Programm

Donnerstag, 5. Mai:

Grußworte

Chair: B. Schraven

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

Organ specific immunity: CNS

Chairs: A. Wedekind, A. Kröger

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

Kaffeepause

 

Signaling I: Disease models

Chairs: I. Sauerland, A. Müller

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

Immune regulation and regulators in parasite infection

12:00 - 12:30
D. Mougiakakos
(Magdeburg)
CAR T cells from lymphoma to SLE
12:30 - 14:00

Lunch, Poster-Ausstellung

 

Signaling II: TCR/BCR

Chairs: N. Tiwari, U. Thomas

14:00 - 14:30
S. Minguet
(Freiburg)
From the basic mechanism of TCR activation to innovative T cell-based immunotherapies against cancer
14:30 - 15:00
D. Zehn
(München)
Mechanisms that adjust and control the T cell effector capacity
15:00 - 15:30
J. Wienands
(Göttingen)
B-lymphoid nuclear logistics and the control of B cell fate decisions for humoral immunity
15:30 - 16:00

Kaffeepause

 

Imaging of immune functions

Chairs: I. Baars, A. Dudeck

16:00 - 16:30
W. Kastenmüller
(Würzburg)
Cellular networks during T cell activation and checkpoint immunotherapy
16:30 - 17:00
M. Gunzer
(Essen)
The impact of sterile inflammation on tissue infiltration and function of neutrophil granulocytes
17:00 - 17:30
A. Müller
(Magdeburg)
NO joke: reconciling the roles of Nitric Oxide as immune checkpoint and antimicrobial effector molecule

Poster-Kurzvorträge & Postersession

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

17:30 - 18:00

PhD students of the MGK854

Poster short talks

18:00 - 19:30

Poster viewing

with beer & snacks

19:30

Dinner

 

Freitag, 6. Mai:

Keynote Lecture: Tumor immunology

Chair: B. Schraven

9:00 - 10:00
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
J. Hallgren Martinsson (Uppsala, SE)
Mast cells and their progenitors in allergic airway inflammation
10:30 - 11:00
A. Dudeck
(Magdeburg)
Emerging roles for mast cells as initiators and orchestrators of immune responses
11:00 - 11:30
Kaffeepause
 

Signaling III: T cell differentiation

Chairs: D. Gupta, B. Isermann

11:30 - 11:45
L. Knop
(Magdeburg)
The role of stromal cells in the regulation of CD8+ T cell responses
11:45 - 12:00
J. Reinking
(Braunschweig)
Exploring antigen-presenting cell cross-dressing at the T cell immunological synapse
12:00 - 12:30
J. K. Polansky
(Berlin)
Epigenetic control of T cell differentiation: from genome-wide signatures to local regulators and their targeted manipulation
12:30 - 13:00
E. L. Reinherz
(Boston, US)
Structural biology of pMHC receptors functioning as mechanosensors in the αβ T cell lineage
13:00 - 15:00
Check-Out, Lunch mit SprecherInnen und Vorstand