European Advanced Course and Conference on Immunology, Normandy – France

 

August 27-31, 2023

Amphi 210A – Bâtiment Stewart – UFR Santé - Rouen, France

 

Organized by FOCIS Center of Excellence PAn’THER

under the auspices of association de recherche sur les pathologies du système immunitaire,

Rouen university, Health faculty,

Rouen Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, IRIB

 


Day 1 (August 27th) Concepts and Updates in Immunology I
13h00-14h15Check in
14h15-14h30Welcome and introduction
14h30-15h30Introduction to innate and adaptive immunity; Antigen capture and display
Abul Abbas (FCE UCSF, San Francisco, USA)
15h30-16h30Molecular and cellular mechanisms in innate immunity
Laurent Gauthier (Innate Pharma, Marseille, France)
16h30-17h00Break
17h00-18h00Complement: from biology to therapy
Marie Agnes Dragon-Durey (HEGP, Paris, France)

Day 2 (August 28th) Concepts and Updates in Immunology II
08h30-09h20Stem cells in the immune system: from homeostasis to malignancy
Monica Guzman (Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA)
09h20-10h15Activation and regulation of T Cells
Abul Abbas (FCE UCSF, San Francisco, USA)
10h15-10h45Coffe break (poster/sponsor showcase)
10h45-11h45Cytokines and signaling pathways
Massimo Gadina (NIH, Bethesda, USA)
11h45-12:30B cells and antibodies
Abul Abbas (FCE UCSF, San Francisco, USA)
12h30-14h00Lunch break
14h00-14h45Allergy
Jeremie Martinet (FCE PAn’THER, Rouen, France)
14h45-15h30Central and peripheral tolerance: cellular and molecular mechanisms
Abul Abbas (FCE UCSF, San Francisco, USA)
15h30-16h30Autoimmune diseases: pathogenesis and therapy
Terri Laufer (FCE University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
16h30-17h00Coffee break (poster/sponsor showcase)
17h00-18h00Transplantation
Megan Sykes (FOCIS president, FCE Columbia University, New York, USA)
18h00-19h00Immunodeficiencies
Frederic Rieux-Laucat (Institut Imagine, Paris, France)

Day 3 (August 29th) Concepts and Updates in Immunology III
8h30-9h30Tumor immunology: from immunosurveillance to CAR T cells
Olivier Boyer (FCE PAn’THER, Rouen, France)
9h30-10h30Molecular immunotherapies
Jonathan Maltzman (FCE Stanford University, Stanford, USA)
10h30-11h00Coffee break
11h00-11h45Immune responses in infectious diseases
Sophie Candon (FCE PAn’THER, Rouen, France)
11h45-12h45Computational approaches in immunology
Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer (Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
12h45-14h00Lunch

Day 4 (August 30th) Scientific seminars
9h00-10h15Session 1: New insights in T and B cell Biology and immunomonitoring
     Polyspecific CD8+ T-cells in the adaptive antiviral immune response
     David Klatzmann (FCE Sorbonne Université, France)
     Regulation of B cell responses by distinct populations of T lymphocytes
     Nicolas Fazilleau (INFINITY, France)
     State-of-the-art approaches for advanced immunomonitoring in health and disease
     Milena Hasan (FCE Pasteur Institute, France)
10h15-10h45Coffee break (poster/sponsor showcase)
10h45-12h25Session 2: Transplantation/tolerance
     Keynote speaker (FOCIS president)
     Dynamic establishment of the T resident memory repertoire in human intestinal allografts: the impact of 2-way alloreactivity
     Megan Sykes (FCE Columbia University, USA)
     Human thymic function: a matter of age, sex and genotype
     Antoine Toubert (FCE Paris Diderot University, France)
     From infection to immune aging in transplant recipients
     Jonathan Maltzman (FCE Stanford University, USA)
     Advancing CD8+ Treg cell therapy to the clinic
     Carole Guillonneau (FCE Nantes University, France)
12h25-14h00Lunch break (poster/sponsor showcase)
14h00-15h15Session 3: Cancer immunology
     SFI guest speaker:
     The dirty secrets of Gut Microbiota for immune-oncology
     Laurence Zitvogel (Institut Gustave Roussy, France)
     Targeting the epichaperome in AML
     Monica Guzman (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)
     Novel immunotherapies for lowly mutated pediatric tumors, a translational approach
     Eliane Piaggio (Institut Curie, France)
15h15-16h15Session 4: Young investigator selected presentations
16h15-16h50Break (poster/sponsor showcase)
16h50-18h30Session 5: Autoimmune diseases: pathogenesis and therapy
     Targeting type-2 disease: benefits and side effects of IL4R-a blockade
     Femke van Wijk (FCE Utrech, the Netherlands)
     Treg fitness in health and autoimmunity
     Anne Pesenacker (FCE Immunity & Transplantation, UK)
     IL-17 biology in the context of joint inflammation
     Leonie Taams (FCE Kings College)
     A link between mitochondrial anomalies and inflammation in inflammatory muscle disease
     Catalina Abad (FCE PAn’THER, France)
18h30-19h00Poster travel awardees diploma and sponsor’s price ceremony

Day 5 (August 31st) Clinical trials Workshop
8h30-10h00From discovery to the clinics
     The odyssey of IL-17
     Pierre Miossec (Université Claude-Bernard-Lyon, France)
     Lessons from drug development in autoimmunity and cancer
     Jane Grogan (Graphite Bio, USA)
     Methodology lessons from first-in-human clinical trials in immunology
     Bertrand Diquet (Universitéd’Angers, France)
10h00-10h30Coffee break
10h30-11h00Clinical trials in immunology: from principles to practice
Pascal Joly (FCE PAn’THER, France)
11h00-12h30Parallel workshops: Building your clinical trial in immunology
Pascal Joly, Vivien Hebert, Jacques Benichou, Bertrand Dicquet
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