Organisers

Nordic Complement Committee 
NCC / SSI


Sponsors

 

Programme

Day I,  14.06

16:15

17:00

Meeting registration

17:00

17:15

Welcome note

17:15

18:15

Keynote lecture
Burkhard Becher (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

18:15

19:45

Arrival refreshments

 

Day II, 15.06

08:30

09:00

Registration

Session 1
09:00 09:35 Tobias Freitag (University of Helsinki, Finland): 
Antigen-specific Immune Tolerance Induction in Autoimmune Diseases
09:35 10:10 Pablo Engel (University of Barcelona, Spain): 
Polyreactive Autoimmune B-Cell Repertoire
10:10 10:45 Susan Wong (University of Cardiff, UK): 
B cells in Type 1 diabetes - the good and the bad - how do we balance these?

10:45

11:05

Refreshment break (20 min)

11:05

12:05

Session 2: Career development workshop
by the 
Lithuanian Society for Immunology

12:05

13:05

Lunch (60 min)

Session 3: Complement
13:05 13:40 Kristina Nilsson-Ekdahl (Uppsala University, Sweden): 
Contact activation of complement factor C3 on biomaterial
and platelet surfaces
13:40 14:15 Peter Garred (University of Copenhagen, Denmark):
The lectin pathway of complement
14:15 14:25 Short stretch break
14.25 15:00 Diana Karpman (Lund University, Sweden):
Bridging the renin-angiotensin,
kallikrein-kinin and complement systems in inflammatory diseases
15:00 15:35 Tom Eirik Mollnes (University of Oslo, Norway):
Whole blood models for studying complement activation and inhibition

15:35

15:55

Refreshment break (20 min)

Session 4: Complement
15:55 16:30 Seppo Meri (University of Helsinki, Finland):
Regulatory disturbances of complement activation in human disease
16:30 17:05 Kati Kaartinen  (University of Helsinki, Finland):
Thrombotic microangiopathies
17:05 17:40 Bo Nilsson (Uppsala University, Sweden):
Thromboinflammation in COVID-19

19:00

 

Meeting dinner at the Kolu Inn of the Estonian Open Air Museum

 

Day III, 16.06

08:45

09:00

Registration

Session 5
09:00 09:35 Kai Kisand (University of Tartu, Estonia):
Autoimmunity towards interferons
09:35 10:10 Eliisa Kekäläinen (University of Helsinki, Finland):
Myasthenia gravis - antibody-mediated autoimmune disease of the thymus
10:10 10:45 Anna Šedivá (Motol University Hospital, Czech Republic):
B cells in DiGeorge syndrome
10:45 11:05

Refreshment break (20 min)

Session 6
11:05 11:40 Jan Damoiseaux (Maastricht University, Netherlands):
Immune-monitoring upon B-cell depletion
11:40 12:15 Pärt Peterson (University of Tartu, Estonia):
TBA
12:15 12:50 Aili Tagoma (University of Tartu, Estonia):
TBA

12:50

13:50

Lunch (60 min)

13:50

15:50

                                               Session 7: Oral abstract presentation (PhD students)

15:50

16:35

Poster Session (with coffee and snacks)

16:35

17:00

Concluding remarks