International Congress of Immunology and FOCIS
Satellite Meeting Sponsored by the Clinical Immunology Society
and the Canadian Immunodeficiency Society
Host Defense and Inherited Immune Deficiency
Organizers: Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles and Chaim Roifman
Date & Time: Sunday, July 18, 2004, 9:00-14:00
Room: Satellite, 518ab, Reception for attendees, 518c
Supported through an educational grant from Bayer
| Session 1: Innate Immunity: | |
| 9:00 |
Welcome & Introduction Charlottee Cunningham Rundles (USA) and Chaim Roifman (Canada) |
| 9:15-9:45 |
Animal models of susceptibility to infection Emil Skamene (Canada) |
| 9:45-10:15 |
Forward Genetic Analysis of Innate Immunity: The TLRs and Beyond Bruce Beutler (USA) |
| 10:15-10:45 |
From idiopathic infections to novel primary immunodeficiencies Jean-Laurent Casanova (France) |
| 10:45-11:15 |
Inherited Defects in Lymphocyte Cytotoxicity Genevieve Saint Basile (France) |
| 11:15 | Brunch Break |
| Session II: New Developments in Innate and Adaptive immunity: | |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Innate and adaptive immunity: the links to immune memory or Antigen dependent and independent and independent mechanisms that sustain serum antibody Antonio Lanzavecchia (Switzerland) |
| 12:30-13:00 |
Molecular requirements: How does the Immune System Eliminate auto reactivity? Eric Meffre (USA) |
| 13:00-13:30 |
B cell differentiation blockages leading to hypogammaglobulinemia: the ICF syndrome Claudine Schiff (France) |
| 13:30-14:00 |
Early B cell Development Mary Ellen Conley (USA) |
| 14:00-14:15 |
Closing Remarks Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles and Chaim Roifman |
| 14:30 | Jeffrey Modell Foundation Reception, Room 518c |
