ProgramProgram

09:00 - 11:00

Overview of the Immune Response

Chair: P. Verginis

  • Innate immunity (M. Semitekoglou) [ppt, video]
  • Antigen presentation (T. Alissafi) [ppt, video]
  • Adaptive immunity (A. Hatzioannou) [ppt, video]
  • B cell responses (Ε. Sevdali) [ppt, video]
11:00 - 11:30

Break

- Break -

11:30 - 13:00

New Concepts in Immunology

Chair: T. Alissafi

  • Emergency hematopoiesis (I. Mitroulis) [ppt, video]
  • Fibroblasts in health and disease (V. Koliaraki) [ppt, video]
  • Computational genomics: Major contribution in translational research (C. Nikolaou) [ppt, video]
13:00 - 14:30

Light Lunch

- Light Lunch -  

14:30 - 17:00

Research in Immune Mediated Diseases

Chair: P. Verginis

  • Research in Immune Mediated Diseases [video] (Poster Session with extended discussions)
17:00 - 17:30

Break

- Break -  

17:30 - 19:00

Current Immunological trends in clinical topics

Chair: I. Mitroulis

  • Cells and pathways producing interferon in health and disease (A. Banos) [ppt, video]
  • Thrombosis and fibrosis in inflammation (P. Skendros) [ppt, video]
  • Immunosuppressive therapies and host susceptibility to infections (G. Chamilos) [ppt, video]
19:00 - 20:00

Keynote Lecture

Chair: D.T. Boumpas, P. Sidiropoulos

  • “Inflammation across Tissues: Unlocking the cellular basis of Immune Mediated Inflammαtory Diseases” (C. Buckley) [ppt, video]
09:00 - 11:00

Autoimmune Diseases Pathogenesis: What’s new?

Chairs: A. Repa - A. Raptopoulou

  • Nephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (H. Frangou) [ppt, video]
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis: Novel pathological-clinical correlations (P. Sidiropoulos) [ppt, video]
  • Cytokine networks in the pathogenesis of spondylarthritides (G. Fragoulis) [ppt, video]
  • Inflammatory bowel diseases: Cellular players in-between innate-adaptive immunity (Ι. Drygiannakis) [ppt, video]
11:00 - 11:30

Break

- Break -

11:30 - 13:00

Current concepts in immune-related CNS diseases

Chair: G. Bertsias

  • Degenerative diseases: Genetics and clinical aspects (I. Zaganas) [ppt, video]
  • Degenerative CNS diseases: Pathophysiological concepts (K. Tsamis) [ppt, video]
  • Neuroimaging current status and perspectives (E. Papadaki) [ppt, video]
13:00 - 14:00

Light Lunch

- Light Lunch -

14:00 - 15:00

Autoimmune Diseases’ Pathogenesis: What’s new II?

Chair: M. Semitekolou

  • Early SLE (G. Bertsias) [ppt, video]
  • How to measure interferon in lab and the clinic (C. Mavragani) [ppt, video]
15:00 - 17:00

Interactive sessions: Clinical cases presentation with discussion

Chairs: P. Skendros, I. Mitroulis

  • Case 1 (University Hospital of Alexandroupolis) [ppt, video]
  • Case 2 (Hematology Clinic, University General Hospital of Heraklion) [ppt, video]
  • Case 3 (Nephrology Clinic, University General Hospital of Heraklion) [ppt, video]
  • Case 4 (Rheumatology Clinic, P.G.N. Ioannina) [ppt, video]
  • Case 5 (1st Pre-educational Pathology Clinic, Laiko Hospital) [ppt, video]
  • Case 6 (Rheumatology DPPC PGN, ATTICON) [ppt, video]
  • Case 7 (Rheumatology Clinic, University General Hospital of Heraklion) [ppt, video]
17:00 - 17:30

Break

-  Break -

17:30 - 19:00

Immune deregulation in diseases

Chair: C. Mavragani

  • CAR T cells: Current clinical status (M. Ximeri) [ppt, video]
  • Cancer Immunotherapy (M. Tsoumakidou) [ppt, video]
  • Immune response patterns in inflammatory skin diseases (M.P. Konstantinou) [ppt, video]
19:00 - 20:30

Pharma industry perspectives in immunology

Chair: P. Sidiropoulos

  • Jay Tuttle, Ely Lilly [video]
  • Greg Friberg, Amgen [video]
  • Ioannis Dimitriadis, MSD [video]
20:00

Dinner

- Dinner -

09:00 - 11:00

Workshop 1 Students’ Presentations

6 selected Presentations (20’)

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 14:00

Workshop 2 Students’ Presentations

6 selected Presentations (20’)

14:00 - 15:00

Conclusions - Wrap Up

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