Dutch Society for Immunology, Lunteren Course 2012

Lustrum meeting 40 th meeting

March 29 and 30, 2012

Congrescentrum De Werelt, Lunteren

“APCs revisited”

The function of antigen presenting cells in health and disease

The ability of the immune system to detect and respond to invading pathogens is governed by antigen presenting cells (APCs). These cells can induce and regulate a tailored immune response against the pathogen, both in terms of quantity and quality. This year we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the NVVI Lunteren course by focussing on the large variety of distinct APCs and their ability to elicit and control immune responses. The most recent concepts and latest advances regarding the biology and clinical application of APCs will be discussed by a diverse panel of excellent national and international speakers.

Preliminary program:
(To read the abstract please click the photo)

 

Thursday March 29

10:00 – 11:00

 

 Registration  
11:00 – 11:15 Janneke Samsom Introduction
     

Session 1

 

 Chair Janneke Samsom

11.15 - 12.00

 

Georg Kraal
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

 Antigen presenting cells: from disbelief to Nobel prize

12.00 - 12.45

 

 Siamon Gordon
Oxford,
United Kingdom		 More than eating and drinking: the gourmet macrophage

12:45 - 13.45

 

 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION

Session 2

 

 Chair  

13:45 - 14:30

 

 Andrea Woltman
Rotterdam,
The Netherlands		 DCs in chronic viral hepatitis: Did they loose or can they help to win the battle?

14:30 - 15:15

 

 Hamida Hammad
Zwijngaarde,
Belgium

Dendritic cells, epithelial cells and Th2 cells in asthma: a dangerous ménage à trois

15:15 - 16:00

 

 TEA AND EXHIBITION

Session 3

 

 Chair  

16:00 - 16:45

 

 Miguel Soares
Oeiras,
Portugal		 Tissue damage control underlies host tolerance to infection

16:45 - 17:30

 

 Bernard Moser
Cardiff,
United Kingdom		 Some unexpected features about human blood gd T cells

17:30 - 18:00

 

 DRINKS AND EXHIBITION

18:00 - 20:00

 

 DINNER

Evening lecture

 

 Chair  

20:00 - 21:00

 

 Caetano Reis e Sousa
London,
United Kingdom		 The ultimate APC: dendritic cells as regulators of immunity
21:00 - ??

PARTY

 

 

 

Friday March 30 

8:15 - 9:00

 

 'Meet-the-speaker' breakfast sessions

Session 4

 

 Chair  

9:00 - 9:45

 

 Frances Lund
Birmingham,
USA		 B cells and T cells: Together at last

9:45 - 10:30

 

 Mirjam van der Burg
Rotterdam,
The Netherlands		 Function and dysfunction of B cells in primary immunodeficiencies

10:30 - 11:00

 

 COFFEE AND EXHIBITION

Session 5

 

 Chair  

11:00 - 11:45

 

 Marco Colonna
St. Louis,
USA		 Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in host response to pathogens

11:45 - 12:30

 

Jolanda de Vries
Nijmegen,
The Netherlands

 Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in cancer: good or bad?

12:30 - 13:15

 

 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION

Closing Lecture

 

 Chair  

13:15 - 14:15


 Mihai Netea
Nijmegen,
The Netherlands
 Immunological memory: do innate immune cells also remember?
14:15 Janneke Samsom Closure