Program

Thursday, 2.6.2005
arrival and registration
17.00 – 17.30
Welcome
17.30 – 18.15
Opening Lecture
H. Moll (Würzburg)
Dendritic cells: Tools for new immune intervention strategies against infectious diseases
18.15 – 19.00
Discussion
19.00 – 20.00
Dinner
Friday, 3.6.2005
 

Session 1
Interactions between DCs and lymphocytes
Chair: H. Moll, T. Ratliff
09.00 – 09.40
J. Demengeot (Oeiras)
TLRs on regulatory T cells
09.40 – 10.20
S. Bauer (München)
Toll like receptor 9 and CpG DNA [presentation]
10.20 – 10.40
Coffee break
10.40 – 11.20
U. Eriksson (Basel)
Infection and autoimmune heart failure
11.20 – 12.00
A. Norrby-Teglund (Stockholm)
Superantigens [presentation]
 
Lunch
Session 2
At the borderline
Chair: H. Renz, H. Wang
14.00 – 14.40
M. Rescigno (Milano)
Crosstalk between dendritic and epithelial cells at mucosal surfaces is important for bacterial handling [presentation]
14.40 – 15.20
A.J. Macpherson (Hamilton)
Mucosal dendritic cells and IgA
15.20 – 15.40
Coffee break
15.40 – 16.20
A. Limmer (Bonn)
Induction of oral tolerance [presentation]
16.20 - 19.00
Poster Session
Dinner
Saturday, 4.6.2005
Session 3:
Other players
Chair: B. Holzmann, M. Rescigno
09.00 – 09.40
P.A. Ward (Ann Arbor)
The dark side of C5a in sepsis [presentation]
09.40 – 10.20
V. Brinkmann (Berlin)
Neutrophil extracellular traps against bacteria [presentation]
10.20 – 10.40
Coffee break
10.40 – 11.20
T. Sharshar (Paris)
Corticosteroids and the HPA-axis [presentation]
11.20 – 12.00
T.L. Ratliff (Iowa City)
Thrombocytes activate the adaptive immune system [presentation]
 
Lunch
14.00 – 14.40
H. Renz (Marburg)
Effector cells in hypersensitivity [presentation]
14.40 – 15.20
C. Meisel (Berlin)
The nervous system
15.20 – 16.00
Coffee break

17.00
Guided tour to Chorin monastery and Dinner
Sunday, 5.6.2005
Session 4
Systemic infection
Chair: U. Eriksson, C. Meisel
09.00 – 09.40
B. Holzmann (München)
The innate immune system in sepsis [presentation]
09.40 – 10.20
S. Knapp (Wien)
Treatment of sepsis [presentation]
10.20 – 10.40
Coffee break
10.40 – 11.20
H. Wang (New York)
Extracellular HMGB1 as a late mediator of lethal systemic inflammatory diseases [presentation]
11.20 – 12.00
P. Cobb
RNA-profiling in systemic infection
12.00 - 13.00
Round table discussion
Lunch
Departure
 
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