Friday October 19, 2018
17:00 - 17:30 Opening
17:00 - 17:15 - Bernhard Fleischer and Hannes Stockinger: Introduction
to the school
17:15 - 17:30 - Roksana Zakharyan: The Armenian Association of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and Immunology
17:30 - 19:30 Plenary Lectures I (Innate responses)
17:30 - 18:15 - Martin Herrmann: Neutrophils and their functions in
inflammation
18:15 - 19:00 - Seppo Meri: Evasion strategies by infectious agents
19:00 - 19:30 - Tamara Sarkisian: Familial mediterranean fever
19:30 Dinner
20:30 - 22:00 Student's oral and poster presentation session
(part 1)
Saturday October 20, 2018
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures II (adaptive immunity)
09:00 - 09:45 - Hannes Stockinger: Adaptive immunity between cure and
destruction
09:45 - 10:30 - Pablo Engel: Developments and functions of B lymphocytes
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Plenary Lectures III (autoimmunity and transplantation)
11:00 - 11:45 - Annette Gospos: Autoantigens and autoantibodies in human
autoimmune diseases
11:45 - 12:30 - Narinder Mehra: HLA system and organ transplantation
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Parallel Workshops I
- Andreas Loehr and Natalia Bocharova: Practical flow cytometry
- Annette Gospos: Practical microscopy for diagnostic of autoimmune
diseases
- Bernhard Fleischer and Hannes Stockinger: Introduction into basics
of immunology
- Narinder Mehra: Allo-antibodies and transplant injury
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:30 Parallel Workshops II
- Andreas Loehr and Natalia Bocharova: Practical flow cytometry
- Annette Gospos: Practical microscopy for diagnostic of autoimmune
diseases
- Hannes Stockinger: Microbiome and immunity
- Hans-Joachim Seitz: Metabolism and immunity
18:30 Dinner
20:00 - 23:00 Student's oral and poster presentation session
(part 2)
Sunday October 21, 2018
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures IV (Infection)
09:00 - 09:45 - René van Lier: Antiviral T cell-mediated immune
responses
09:45 - 10:30 - Hans-Willi Mittrücker: Defense against intracellular
bacteria
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Plenary Lectures V (Immune regulators)
11:00 - 11:45 - Bernhard Fleischer: Costimulation of T cell responses
11:45 - 12:30 - Dieter Kabelitz: gamma-delta T cells at the cross-road
of innate and adaptive immunity
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Parallel Workshops III
- Andreas Loehr and Natalia Bocharova: Practical flow cytometry
- Annette Gospos: Practical microscopy for diagnostic of autoimmune
diseases
- Hans-Willi Mittruecker: Methods to monitor T cell responses in vitro
and in vivo
16:00 - 19:00 Sight-seeing in Yerevan
20:00 - 23:00 Farewell dinner
Monday October 22, 2018
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures VI (Immunopathology and immunotherapy)
09:00 - 09:45 - Sergei Nedospasov: Cytokines and anti-cytokine therapy
09:45 - 10:30 - Arsen Arakelyan: Computational biology of pathophysiology
of immune response
10:30 - 12:00 Plenary Forum
Hannes Stockinger and Hans-Joachim Seitz: How to apply for international
funding in clinical and basic immunology
12:00 Closing the School