Innate Immunity:
Host recognition and response in health and disease
List of talks:
1. The anti-microbial defense of Drosophila: a paradigm for innate immunity
Prof. Jules Hoffmann – University of Strasbourg, France
2. Innate immune sensing and response
Prof. Bruce Beutler – The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
3. Leukocyte recruitment in vivo
Prof. Paul Kubes – Snyder Institute, University of Calgary Medical Centre, Canada
4. Monocyte/macrophages in innate immunity
Prof. Siamon Gordon – University of Oxford, UK
5. Dendritic cells: linking innate to different forms of adaptive immunity
Prof. Ralph Steinman – Rockefeller University, USA
6. Colony stimulating factor-1 regulation of macrophages in development and disease
Prof. E. Richard Stanley – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
7. Phagocytosis
Prof. Joel Swanson – University of Michigan Medical School, USA
8. Clearance of apoptotic cells and the control of inflammation
Prof. Sir John Savill – University of Edinburgh, UK
9. Signaling by innate immune receptors
Prof. Michael Karin – University of California, San Diego, USA
10. Nuclear receptors at the crossroads of inflammation and atherosclerosis
Prof. Christopher Glass – University of California, San Diego, USA
11. Humoral innate immunity
Prof. Alberto Mantovani – Istituto Clinico Humanitas and State University of Milan, Italy
12. Cytokines regulating the innate response
Prof. Anne O’Garra – National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
13. Arginase and nitric oxide
Dr. Peter Murray – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
14. Novel lipid mediators in resolution of inflammation
Prof. Charles Serhan – Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
15. Iron metabolism and innate immunity
Prof. Tomas Ganz – University of California, Los Angeles, USA
16. HIV-1 and immunopathogenesis: innate immunity
Prof. Luis Montaner – Wistar Institute, USA
17. The taste of a fungus: recognition of Candida by the innate immune system
Prof. Neil Gow – Aberdeen University, UK
18. Innate immunity in children
Prof. David Speert – University of British Columbia, Canada
19. Innate immunity of the lung and adaptation to air breathing at birth
Prof. Jeffrey Whitsett – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA
20. From bench to bedside: evolution of anti-TNFalfa therapy in rheumatoid arthritis
Prof. Sir Ravinder Maini – Imperial College London, UK
21. Macrophages, a cellular toolbox used by tumors to promote progression and metastasis
Prof. Jeffrey Pollard – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
The Cell Division Cycle:
Controlling when and where cells divide and differentiate
New talks added:
1. Initiation of DNA replication
Prof. Bruce Stillman – Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, USA
2. Chromosome biorientation in yeast
Prof. Mike Stark – University of Dundee, UK
3. The kinetochore as a target for the development of mitosis specific anti-cancer drugs
Dr. Tim Yen – Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
Obesity: Epidemiology, Etiology, Consequences and Treatment
Latest Developments in the Field
New talks added:
1. Adipose-immune interactions in obesity
Dr. Vishwa Dixit – Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA
2. Health benefits of intentional weight loss
Prof. Xavier Pi-Sunyer – Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
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