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Scientific Programme

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updated Nov. 24, 2010

  Friday, December 3
  LH1 CR 8 CR 9 CR 13 CR 14 Poster
Area
14:00
-
15:30
General Assembly ÖGAI          
16:00
-
17:00

Welcome
Keynote Lecture

Chair: Rudolf Valenta, Vienna, Austria; Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, Vienna, Austria

Perspectives of Cancer - Prevention by Vaccination
Harald zur Hausen, Heidelberg, Germany

         
17:00
-
18:30

Session 1 - Infectious diseases
Chair: Sylvia Knapp, Vienna, Austria; Helena Tlaskalova, Prague, Czech Republic

Toward a therapy of prion diseases
Vladka Čurin-Šerbec, Ljubjana, Slovenia
Vaccine properties of recombinant herpesvirus expressing ligand for NKG2D receptor
Stipan Jonjic, Rijeka, Croatia

         
18:30
-
20:00
          Poster
Session 1
  Saturday, December 4
  LH 1 CR 8 CR 9 CR 13 CR 14 Poster
Area
08:00
-
08:30
  Sunrise
Session

Antagonistic function and differential expression of complement receptors CR1 (CD35) and CR2 (CD21) on human B lymphocyte subsets in physiological and autoimmune conditions
Anna Erdei, Budapest, Hungary
Sunrise Session
Critical role of Nkx2-3 homeodomain transcription factor in the tissue architecture, homing mechanism and peripheral B-cell homeostatic function of the spleen
Peter Balogh, Pécs, Hungary
Meet the Professor
(incl. breakfast)

Hilde Cheroutre, La Jolla, United States

Meet the Professor
(incl. breakfast)

Harald zur Hausen, Heidelberg, Germany

07:45 - 08:45

 
08:30
-
09:00
    Meet the Expert - Emerging understanding of T cell receptor signalling
Is the understanding of TCR Signaling really emerging?
Václav Hořejší, Prague, Czech Republic
 
09:00
-
10:30

Session 2 - Clinical Immunology
Chair: Jiri Litzmann, Brno, Czech Republic; Gerhard Zlabinger, Vienna, Austria
Keynote Lecture - Pathways to Destruction in Arthritis
Josef Smolen, Vienna, Austria

Immunological and clinical effects of photopheresis in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
Margit Zeher, Debrecen, Hungary

 

 

 

   
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
-
12:30

Session 3 - Innate Immunity
Chair: Georg Füst, Budapest, Hungary; Kristóf Nékám, Budapest, Hungary

Molecular mechanism of activation of Toll-like receptors in infection and chronic inflammation
Roman Jerala, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

 

 

   
12:30
-
13:00
Lunch break Special Lecture
Chair: Rudolf Valenta, Vienna, Austria
Ethics of basic and applied sciences

Fritz Melchers, Berlin, Germany

Lunch break

13:00
-
14:00
    Satellite symposium Bencard - New Advances in SIT
Adjuvants for SIT
Barbara Bohle, Vienna, Austria
Visions for specific immunotherapy in the year 2015
Stefan Wöhrl, Vienna, Austria

 

   
14:00
-
15:30
          Poster
Session 2
15:30
-
17:00

Session 4 - Basic Allergology
Chair: Barbara Bohle, Vienna, Austria; Mitja Kosnik, Golnik, Slovenia

Mechanisms of allergen-specific diseases
Carsten Schmidt-Weber, Munich, Germany
The usefulness of allergen compenents in allergy
Marianne van Hage, Stockholm, Sweden

         
17:00 Coffee break
17:30
-
19:00

Session 5 - Basic Immunology
Chair: Milan Buc, Bratislava, Slovakia; Wilfried Ellmeier, Vienna, Austria

Translational research in dendritic cell vaccines
Jirina Bartunková, Prague, Czech Republic
Stretching plasticity over the limit: CD4 Effector T cells switch to the CD8 CTL Lineage
Hilde Cheroutre, La Jolla, United States

         
20:00 Social Evening at the Heurigen (Mayor's Reception)
  Sunday, December 5
  LH1 CR8 CR9 CR 13 CR 14 Poster
Area
08:00
-
08:30
  Sunrise
Session

Immunomodulation of memory impairing protein in Alzheimer's disease
Michal Novak, Bratislava, Slovakia
Sunrise Session
Immunological mechanisms in the development and progression of colorectal cancer
George Füst, Budapest, Hungary
Meet the Professor
(incl. breakfast)

Shigeo Koyasu, Tokyo, Japan

Meet the Professor
(incl. breakfast)

Stephen Durham, London, United Kingdom

 
08:30
-
09:00
  Meet the Expert
Diagnosis and treatment of venom allergy
Mihaela Zidarn, Gorlnik, Slovenia
Meet the Expert - Different forms of immunotherapy: What to choose?
New forms of immunotherapy - do we really need them?
Petr Panzner, Plzen, Czech Republic
 
09:00
-
10:30

Session 6 - Adaptive Immunity
Chair: Winfired F. Pickl, Vienna, Austria; Marcus Säemann, Vienna, Austria

Natural Helper Cell: Innate lymphocytes producing Th2 cytokines
Shigeo Koyasu, Tokyo, Japan
Potent and selective modulation of immune responses by immunocomplexes of IL-2 and different anti-IL-2 mAbs
Marek Kovar, Prague, Czech Republic

 

 

 

   
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
-
12:30

Session 7 - Clinical Allergology
Chair: Stefan Wöhrl, Vienna, Austria; Mihaela Zidarn, Golnik, Slovenia

Basphil Activation Test
Peter Korosec, Slovenia
Immune tolerance: what have we learned from allergen immunotherapy
Stephen Durham, London, United Kingdom

 

 

 

   
12:30
-
13:30

Keynote Lecture
Chair: Verena Niederberger, Vienna, Austria; Heimo Breiteneder, Vienna, Austria

IgE responds to Protein and Carbohydrate epitoes and their relationship to asthma and anaphylasis
Thomas Platts-Mills, Charlottesville, United States
Closing Ceremony and Awards

   

 

   

LH = Lecture Hall
CR = Course Room

Meet the Professor

The "Meet the Professor" Sessions will take place in the mornings. During these sessions you will have the opportunity to discuss scientific life and career with a Professor in a relaxed atmosphere. A typical Viennese breakfast is included. Space is limited. Tickets are issued on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Fee: EUR 15,- incl. Viennese breakfast

Meet the Professor: Harald zur Hausen
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7:45 – 8:45 hrs

Meet the Professor: Hilde Cheroutre
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8:00 – 9:00 hrs

Meet the Professor: Shigeo Koyasu
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 8.00 – 9.00 hrs

Meet the Professor: Stephen Durham
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 8.00 – 9.00 hrs

 

 
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