Inflammation
EMDS2023@VIB
18-20 October 2023, Ghent, Belgium
EMDS2023@VIB
EMDS2023@VIB
Organized in partnership with EMDS (European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Society)
Keep me postedAdd to calendarAfter the success of the VIB meeting “Macrophage Biology in the Single-Cell Era" in October 2017, we are pleased to announce the second edition of this event which will be held in conjunction with the 36th edition of the European Macrophage and Dendritic cell Society (EMDS) meeting. EMDS@VIB2023 will be organized in De Bijloke in Ghent, a 13th-century architectural marvel in the historical center of Ghent.
This conference will focus on multiple aspects of Dendritic cell and Macrophage biology in health and disease. The program will include invited speakers at the forefront of the mononuclear phagocyte field and plenty of opportunities for short talks for upcoming scientists. We will also have poster sessions and a 3-minute pitch for poster presenters to promote their posters in the plenary session and encourage participants to visit them for more discussion.
Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. All poster presenters have the chance to win one of the EMDS Poster Prizes!
Abstract submission is closed and will not be extended. If you're not registered before the Late Registration deadline, your abstract will be excluded from the program book and you loose the chance to present your work at the conference.
Host City: Ghent
Want to know more about the host city of this conference? Find out where the best restaurants, bars, or last-minute print shops are. Check the city page here.
Workshops
More detailed information about the different workshops can be found here.
Conference dinner VOLTA - Conference dinner WABI SABI
The conference dinner in restaurant Volta and Wabi Sabi on 19 October is sold out.
More info on the two dinners.
VOD's
The recordings of the selected talks, Workshops, poster pitches and sponsored talks will be accessible when you're logged in with the email address you're registered with. Because of the amount of unpublished data there won’t be any recorded talks available of the invited speakers.
Confirmed speakers
Lidia Bosurgi
Lidia Bosurgi
University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf & Bernard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, DE
Program
Day 1 - Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
08:15
09:00
Registration & coffee
09:00
09:05
Welcome words
09:05
12:20
Session 1: Ontogeny and Transcriptional control of DCs and Macs (I)
09:05
09:35
Development of functionally diverse dendritic cell subsets
Kenneth Murphy
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US
Keynote speaker
09:35
10:05
Exploiting dynamic enhancer landscapes to decode macrophage phenotypes in health and disease
Christopher Glass
University of California, San Diego, US
10:05
10:20
On how function determines form
Justin Perry
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, US
Selected from abstracts
10:20
10:25
Mapping the Future with Spatial Genomics
Mitesh Parekh
Inside Sales Representative, Vizgen, US
Sponsored talk
10:25
11:05
Coffee break
11:05
11:35
EMBO YIP Lecture - Functional specialization of short-lived monocyte-derived macrophages in human tonsils
Elodie Segura
Curie Institute, FR
11:35
12:05
Chromatin and the transcription factor IRF8 in the regulation of dendritic cell differentiation
Tomohiko Tamura
Yokohama City University, JP
12:05
12:08
The UPR sensor IRE1 is a downstream regulator of apoptotic cell engulfment in dendritic cells
Victor Bosteels
Laboratory for ER Stress and Inflammation, VIB-IRC UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, BE
Poster pitch
12:08
12:11
Developing in vitro and in silico Models of Human Dendritic Cell Biology
Zahra Elahi
The University of Melbourne, AU
Poster pitch
12:11
12:14
A distinct Csf1r- erythro-myeloid precursor present at the maternal-embryonic interface and in the bone marrow of adult mice
Rohit Jain
Centenary Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, AU; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, AU; Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, AT
Poster pitch
12:14
12:17
A journey through time and space: Resolving tissue macrophage development with endogenous Polylox barcoding
Larissa Frank
Cellular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE
Poster pitch
12:17
12:20
TREM2 drives accumulation of profibrotic monocyte-derived macrophages in the infarcted myocardium
Clement Cochain
Institute of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, DE
Poster pitch
12:20
13:20
Lunch
13:05
13:50
Workshop: Vizgen
Mapping the Future with Single-Cell Spatial Genomics – An Introduction to MERSCOPE®
Carole Chedid
Field Application Scientist, Vizgen, UK
13:05
13:50
EMDS general assembly
13:20
14:20
Poster session 1
Odd numbers between 1-150
14:20
16:20
Session 1: Ontogeny and Transcriptional control of DCs and Macs (II)
14:20
14:50
Clonal multi-omics and machine learning resolve the transcriptional origins of clonal fate in human haematopoiesis
Shalin Naik
WEHI, AU
14:50
15:20
Heterogeneity of Dendritic Cells: Lineages versus States
Florent Ginhoux
Gustave Roussy Hospital, FR
15:20
15:35
The Molecular Landscape of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Sculpts Intratumoral Macrophage Origin and Function
Charlotte Rivas
Baylor College of Medicine, US
Selected from abstracts
15:35
15:40
