Program
Thursday, May 5th: | 
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 Welcome addresses Chair: B. Schraven  | 
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 8:30 - 9:00 am 
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 J. Strackeljan, D. C. Dieterich 
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 Organ specific immunity: CNS Chairs: A. Wedekind, A. Kröger  | 
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 9:00 - 9:30 am 
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 M. T. Heneka 
(Luxemburg) 
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 Hen or egg: what is the role of innate immunity for neurodegeneration 
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 9:30 - 10:00 am 
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 J. C. Ribot 
(Lissabon, PT 
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 Meningeal gamma-delta T cells: Impact on cognition in health and disease 
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 10:00 - 10:30 am 
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 J. van den Bossche (Amsterdam, NL) 
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Metabolic control of macrophage activation | 
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | 
 Coffee break  | 
 
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 Signaling I: Disease models Chairs: I. Sauerland, A. Müller  | 
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 11:00 - 11:30 am 
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 P. Bacher 
(Kiel) 
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Regulation of tolerance & inflammation by human antigen-specific T helper cells | 
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 11:30 - 12:00 am 
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 R. M. Maizels 
(Glasgow, UK) 
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 Immune regulation and regulators in parasite infection  | 
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 12:00 - 12:30 pm 
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 D. Mougiakakos 
(Magdeburg) 
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CAR T cells from lymphoma to SLE | 
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | 
 Lunch, poster exhibition  | 
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 Signaling II: TCR/BCR Chairs: N. Tiwari, U. Thomas  | 
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 2:00 - 2:30 pm 
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 S. Minguet  
(Freiburg)  | 
 From the basic mechanism of TCR activation to innovative T cell-based immunotherapies against cancer 
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 2:30 - 3:00 pm 
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 D. Zehn 
(München) 
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 Mechanisms that adjust and control the T cell effector capacity 
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 3:00 - 3:30 pm 
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 J. Wienands 
(Göttingen) 
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 B-lymphoid nuclear logistics and the control of B cell fate decisions for humoral immunity 
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| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | 
 Coffee break  | 
 
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 Imaging of immune functions Chairs: I. Baars, A. Dudeck  | 
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 4:00 - 4:30 pm 
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 W. Kastenmüller 
(Würzburg) 
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 Cellular networks during T cell activation and checkpoint immunotherapy 
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 4:30 - 5:00 pm 
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 M. Gunzer 
(Essen) 
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 The impact of sterile inflammation on tissue infiltration and function of neutrophil granulocytes 
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 5:00 - 5:30 pm 
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 A. Müller 
(Magdeburg) 
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NO joke: reconciling the roles of Nitric Oxide as immune checkpoint and antimicrobial effector molecule | 
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 Poster short talks & poster session Chair: H. Düsedau, B. Kruse, D. Bruder  | 
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| 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  | 
 
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Friday, May 6th: | 
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 Keynote Lecture: Tumor immunology Chair: B. Schraven  | 
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 9:00 - 10:00 am 
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 R. Zeiser | Keynote speaker (Freiburg) 
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 Oncogene driven immune escape of leukemia cells after hematopoietic cell transplantation 
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 Mast cells Chairs: H. Edler, A. Müller  | 
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 10:00 - 10:30 am 
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 J. Hallgren Martinsson (Uppsala, SE) 
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 Mast cells and their progenitors in allergic airway inflammation 
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 10:30 - 11:00 am 
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 A. Dudeck 
(Magdeburg) 
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 Emerging roles for mast cells as initiators and orchestrators of immune responses 
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 11:00 - 11:30 am 
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 Coffee break 
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 Signaling III: T cell differentiation Chairs: D. Gupta, B. Isermann  | 
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 11:30 - 11:45 am 
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 L. Knop 
(Magdeburg) 
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 The role of stromal cells in the regulation of CD8+ T cell responses 
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 11:45 - 12:00 am 
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 J. Reinking 
(Braunschweig) 
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 Exploring antigen-presenting cell cross-dressing at the T cell immunological synapse 
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 12:00 - 12:30 pm 
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 J. K. Polansky 
(Berlin) 
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 Epigenetic control of T cell differentiation: from genome-wide signatures to local regulators and their targeted manipulation 
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 12:30 - 1:00 pm 
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 E. L. Reinherz 
(Boston, US) 
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 Structural biology of pMHC receptors functioning as mechanosensors in the αβ T cell lineage 
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 1:00 - 3:00 pm 
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  Check Out, lunch with speakers and council 
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