Programme

 

Day I,  14.06

16:15

17:00

Meeting registration

17:00

17:15

Welcome note

17:15

18:15

Seppo Meri (University of Helsinki, Finland):
Regulatory disturbances of complement activation in human disease

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 Bo Nilsson (Uppsala University, Sweden):
Thromboinflammation in COVID-19
16:30 17:05 Kati Kaartinen  (University of Helsinki, Finland):
Thrombotic microangiopathies
17:05 17:40

Keynote lecture
Burkhard Becher (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
IL-12 and IL-23: the paradox of simultaneous pro/anti inflammatory properties

18:00

 

Leaving for the meeting dinner at the Kolu Inn of the Estonian Open Air Museum
Bus leaves from Viru hotel at 18:00, there will be half an hour for exploring
the territory before the dinner starts at 19:00.
The bus will take everybody back at 22:00, expected arrival at Viru hotel approx 22:30.

 

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):
Aire-deficient experimental models
12:15 12:50 Aili Tagoma (University of Tartu, Estonia):
Immune responses to gut commensal in children

12:50

13:50

Lunch (60 min)
 Session 7: Oral abstract presentation (PhD students)

13:50

15:50

                                             

13:50-14:05 Asta Lučiūnaitė (Vilnius University, Lithuania) 
Investigation of inflammatory response in macrophages activated by immune complexes  
 
14:05-14:20 Julia Roquigny (INSERM, UMR, France; Sorbonne Université, France;  
Georges Pompidou European Hospital, France) 
A C3-targeting nanobody inhibits the C3NeF activity from patients with C3G by promoting the dissociation of the C3bBb convertase 
 
14:20-14:35 Alexandra Kapogianni (Sofia University, Bulgaria) 
Correlation between secretory phospholipase A2 activity and autoantibodies to complement C3 and factor H in SLE patients. 

 

14:35-14:50 Eva Krzyżewska-Dudek (University of Helsinki, Finland) 
Nanoparticles containing Influenza A (H1N1) viral peptides induce antigen-specific immune tolerance in a mouse model of narcolepsy type 1 

 

14:50-15:05 Martti Vanker (University of Tartu, Estonia)  
Autoantibodies neutralizing type III interferons are uncommon in patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia 

 

15:05-15:20 Kristi Alnek (University of Tartu, Estonia)  
Immunological and immunogenetic markers in recent-onset type 1 diabetes among children and adults 

 

15:20-15:35 Anu Bärenson (University of Tartu, Estonia; Children's Clinic of Tartu University Hospital, Estonia)  
Maternal characteristics of women at risk for gestational diabetes influencing the development of asthma and

atopic dermatitis in their offspring 

 

15:35-15:50 Lehte Türk (University of Tartu, Estonia)  
Quantifying CD8+ temra cells using statistical model 

15:50

16:35

Poster Session (with coffee and snacks)

16:35

17:00

Concluding remarks
   
   
Organisers    Sponsors
   

 

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EXHIBITORS

 

 

 

 
Nordic Complement Committee 
NCC / SSI

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