Day of Immunology 2012: Toward New Frontiers
On the occassion of the 50th anniversary
of foundation of the Institute of Microbiology, v.v.i.

Symposium rooms

Plenary lectures will be given in the main lecture hall on the ground floor of Building A.

Refreshments for the coffee breaks as well as sandwiches and salads for the lunch (kindly offered by EXBIO) will be available in the entrance lobby. Mineral water bottles (kindly provided by Mattoni) and yoghurts (kindly offered by Danone) will be on hand all day.

At the end of the Symposium, refreshment will be served in the "Klub MBÚ" near the entrance hall.

Our reputable guests:


Prof. G. Trinchieri

Prof. R. Apte

Prof. M. Locati

Prof. P. V. Lehmann

Prof. V. Umansky

Prof. A. Sica

Prof. P. Srivastava

Prof. J. Mestecky

Program

9:00 Opening
9:15 Prof. G. Trinchieri, USA Innate resistance, inflammation, and carcinogenesis
9:50 Prof. R. Apte, Israel Interleukin-1-mediated inflammation and the malignant process
10:25 Prof. M. Locati, Italy Regulation of the chemokine system by atypical chemokine receptors
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Prof. P. Lehmann, USA PAMPS and alarmins in autoimmunity – lessons for cancer?
11:50 Prof. V. Umansky, Germany   Immunosuppression in tumor microenvironment induced by chronic inflammation
12:25 Dr. L. Vannucci, CZ Tumor microenvironment as a target for selective immunotherapy
12:45 Dr. M. Kovář, CZ Tuning the immunity up and down with complexes of IL-2 and anti-IL-2 mAb
13:05 Lunch
14:15 Prof. A. Sica, Italy Macrophage plasticity and polarization in disease
14:50 Dr. M. Bilej, CZ The role of lectin-saccharide interactions in the evolution of cytokines
15:10 Prof. P. Srivastava, USA Peering deep into the heart of tumor-specificity
15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Prof. J. Mestecky, USA/CZ   IgA Nephropathy: autoimmune nature of the disease
16:35 Dr. M. Šinkora, CZ The role of the ileal Peyer’s patches and bone marrow in B cell development in swine
16:55 Dr. M. Kverka, CZ Oral treatment with antigens from Parabacteroides distasonis protects mice from experimental colitis by oral tolerance induction
17:15 Panel discussion (Apte, Lehmann, Locati, Mestecky, Říhová, Sica, Srivastava, Trinchieri, Umansky, Vannucci)
17:45 Conclusion (Prof. B. Říhová, CZ)
17:50    Refreshment (until 18:45)