Program

Thursday, May 5th:

Welcome addresses

Chair: B. Schraven

8:30 - 9:00 am
J. Strackeljan, D. C. Dieterich

Organ specific immunity: CNS

Chairs: A. Wedekind, A. Kröger

9:00 - 9:30 am
M. T. Heneka
(Luxemburg)
Hen or egg: what is the role of innate immunity for neurodegeneration
9:30 - 10:00 am
J. C. Ribot
(Lissabon, PT
Meningeal gamma-delta T cells: Impact on cognition in health and disease
10:00 - 10:30 am
J. van den Bossche (Amsterdam, NL)
Metabolic control of macrophage activation
10:30 - 11:00 am

Coffee break

 

Signaling I: Disease models

Chairs: I. Sauerland, A. Müller

11:00 - 11:30 am
P. Bacher
(Kiel)
Regulation of tolerance & inflammation by human antigen-specific T helper cells
11:30 - 12:00 am
R. M. Maizels
(Glasgow, UK)

Immune regulation and regulators in parasite infection

12:00 - 12:30 pm
D. Mougiakakos
(Magdeburg)
CAR T cells from lymphoma to SLE
1:30 - 2:00 pm

Lunch, poster exhibition

 

Signaling II: TCR/BCR

Chairs: N. Tiwari, U. Thomas

2:00 - 2:30 pm
S. Minguet
(Freiburg)
From the basic mechanism of TCR activation to innovative T cell-based immunotherapies against cancer
2:30 - 3:00 pm
D. Zehn
(München)
Mechanisms that adjust and control the T cell effector capacity
3:00 - 3:30 pm
J. Wienands
(Göttingen)
B-lymphoid nuclear logistics and the control of B cell fate decisions for humoral immunity
3:30 - 4:00 pm

Coffee break

 

Imaging of immune functions

Chairs: I. Baars, A. Dudeck

4:00 - 4:30 pm
W. Kastenmüller
(Würzburg)
Cellular networks during T cell activation and checkpoint immunotherapy
4:30 - 5:00 pm
M. Gunzer
(Essen)
The impact of sterile inflammation on tissue infiltration and function of neutrophil granulocytes
5:00 - 5:30 pm
A. Müller
(Magdeburg)
NO joke: reconciling the roles of Nitric Oxide as immune checkpoint and antimicrobial effector molecule

Poster short talks & poster session

Chair: H. Düsedau, B. Kruse, D. Bruder

5:30 - 6:00 pm

PhD students of the MGK854

Poster short talks

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Poster viewing

with beer & snacks

7:30 pm

Dinner

 

Friday, May 6th:

Keynote Lecture: Tumor immunology

Chair: B. Schraven

9:00 - 10:00 am
R. Zeiser | Keynote speaker (Freiburg)
Oncogene driven immune escape of leukemia cells after hematopoietic cell transplantation

Mast cells

Chairs: H. Edler, A. Müller

10:00 - 10:30 am
J. Hallgren Martinsson (Uppsala, SE)
Mast cells and their progenitors in allergic airway inflammation
10:30 - 11:00 am
A. Dudeck
(Magdeburg)
Emerging roles for mast cells as initiators and orchestrators of immune responses
11:00 - 11:30 am
Coffee break
 

Signaling III: T cell differentiation

Chairs: D. Gupta, B. Isermann

11:30 - 11:45 am
L. Knop
(Magdeburg)
The role of stromal cells in the regulation of CD8+ T cell responses
11:45 - 12:00 am
J. Reinking
(Braunschweig)
Exploring antigen-presenting cell cross-dressing at the T cell immunological synapse
12:00 - 12:30 pm
J. K. Polansky
(Berlin)
Epigenetic control of T cell differentiation: from genome-wide signatures to local regulators and their targeted manipulation
12:30 - 1:00 pm
E. L. Reinherz
(Boston, US)
Structural biology of pMHC receptors functioning as mechanosensors in the αβ T cell lineage
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Check Out, lunch with speakers and council