Providing tools for Macrophages and Dendritic cell research
Gaëll Merlevede
Account manager Life Science Instruments Revvity, BE
Sponsored talk
15:40
16:20
Coffee break
16:20
17:20
Session 2: DC & Mac Heterogeneity (I)
16:20
16:50
Defining dendritic cells in their phagocytic state in vivo
Miriam Merad
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, US
16:50
17:20
The power of ONE: Immunology in the age of spatial and single cell genomics
Ido Amit
Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
17:30
18:30
Guided tour to the city center
18:30
19:30
Reception
Incl. for all attendees
Day 2 - Thursday, 19 October, 2023
08:30
09:00
Coffee
09:00
12:30
Session 2: DC & Mac Heterogeneity (II)
09:00
09:30
A transient and spatially-restricted subset of resident Kupffer Cells induced by lipid uptake
Charlotte Scott
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
09:30
10:00
The thin line between plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells
Roxane Tussiwand
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, US
10:00
10:15
A distinct stimulatory cDC1 subpopulation amplifies CD8+ T cell responses in tumors for protective anti-cancer immunity
Jan P. Böttcher
Institute of Molecular Immunology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich (TUM), DE
Selected from abstracts
10:15
10:20
Spatial cell characterization with automated cyclic staining technology using the MACSima system
Veerle Lemmens
Imaging Specialist Miltenyi Biotec, BE
Sponsored talk
10:20
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
Developing in vivo CRISPR screens and automated spatial analysis pipelines to study liver regeneration
Martin Guilliams
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
11:30
12:00
Dying parenchymal cells lead to bile acid retention in efferocytic macrophages and hence fuel cholangitis progression
Lidia Bosurgi
University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf & Bernard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, DE
12:00
12:15
Convergent differentiation of monocytes in adult skin permits repair of the resident Langerhans cell network
Clare Bennett
Cancer Institute / University College London, GB
Selected from abstracts
12:15
12:18
Hepatic stellate cells drive differentiation of monocyte-derived macrophages to regulate liver fibrosis in NASH
Sabine Daemen
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, US
Poster pitch
12:18
12:21
Tissue-level descriptors and determinants of homeostatic core functions of macrophages
Stefan Uderhardt
Department of Medicine 3, University Hospital Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE
Poster pitch
12:21
12:24
Histology of human macrophage niches
Magdalena Matusiak
Stanford University, US
Poster pitch
12:24
12:27
RORγt-expressing dendritic cell-like cells represent a unique population of antigen presenting cells
Hamsa Narasimhan
Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, LMU, DE; Walter Brendel Centre, University Hospital, DE
Poster pitch
12:27
12:30
TGFß signaling regulates pancreatic islet macrophages
Aude Jalon
INSERM U1151 Institut Necker Enfants Malades, FR
Poster pitch
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:15
14:00
Workshop: Miltenyi Biotec
MACS iQ View Software solutions for analyzing spatial biology data
Veerle Lemmens
Imaging Specialist BeNeLux Miltenyi Biotec, BE
13:30
14:30
Poster session 2
Even numbers between 1-150
14:30
17:45
Session 3: Macs & DCs in injured tissue
14:30
15:00
Neuroimmune signalling determining synaptic fate in neurodegenerative diseases
Soyon Hong
UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UK
15:00
15:30
Spatial localization of macrophages helps maintain homeostasis
Paul Kubes
University of Calgary, CA
15:30
15:45
Single cell RNA sequencing reveals unique macrophage subsets and functions associated with slowly and rapidly progressing cystic disease
Kurt Zimmerman
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, US
Selected from abstracts
15:45
15:50
Sanofi as your research partner: kick-start your project
Annemarie van Nieuwenhuijze
European Ecosystem & Scientific Relations Lead - Sanofi, BE
Sponsored talk
15:50
16:30
Coffee break
16:30
17:00
Effector response to necroptotic cell death: an ensemble of immune and stromal cells
Carla Rothlin
Yale University, US
17:00
17:15
Gut Macrophages Modulate Brain Neuropathology in Parkinson’s disease
Sebastiaan De Schepper
UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London, UK
Selected from abstracts
17:15
17:45
EMBO YIP Lecture - Developmental programming of Kupffer cells by maternal obesity causes fatty liver disease in the offspring
Elvira Mass
University of Bonn, DE
17:45
19:00
Poster session 3
Poster session 3: Odd numbers between 151 - 291
19:30
22:00
Conference dinner
Additional fee
Day 3 - Friday, 20 October, 2023
08:30
09:00
Coffee
09:00
12:30
Session 4: DCs & Macs in mucosal tissues
09:00
09:30
Probing tissue macrophage and monocyte functions in health and disease
Steffen Jung
Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
09:30
10:00
Learning from SPAM (specific depletion of alveolar macrophages)
Bart Lambrecht
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
10:00
10:15
Intestinal stroma guides monocyte differentiation to macrophages through GM-CSF
Egle Kvedaraite
Karolinska Institutet, SE; Karolinska University Hospital, SE
Selected from abstracts
10:15
10:20
Single Cell, Spatial or In Situ: Why choose if you can have it all?
