PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Thursday October 10th
Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms in cardiovascular disease and stroke (17:00-19:00)
17:00 Welcome message
17:05 Eicke Latz (Germany) “Cholesterol microcrystals, inflammasomes and atherosclerosis”
18:00 Ashley Mansell (Australia) “PAMPs and DAMPs as triggers of chronic diseases”
18:20 Ban Hock Toh (Australia) “CD8 T lymphocytes in the genesis of vulnerable plaques”
18:40 Mathias Gelderblom (Germany) “Leukocyte sub-populations in stroke injury”
19:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
Friday October 11th
Cellular mechanisms of atherosclerosis (9:00-10:45)
9:00 Introduction by Chair
9:05 Alex Bobik (Australia) “B cell subsets in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis”
9:25 Jaye Chin-Dusting (Australia) “Influence of HDL on macrophage differentiation”
9:45 Antonino Nicoletti (France) “Lymphoid neogenesis in atherothrombosis”
10:05 Karlheinz Peter (Australia) “Dissociation of pentameric to monomeric CRP drives vascular inflammation”
10:25 Tomasz Grodzicki (Poland) “Immune or endothelial mechanisms of increased CVD risk in cancer survivors”
10:45 MORNING TEA
Novel immune-based therapies and biomarkers for cardiovascular disease (11:15-13:00)
11:15 Introduction by Chair
11:20 Giuseppina Caligiuri (France) “CD31 peptides: A new class of anti-atherogenic drugs”
11:40 Marek Naruszewicz (Poland) “Anti-inflammatory properties of olive oil in cardiovascular disease”
12:00 Rafal Olszanecki (Poland) “Curcumin and atherosclerosis: a quest for novel anti inflammatory drugs”
12:20 Georg Wick (Austria) “Heat shock protein 60-induced vaccination against atherosclerosis”
12:40 Jan Nilsson (Sweden) “Immune biomarkers of cardiovascular risk”
13:00 LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING
Inflammatory targets in stroke (15:00-16:45)
15:00 Introduction by Chair
15:05 Garrie Arumugam (Singapore) “Targeting inflammation to treat ischemic brain injury”
15:25 Joanna Pera (Poland) "Inflammation in rupture of intracranial aneurysms"
15:45 Tomasz Dziedzic (Poland) "Is systemic inflammation a therapeutic target in acute stroke?”
16:05 Connie Wong (Australia) “Systemic immunosuppression in stroke”
16:25 Tim Magnus (Germany) “Nanobodies: A new treatment option in stroke”
16:45 Chris Sobey (Australia) “Cell therapy in stroke”
17:05 DRINKS & POSTER VIEWING
19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
Saturday October 12th
Inflammation and immunity in hypertension and chronic kidney disease (9:00-10:45)
9:00 Introduction by Chair
9:05 Marta Czesnikiewicz-Guzik (Poland)“Periodontitis and endothelial dysfunction in hypertension”
9:25 Grant Drummond (Australia) “Chemokine receptors as novel therapeutic targets in hypertension”
9:45 Tomasz Guzik (Poland) “Inflammation in hypertension: a story of the vessel, kidney and brain”
10:05 Antony Vinh (Australia) “Co-stimulatory mechanisms of T cell activation in hypertension”
10:25 Michael Hickey (Australia) “Imaging leukocyte interactions during renal inflammation”
10:45 MORNING TEA
Future directions (11:15-12:00)
11:15 Australian-European funding opportunities
11:30 Establishment of a preclinical trial network
11:45 Next meeting?
11:55 Final remarks and meeting close
