From: ltkhkunta-bounces@lists.oulu.fi [mailto:ltkhkunta-bounces@lists.oulu.fi] On Behalf Of Ritva Saastamoinen Sent: 21. lokakuuta 2013 11:47 To: ltkhkunta@lists.oulu.fi; ltkopettajat@oulu.fi; denttarit@lists.oulu.fi; bklist@lists.oulu.fi; Biology PhD students; Mirja Peltola Cc: anita.tienhaara@helsinki.fi Subject: [Ltkhkunta] Minisymposium: Inflammation and Immunity, November 26, Oulu, Finland

Dear all,

Welcome everyone in our 1-day minisymposium “Inflammation and Immunity”, November 26, Oulu, Finland!

Programme available at http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/minisymposium-inflammation-and-immunity.

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Minisymposium: Inflammation and Immunity Nov 26 2013, Oulu, Finland

Time

November 26, 2013, 8:30-15:55

Place

University of Oulu, Kontinkangas campus: Lecture hall A101 (Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology), Aapistie 7A

Credits

0.7 ECTS for postgraduate training

Requirements

To obtain the credits, participation in the lectures (all three sessions), post-lecture discussion and suggested readings are required.

Organizer

Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme (BCO-DP)

Registration

Send e-mail before the symposium to Ritva Saastamoinen, indicating if you participate in the lectures only (no limitation, open to all), or also in the post-lecture discussion groups with the speakers (limited to doctoral students or early-stage postdocs, see below). Registration deadline for the discussion groups: By November 15, 2013.

Discussion groups

If you participate in a post-lecture discussion group, please give your name, the suggested speaker for your discussion group, your Home Institute, Department and Principal Supervisor. The discussion groups will be formed based on the registrations. Each speaker provides beforehand one publication of their own to be distributed to pre-registered participants, who read the papers before the symposium. The papers can be used as a background in the discussions (by default 3-8 doctoral students/ speaker; groups can be combined depending on the number of participants). The readings will be distributed to the participants approximately 1 week before the symposium.

Contact

BCO-DP coordinator Ritva Saastamoinen, tel. 0294 48 6102, e-mail: ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi<../2011%20Advanced%20Course%20-%20Autumn/ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi>, and http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/

PROGRAMME

8:30-9:00

Get-together coffee

9:00-9:10

Opening words, Dr. Ritva Saastamoinen, BCO-DP coordinator

Session 1 Chair: Professor Johanna Myllyharju

9:10-9:50

Keynote: Cells on move - the basis of inflammation and immunity Prof. Sirpa Jalkanen MediCity Research Laboratory and Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Finland

9:50-10:30

Into Thin Air: Regulation of Immunity and Inflammation by Hypoxia Prof. Cormac Taylor School of Medicine & Medical Science, Conway Institute, Belfied, Dublin, Ireland

10:30-11:10

The Role of Interleukin-6 and ADAM17 in Inflammation and Cancer Prof. Stefan Rose-John University of Kiel, Germany

11:10-12:40

Lunch Break (1.5 h)

Session 2 Chair: Professor Seppo Vainio

12:40-13:20

Renin precursors and hematopoiesis Dr. Maria L.S. Sequeira-Lopez Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

13:20-14:00

Regulation of renin cell identity in development and disease Dr. R. Ariel Gomez Center of Excellence in Pediatric Nephrology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

14:00-14:30

Coffee break

Session 3 Chair: Professor Taina Pihlajaniemi

14:30-15:10

Role of Vascular Basement Membranes and Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in Leukocyte Infiltration into the Brain in Murine Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Dr. Lydia Sorokin Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of München, Germany

15:10-15:50

A Sensitized ENU Screen Identifies a New player in the CD28-mediated Costimulatory Pathway Dr. Marie Malissen Ciml Immunology, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille & INSERM Centre for Immunophenomics (CIPHE, Marseille), France

15:50-15:55

Closing

16:10-17:30

Post –lecture discussion groups with the speakers for pre-registered participants; place TBA. Including coffee/tea/refreshments & snack.

Best Regards, Ritva

*************************************** Ritva Saastamoinen, PhD, Docent Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme Coordinator Adjunct associate professor

Biocenter Oulu PL 5000 (Aapistie 5a) FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland

Tel: (+358) 0294 48 6102 ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/doctoral-programme ***************************************