Koen De Gelas
Science and Technology Advisor - 10X Genomics, BE
Sponsored talk
10:20
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
Cell-Shape Sensing in Dendritic Cells
Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil
Institut Curie, FR
11:30
12:00
Dynamics and behaviour of mucosal macrophages in health and disease
Calum Bain
University of Edinburgh, UK
12:00
12:15
Elucidating Tissue-Niche Interactions That Sustain Intestinal Macrophages
Louis Ngai
University of Toronto, CA
Selected from abstracts
12:15
12:18
Functional duality of intestinal DC2 reveals the importance of context in balancing tissue immune responses.
Anna Andrusaite
University of Glasgow, GB
Poster pitch
12:18
12:21
Time-, tissue- and treatment-associated heterogeneity in tumour-residing migratory dendritic cells (DCs)
Colin Lee
University of Cambridge, GB; Wellcome Sanger Institute, GB
Poster pitch
12:21
12:24
Nucleotide metabolism in cancer cells fuels a UDP-driven macrophage crosstalk promoting immunosuppression and immunotherapy resistance
Tommaso Scolaro
Center for Cancer Biology, VIB- KU Leuven , BE
Poster pitch
12:24
12:27
Environmentally induced lung-specific innate immune training is controlled by Apolipoprotein E and Dectin-1
Hannah Theobald
Quantitative Systems Biology, LIMES Institute, University of Bonn, DE
Poster pitch
12:27
12:30
Cell state transitions and dynamics in zebrafish heart regeneration
Janita Mintcheva
Max-Delbrück Centrum for Molecular Medicine, DE; Humboldt University of Berlin, DE
Poster pitch
12:30
12:35
InvivoGen, Innovation within reach
Benjamin Rauwel
Key Account Manager - InvivoGen, FR
Sponsored talk
12:35
13:30
Lunch
13:15
14:00
Workshop: 10X Genomics
Xenium in situ: See Biology at true resolution
Koen De Gelas
Science and Technology Advisor, 10x Genomics, BE
13:30
14:30
Poster session 4
Even numbers between 151 - 291
14:30
17:40
Session 5: Macs & DCs in Cancer
14:30
15:00
Dendritic cells in immunity to infection and cancer
Caetano Reis e Sousa
The Francis Crick Institute, UK
15:00
15:30
EMBO YIP Lecture - Harnessing Innate Immunity to Enable Cancer Control
Hind Medyouf
Georg Spayer Haus, DE
15:30
15:45
Breast cancer remotely imposes a myeloid bias on hematopoietic stem cells by reprogramming the bone marrow niche
Julie Helft
Inserm - Institut Cochin, FR
Selected from abstracts
15:45
16:20
Coffee break
16:20
16:35
Differential responses of mouse and human dendritic cells to melanoma targeted therapies
Zoe Magill
Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University , AU
Selected from abstracts
16:35
17:05
Final straws for the M1/M2 paradigm and the value of understanding immune archetypes
Max Krummel
University of California San Francisco/ImmunoX, US
17:05
17:35
Of myeloid cells in solid tumors: lessons learned from preclinical models to clinical settings and future targeting scenarios
Maria Casanova-Acebes
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, ES
17:35
17:50
EMDS award ceremony
17:50
18:00
Closing & poster prizes
Organizing committee
Charlotte Scott
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Martin Guilliams
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Bart Lambrecht
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Miriam Merad
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, US
Evy Vierstraete
VIB Headquarters, BE
Abstracts
The full list of abstracts will be available on 20-09-2023 until 18-01-2024
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
Attendees
The full list of attendees will be available on 20-09-2023 until 18-01-2024
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
Sponsors
Platinum
Platinum
Silver
Silver
Silver
