwijscentrum’)
Chairperson/moderator: Janneke Samsom (Erasmus MC)
Time
Speaker
Subject
14:00-14:45
Andreas Diefenbach
14:45-15:30
Kevin Maloy
15:30-16:00
Coffee & tea break
16:00-16:45
16:45-17:30
Esther de Jong
William Agace
17:30
Janneke Samsom & Rudi
Hendriks
Reception & drinks
17:30-…
Phagocyte function requires instructive
signals from commensal microbiota
Autophagy differentially regulates Treg and
TH2 cells to control intestinal inflammation
Living on the edge: mucosal dendritic cells
Dendritic cell subsets in the regulation of
intestinal T cell responses.
Closing remarks
This symposium is sponsored by:
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Friday October 9th; Master class sessions schedule, rooms and times
The final schedule will be made at the end of the symposium on Thursday, and will
depend on the various preferences of the participants who are allowed to make
their choices Thursday 17.30 at last. Early registrations on the free text field of the
registration form for the master classes have preference.
All classes can have max. 12 participants. All participants are advised to make
presentations for the master class about their own work.
Venue: Erasmus MC
Rooms (9.00-16.00) in Ae-building: Ae 2.16 & Ae 3.27; in Ee-building: Ee 22.83
The full Master Class schedule can be found Friday morning in the hall near Ae 4.13
Organiser/coach
Master Class; researcher
Room
Tom Cupedo
/Janneke Samsom
Rudi Hendriks
/Tom Cupedo
Rudi Hendriks
/Mirjam Kool
Sharon Veenbergen
/Mirjam Kool
Reina Mebius (only morning)
+ Claire Lloyd
Andreas Diefenbach
+ Kevin Maloy (only morning)
Judy Allen
Ae 2.16
1st Master Cl:
9:00-12:00
Tom Cupedo
Ae 3.27
Rudi Hendriks
2nd Master Cl:
13:00-16:00
Janneke
Samsom
Tom Cupedo
Ae 4.06
Mirjam Kool
Rudi Hendriks
Esther de Jong
+ Bill Agace
Ee 22.83
Sharon
Veenbergen
Mirjam Kool
Time schedule for each Master Class
 09.00
Start 1st MC
 10:30-10:45
Coffee break
 12:00-13:00
Lunch break
 13:00
Start 2nd MC
 14:30 -14:45
Tea break
 16:00
Farewell drinks
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Attendance fees
The registration fee for non-commercial participants, including all PhD students, of the
Course is € 200. Discounts are handled as follows:
 All participants from the postgraduate school MolMed, MSc students I&I and Erasmus
MC PhD students pay €0.
 Master students from elsewhere who pay the fee from their personal budget get a
discount and pay €100.
If these financial requirements pose a problem but you wish to attend the Course, please contact Frank van Vliet,
managing director of the Erasmus Postgraduate School Mol Med, at: f.vanvliet@erasmusmc.nl.
Invoices
Fees can be paid upon an INVOICE. Shortly after your registration you will receive the
INVOICE per mail. Payment per bank can be done on account of the Erasmus MC: (IBAN:)
NL86 ANBA 0434 7014 08; SWIFT code bank: ABNANL2A, together with the number on your
INVOICE.
Late participants can also pay in cash upon signing in for the Course.
Cancellations
The fees are for both days of the Course. There is no discount for participating on only one
day of the Course. Our cancellation policy is that cancellation is possible up to one week
before the start of the Course. Later cancellations will not be accepted, but you are allowed
to send a substitute.
Commercial participants & sponsors
Companies are invited to inquire for participation and sponsoring.
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