Scandinavian Congress, Nordic Congress, Gastroenterology meeting Copenhagen
 


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Programme 2011


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Thursday

20.30-21.10 Introduction
Patric Brennan, Colorado State University, USA:
The Saltsjöbaden Conferences (1990 – 2011); their importance and what we have learned
 

Friday

09.00-09.15 Welcome
Gunilla Källenius
09.15-09.50 Kristine Arnvig, Mill Hill UK:
Non-coding RNA: the dark matter of mycobacterial gene regulation
09.50-10.05 Or01 Cirillo, Daniela M.
Small non-coding RNAs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: experimental discovery and computational target prediction
10.05-10.40 Wilbert Bitter, University Medical Center, The Netherlands:
Characterization of ESX-5, one of the type VII secretion systems
10.40-10.55 Or02 van der Wel, Nicole
ESX-1 mediated translocation to the cytosol determines pathogenicity of mycobacteria
10.55-11.40 COFFEE/POSTERS
11.40-12.15 Mary Jackson, Colorado State University, USA:
Disinfectant-Resistant Mycobacteria
12.15-12.30 Or03 Danilchanka, Olga
Discovery of MtpA, a novel porin in the outer membrane of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
12.30-12.45 Or04 Arora, Kriti;
Ultrastructural effects of cell wall damaging agents on Mycobacterium tuberculosis
12.45-13.45 LUNCH/POSTERS
13.45-14.20 Martin Rottenberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden:
Suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) molecules and their role in tuberculosis
14.20-14.35 Or05 Krishnan, Nitya
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipids are associated with lineage specific innate immune responses
14.35-14.50 Or06 Prados-Rosales, Rafael
Mycobacteria release active membrane vesicles that modulate immune responses in a TLR2-dependent manner in mice
14.50-15.25 Christoph Lange, Research Center Borstel, Germany:
From bench to bedside: The impact of scientific advances on the management of tuberculosis
15.25-15.40 Or07 Raqib, Rubhana
ALS as a potential biomarker for diagnosis of tuberculosis
15.40-15.55 Or08 Kremer, Laurent
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipolytic enzymes as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis
16.00 RECEPTION AT STOCKHOLM CITY HALL
Enjoy a boat trip trough the archipelago to the City Hall where a reception will take place by courtesy of the city Stockholm and the county of Stockholm at Stockholm City Hall, the venue for the Nobel Prize dinner.
 

Saturday

09.00-09.35 Erwin Schurr, McGill, Canada:
Host genetic control of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
09.35-09.50 Or09 Boisson-Dupuis, Stephanie
IL-12Rβ1 deficiency in two of fifty children with severe tuberculosis from Iran, Morocco, and Turkey
09.50-10.05 Or10 Hoal, Eileen G
Association of toll-like receptor 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 genes with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis
10.05-10.40 Olivier Neyrolles, CNRS-University of Toulouse, France:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis interactions with host macrophages
10.40-11.25 COFFEE/POSTERS
11.25-11.40 Or11 Saunders, Bernadette
Mycobacteria infected macrophages release micro-particles that modulate inflammation and antigen presentation
11.40-12.15 Sabine Ehrt, Weill Cornell, USA:
Intracellular survival strategies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
12.15-12.30 Or12 Petruccioli, Elisa
Autophagy modulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis after in vitro infection of human primary macrophages
12.30-12.45 Or13 Mariotti, Sabrina
Mycobacterium tuberculosis may escape helper T cell recognition by infecting human fibroblasts
12.45-13.45 LUNCH/POSTERS
13.45-14.20 David Russel, Cornell University, NY, USA:
Probing mycobacterial pathogenesis with synthetic phenotypes and chemical genetics
14.20-14.35 Or14 Ehlers, Stefan
Granuloma necrosis in tuberculosis is mediated by interleukin-4 receptor-alpha-dependent mechanisms
14.35-14.50 Or15 Demangel, Caroline
Mycolactone targets the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein control of skin integrity
14.50-15.50 COFFEE/POSTERS
15.50-16.25 Andrea Cooper, Trudeau Institute, USA
Cellular immunity in the mouse model of tuberculosis
16.25-16.40 Or16 Britton, Warwick
Influenza A virus infection impairs BCG-specific T cell responses and mycobacterial clearance during pulmonary infection with BCG and influenza A virus
16.40-16.55 Or17 Correia-Neves, Margarida
Immune response and T cell recirculation in infected thymi: two (in)dependent processes?
16.55-17.30 Samuel Behar, Harvard, USA:
Ongoing interaction between innate and clonal immunity lead to host control of tuberculosis
17.30-17.45 Or18 Portevin, Damien
Human natural killer cells are recruited to tuberculous lesions and can respond to extracellular mycobacterium tuberculosis and infected macrophages
17.45-18.00 Or19 Gilleron, Martine
Lipid trimming and CD1e assistance in mycobacterial phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannoside presentation by CD1b to T lymphocytes
19.30 GALA DINNER AT GRAND HOTEL SALTSJÖBADEN
 

Sunday

09.30-09.45 Or20 Marrakchi, Hedia
Functional characterization of FadD32, an attractive target for the development of new mycobacterial inhibitors
09.45-10.20 Valerie Mizrahi, University of Cape Town, South Africa:
The development of novel screening strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for use in target-led approaches to tuberculosis drug discovery
10.20-10.55 COFFEE/POSTERS
10.55-11.30 Rob Warren, Stellenbosch University, South Africa:
New molecular epidemiology insights of tuberculosis in Southern Africa
11.30-11.45 Or21 Sambandan, Dhinakaran
New approach to tuberculosis chemotherapy using inhibitors of mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilm formation
11.45-12.00 Or22 Ahmed, Raija
A phase I study using autologous mesenchymal stem cells as adjunct treatment in patients with multi- and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis
12.00-13.00 LUNCH/POSTERS
13.00-13.35 Sally Sharpe, Health Protection Agency, UK:
Non-human primate aerosol challenge models of tuberculosis: species comparison and new readouts for vaccine evaluation
13.35-13.50 Or23 Satti, Iman
Recombinant FP85A inhibits recombinant MVA85A IFN-γ responses in healthy BCG-Primed humans
13.50-14.05 Or24 Velmurugan, Kamalakannan
Construction and evaluation of novel recombinant BCG vaccines
14.05-14.45 Closing session
Barry Bloom, Harvard, USA:
The Nobility of Failure


Eighth International Conference on the Pathogenesis of Mycobacterial Infections