Program
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TBSI2015 Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
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| 09:00-09:30 | OPENING OF SYMPOSIUM
Chair: David Wallach & Idit Shachar |
| 09:00-09:10 |
David Wallach& Idit Shachar, Weizmann Institute of Science
Opening of Symposium
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| 09:10-09:20 |
Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute of Science
Welcome to Weizmann Institute of Science
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| 09:20-09:30 |
Patrick Prendergast, Provost ,Trinity College Dublin
Welcome Address
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| 09:30-12:10 | Session 1: Adaptive Immunity
Chair: Kingston Mills |
| 09:30-09:55 |
Kingston Mills , TBSI
Regulatory and Pathogenic Role of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells in Autoimmune Diseases
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| 09:55-10:20 |
Idit Shachar , Weizmann Institute of Science
CD84 is a Novel Mediator of the Interaction of CLL Cells with their Microenvironment Inducing Cell Survival
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| 10:20-10:45 |
Padraic Fallon , TBSI
Regulatory Functions of B Cells in the Suppression of Autoimmunity
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| 10:45-11:00 |
Eszter Bakos , Weizmann Institute of Science
The CCR2 Chemokine Receptor as a Direct Regulator of CD4+ Effector T Cell Responses
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| 11:00-11:15 |
Sarah Edwards , TBSI
γβ Cells, a Novel T Cell Subset With a Pathogenic Role in IL-17-Mediated CNS Autoimmunity
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| 11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:30-11:45 |
Michal Polonsky, Weizmann Institute of Science
Characterizing the Dynamics of T-Helper Cell Differentiation Using Live Cell Imaging and Single-Cell Analysis
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| 11:45-12:10 |
Jacub Abramson , Weizmann Institute of Science
Sirt1 is SIRTanly important for induction of immunological self-tolerance and prevention of autoimmunity
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| 12:10-14:00 | Session 2: Metabolomics And Bioenergetics
Chair: Richard Porter |
| 12:10-12:35 |
Richard Porter , TBSI
The Role of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins (UCPS) in Thymocyte/T-Cell Development and Function
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| 12:35-12:50 |
Yochai Wolf , Weizmann Institute of Science
Brown Adipose Tissue Macrophages Control Homeostatic Energy Expenditure
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| 12:50-13:05 |
Christoph Alexander Thaiss , Weizmann Institute of Science
Coordinated harmonics of immunity and metabolism in the meta-organism
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| 13:05-13:50 |
Lunch
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| 13:50-14:00 |
Group Picture
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| 14:00-14:45 | Keynote Address (Introduced by Idit Shachar)
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| 14:00-14:45 |
Richard Flavell , Yale School of Medicine
Humanized Mice for the Study of the Human Condition
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| 14:45-17:00 | Session 3: Vaccines And Immunotherapy
Chair: Gavin Davey |
| 14:45-15:10 |
Ed Lavelle , TBSI
Particulate Adjuvants for Injectable and Mucosal Vaccines
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| 15:10-15:25 |
Elizabeth Carroll , TBSI
The vaccine adjuvant chitosan promotes type I interferons and dendritic cell maturation via a cGAS-STING dependent mechanism
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| 15:25-15:40 |
Natalia Zabolinsky , Weizmann Institute of Science
Elucidating the effects of the PD-1 pathway on the dynamic interactions between cytotoxic T cells and their targets
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| 15:40-15:55 |
Mieszko Wilk , TBSI
Lung Resident Memory CD4+T Cells (Trm) Play a Critical Role in Protective Immunity to Bordetella Pertussis
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| 15:55-16:10 |
Coffee Break
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| 16:10-16:35 |
Gavin Davey , TBSI
New Tools for Deciphering N- and O-Linked Glycosylation Networks: Applications for Bio-And Immuno-Therapeutics
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| 16:35-17:00 |
Emma OConnor , TBSI
Identification of Gb3-Positive Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells and their Sensitivity to Verotoxin
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