Monday, 30 June 2014

Conference Venue:
Alte Aula der Philipps-Universität
„Alte Universität“, Lahntor 3, Marburg
Time Schedule:
June, 30 2014, 12.20h - 20.00h
July, 1st 2014, 08:30h - 14.00h
Organizers:
PD. Dr. Magdalena Huber / Med. Mikrobiologie Marburg
Prof. Dr. Tobias Bopp / Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Monday, 30 June 2014
12:20
“Welcome Address”
Regulatory T Cells
Regulatory T Cell Reg
Chair: Jochen Hühn
12:30
MALT1 is an intrinsic regulator of Tregs
Anne Brüstle, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto
12:50
c-FLIP regulates Treg homeostasis
Carlos Plaza Sirvent, HZI Braunschweig (AG Schmitz)
13:10
The Keap1/Nrf2 pathway, a cellular defense mechanisms against oxidative stress, facilitates
regulatory T cells
Kim Ohl, Forschungslabor Kinderklinik Aachen (AG Tenbrock)
13:30
Alloantigen-specific Tregs and Tolerance
Karolina Ebert, Universität Freiburg (AG Tanriver)
13:50
Alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells induced by thymic antigen-presenting cells prolong allograft
acceptance and are stable in vivo
Garima Garg, HZI Braunschweig (AG Hühn)
14:10
A TCR-regulated negative pathway controls Foxp3 expression by interfering with the activities
of STAT5 and Foxo1
Michael Lohoff, Philipps Universität Marburg
14:30
Break
Chair:
14:50
Depletion of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells promotes fatal T helper (Th)2 cell development in pulmnary
fungal infection
Bianca Schulze, Universität Leipzig (AG Alber)
15:10
Protein kinase CK2 enables regulatory T cells to suppress excessive Th2 responses in vivo
Alexander Ulges, Universität Mainz (AG Bopp/Schmitt)
15:30
T-bet and IFNγ are despensable for the colitis-inducing potential of CD4+ T cells
Jakob Zimmermann, DRFZ Berlin (AG Radbruch)
15:50
Reduced skin carcinogenesis in alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-treated mice is based
on the inhibition of myeloid-derived suppressor cell expansion
Nadine Sucker, Universität Münster (AG Loser)
16:10
B r e a k – please visit the companies!!!!
TH17 CELLS
Chair: Ari Waisman
16:50
A crucial role for IκBNS in the Th17 differentiation
Ingo Schmitz, Helmholtz Zentrum Braunschweig (AG Schmitz)
17:10
Malt1-dependent Roquin cleavage in CD4+ T cells promotes Th17 differentiation via dereperession
of Roquin targets IκBζ and IκBNS
Katharina Jeltsch, LMU München (AG Heissmeyer)
17:30
Alternative splicing of FOXP3 controls differentiation of Th17 cells
Reiner Mailer, Karolinska Insitut, Schweden
17:50
Epigenetic signature of ex vivo Th17 cells
Bi-Huei Yang, Helmholtz Zentrum Braunschweig (AG Hühn)
18:10
Break
DETECTION OF HUMAN AUTOREACTIVE CELLS
Chair: Christian Becker
18:30
Direct ex vivo characterization of rare autoantigen-specific human CD4+ T cells
Stefanie Gamradt, Charité Berlin (AG Scheffold)
18:50
Autoreactive circulating CD8+ T cells in patients suffering from atopic dermatitis show a
differentiated phenotype
Lennart Rösner, MH Hannover (AG Werfel)
19:10
„Maintenance of regulatory T cell fate“
Alexander Rudensky, University of New York
19:55
“walk to the Castle of Marburg”
20:30
D i n n e r – “Landgrafenschloß Marburg”
Tuesday, 1st July 2014
Mechanisms of Autoimmunity
Chair: Friederike Berberich-Siebelt
08:30
Th1 and Th17 cells promote crescent formation in Experimental Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis
Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Universität Hamburg-Eppendorf
08:50
IL-27 and IL-12 oppose pro-inflammatory IL-23 in CD4+ T cells by inducing Blimp1
Sylvia Heink, TU München (AG Korn)
09:10
Toso: a regulator of inflammation and autoimmunity
Dirk Brenner, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto
09:30
NFATc1 and NFATc2 deficiency attenuates EAE via distinct mechanisms
Lena Dietz, Universität Würzburg (AG Berberich-Siebelt)
09:50
Break
Regulation of T cell response
Chair: Ingo Schmitz
10:10
The resting Th cell memory of human bone marrow maintains longterm memory for systemic
antigens
Andreas Radbruch, DRFZ Berlin
10:30
T cell receptor upregulation creates a feedback loop that marks self reactive thymocytes for
negative selection
Ravindra Sapkota, TU München (AG Buch)
10:50
The impact of dietary proteins on the maintenance of mucosal homeostasis
Alexander Visekruna, Philipps Universität Marburg
11:10
Regulation of human immune responses against mucosal antigens by antigen-specific regulatory
T cells
Petra Bacher, Charité Berlin (AG Scheffold)
11:30
A short splice variant of the tumor suppressor gene CYLD enhances the development of IL-9
Dependent allergic airway disease in mice
Sebastian Reuter, Universität Mainz (AG Reuter-Buhl/Stassen)
11:50
The cAMP response element mudulator (CREM) influences the Th2 response in an IL-2 dependent
manner
Klaus Tenbrock, Kinderklinik Aachen
12:10
Break
CD8+ T Cell Activation and memory
Chair: Hans-Willi Mittrücker
12:40
Linking functional diversity and TCR affinity in chronic infections
Dietmar Zehn, Universität Lausanne, Schweiz
13:00
Deletion of immunodominant epitopes of murine cytomegalovirus favors the expansion of highavidity CD8 T cells specific for subdominant epitopes
Rafaela Holtappels, Immunologie, Universität Mainz
13:20
The role of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs) for T cell expansion/survival during anit-viral
Immunity
Peter Aichele, Immunologie, Universität Freiburg
13:40
Characterization of syntaxin 11-deficient mice as a new mouse model for familial hemophagocytic
lymphohistiocytosis type-4 (FHL-4)
Tamara Kögl, Universität Freiburg (AG Aichele)
14:00
Memory CD8+ T cells reside and rest in contact to IL-7 producing stromal cells in murine bone
marrow
Özen Sercan Alp, DRFZ Berlin (AG Radbruch)
14:30
Award for „Best Talk“
Spo nso ri ng:
Financial Support 1500,00 €
Financial Support 1500,00 €