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Translational Immunology
26-27 March 2020, Ghent, Belgium
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Translational Immunology
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The aim of this conference is to bridge the translational gap in immunopathology, bringing together clinicians, research scientists and industry partners to discuss prominent advances from the bench to the clinic.
Internationally renowned speakers will present their latest findings during 5 plenary sessions:
- Making the most of your antibodies
- T Cell activation and exhaustion
- Bugs and drugs in immunology
- From drug to market
- Tissue immunity
Prior to the VIB Conference you can join the Satellite - BIS annual meeting on 25 March 2020.
Information for poster submissions
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. The best three abstracts were given a short talk slot in the plenary program. The 2 best posters will win the Poster prize sponsored by Elsevier's journal "Cellular Immunology"!
Confirmed speakers
Christophe Lahorte
Christophe Lahorte
Innovation Office & Scientific-Technical Advice Unit & Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, BE
Séverine Vermeire
Séverine Vermeire
Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders, KU Leuven, BE
Program
Satellite- BIS annual meeting - Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
Day 1 - Thursday, 26 March, 2020
08:15
08:50
Registration & coffee
08:50
09:00
Welcome
09:00
09:45
Opening keynote
09:00
09:45
From primary immunodeficiencies (PID) to (patho)physiology and therapeutics
Alain Fischer
Collège de France, Imagine Institute, AP-HP Hôpitaux de Paris, FR
Keynote speaker
09:45
12:50
Session 1: Making the most of your antibodies
09:45
10:19
Dissecting human antibody responses: useful, basic and surprising findings
Antonio Lanzavecchia
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), CH
10:20
10:55
Targeting subcellular trafficking pathways for therapy
Sally Ward
University Of Southampton, UK
10:55
11:25
Coffee break
11:25
12:00
Antibodies that dissolve in vivo protein crystals
Bart Lambrecht
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
12:00
12:35
Regulation of tissue homeostasis in the joint
Georg Schett
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE
12:35
12:50
Regulatory T cells engineered with a chimeric antigen receptor as immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes
Matthias Hardtke-Wolenski
Essen University Hospital, DE
Selected from abstracts
12:50
14:00
Lunch
13:00
13:30
Workshop - Pathway project
Fostering developing Translational scientists in Europe: A Pathway to success?
Annet van Royen-Kerkhof - UMC Utrecht, NL
14:00
17:25
Session 2: T cell activation and exhaustion
14:00
14:35
Human T cell subsets in health and disease
Federica Sallusto
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, CH
14:35
15:10
Leaving Home: a role for TRM IN systemic immunity?
René van Lier
Sanquin Research, NL
15:10
15:25
Multiple environmental signaling pathways control the differentiation of RORγt-expressing regulatory T cells
Hind Hussein
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Selected from abstracts
15:25
16:15
Coffee break
16:15
16:50
Lentiviral-mediated gene transfer to convert T cells into Treg-like cells: new generation immune therapies
Rosa Bacchetta
Stanford University School of Medicine, US
16:50
17:25
Translational Genomics: from data to targeted therapy
Eoin McKinney
University of Cambridge, UK
17:25
19:00
Reception & poster sessions
20:00
Conference dinner @Volta
Additional fee
Day 2 - Friday, 27 March, 2020
09:00
09:45
Keynote
09:00
09:45
Role of the intestinal microbiome in tumor immunosurveillance
Laurence Zitvogel
Gustave Roussy, INSERM, University Paris Saclay, FR
Keynote speaker
09:45
10:55
Session 3: Bugs and drugs in immunology
09:45
10:20
Microbes, Metabolites and Immune Interactions in Cancer Immunotherapy
Kathy McCoy
University of Calgary, CA
10:20
10:40
Microbiota modulation strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease management - MIMOSA
Séverine Vermeire
Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders, KU Leuven, BE
10:40
10:55
Roquin-1: a gatekeeper for inflammation and auto-immunity
Simon Tavernier
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Selected from abstracts
10:55
11:25
Coffee break
11:25
12:25
Session 4: From drug to market
11:25
11:45
Challenges in obtaining a regulatory approval
Bengt Höpken
Clinical Program Director, UCB Pharma, DE
11:45
12:05
Christophe Lahorte
Innovation Office & Scientific-Technical Advice Unit & Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, BE
12:05
12:25
Challenges in market access
Isabelle Huys
KU Leuven, BE
12:25
13:00
Lunch
13:00
14:00
Poster session
14:00
15:45
Session 5: Tissue Immunity
14:00
14:35
Anthony Coyle
CEO, Pandion Therapeutics, US
14:35
15:10
High Density 3D Cell Culture Research Applications: In Vitro and In Vivo
Melanie Matheu
CEO, Founder at Prellis Biologics, Inc., US
15:10
15:30
Early remission induction as gateway to restoring immune homeostasis in arthritis
Dirk Elewaut
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
15:30
15:50
Resident macrophages as integral component of the tissue module
Martin Guilliams
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
15:50
16:15
Coffee break
16:15
16:50
Therapeutic promise of co-opting the (not so) neonatal Fc receptor
Richard Blumberg
Harvard Medical School, US
16:50
17:25
Translating Immunology into new treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Fiona Powrie
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK
17:25
17:35
Closing remarks
Organizing committee
Bart Lambrecht
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Dirk Elewaut
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Séverine Vermeire
Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders, KU Leuven, BE
Berent Prakken
University Medical Center Utrecht, NL
Sofie Bekaert
VIB Manager Translational Program, BE
Evy Vierstraete
Science Events Manager VIB, BE
Abstracts
The full list of abstracts will be available on 19-03-2020 until 10-04-2020
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 19-03-2020 until 10-04-2020
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
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