Scientific program
FINAL PROGRAM
TIME
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WEDNESDAY, November 3rd
2010
Section of Clinical Immunology |
8am - 2pm
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Registration |
9am - 10:30am
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RT 1. Clinical Immunology I
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
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Chair: Renato Stein (PUCRS, Brazil)
- Renato Stein (PUCRS,
Brazil)
Viral infections in Brazil and development of
respiratory diseases
- Thais Mauad (USP, Brazil)
Lung
pathology and immune response during H1N1 epidemy in Brazil
-Barbara Porto (PUCRS, Brazil)Modulation of murine bone
marrow-derived dendritic cells by H1N1 virus haemagglutinins
-
Nicholas Lukacs (USA)
Innate immune responses dictate
respiratory virus-induced pathogeneses |
RT 2. Clinical Immunology
II
AUTOIMMUNITY
• Chair: Jorge Kalil (FMUSP,
Brazil)
- Jorge Kalil (FMUSP, Brazil)
Recent advances in
immunopathology of rheumatic fever
- Mark Hogarth (HMcPherson,
Australia)
Roles of Fc Receptors and immune complexes in the
heterogeneity of autoimmune arthritis
- Angelina Bilate (NY
Univ., USA)
Regulatory role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in
autoimmune encephalomyelitis
- Willem van Eden (Univ. Utrecht,
Holland)
Heat shock proteins for the immunotherapy of chronic
inflammatory diseases. |
10:30am - 11am
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COFFEE BREAK |
11am - 12pm
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RT 3. Clinical Immunology III
STEM CELL
THERAPIES
• Chair: Júlio Voltarelli, (USP, Brazil)
-
Nance Nardi (UFRGS, Brazil)
Stem cells and their niches-
Implications for therapy
- Lúcia Silla (UFRGS,
Brazil)
Cancer immunotherapy
- Júlio Voltarelli (USP,
Brazil)
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune
diseases |
RT 4. Clinical Immunology
IV
HIV - IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND VACCINES
• Edécio Cunha-Neto
(USP, Brazil)
- Douglas Nixon (UCSF, USA)
EndogenousA
retroelement immunity in HIV-1 infection
- Daniela Santoro
Rosa (USP, Brazil)
Advances in the development of a novel HIV
vaccine
- Maria Teresa M. Giret (USP, Brazil)
GBV-C -
HIV Interactions
- Benedita Rocha (Necker, France)
CD8
dysfunction in HIV infection associates to major modifications of
T-bet expression |
12pm - 2pm
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LUNCH |
2pm - 3:45pm
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RT 5. Clinical Immunology V
IMMUNOGENETICS -
BEYOND THE CLASSICAL HLA GENES
• Chair: José Artur Bogo Chies
(UFRGS, Brazil)
- Sérgio Crovella (UFPE,
Brazil)
Immunogenetics and infection
- Eduardo José
Melo dos Santos,(UFPR,Brazil)
Immunogenetics and ancestrality
- Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler,(UFPR,Brazil)
Immunogenetics,
human populations and pemphigus foliaceus
- Eduardo
Antônio Donadi (USP-RP, Brazil)
Immunogenetics and cancer |
RT 6. Clinical Immunology
VI
EMERGING CONCEPTS IN ALLERGY
• Chair: Momtchillo Russo
(USP, Brazil)
- Momtchillo Russo (USP, Brazil)
Asthma models
for a complex syndrome
- Valérie Verhasselt
(France)
Post-natal maternal programming of allergic
diseases
- Luciana Mirotti (USP, Brazil)
Food Allergy
and Behavior
- Denise Fonseca (USP,
Brazil)
Allergen-free immunotherapy of experimental
asthma
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4pm - 5pm
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RT 7. Clinical Immunology
VII
IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
• Chair: José Marcos Cunha (USP,
Brazil)
- Karina Salmazi (USP, Brazil)
NKT in primary
deficiencies
- João Bosco Oliveira (NIH,USA)
Human
disorders of apoptosis: from the bench to the bedside and
back
-Luiz Vicente Rizzo, Hospital Albert Einstein,
SP
Regulation of the immune response in immunodeficiency, or how
can you drive a car missing the steering wheel
- Anete
Grumach (USP, Brazil)
Complement deficiences: new findings |
RT 8. Clinical Immunology VIII
VIRUSES IN
CLINICAL PRACTICE
• Chair: Niels Olsen (USP, Brazil)
-
Nancy Bellei (UNIFESP, Brazil)
The H1N1's epidemy
- Luis
Fernndo Camargo Aranha (USP, Brazil)
CMV infection in
Immunocompromised hosts
- Ana Paula Lepique (USP,
Brazil)
Human Papillomavirus associated tumor microenvironment
and modulation of host´s immune responses
- João Trindade Marques
(UFMG, Brazil)
The mechanism of dsRNA-induced apoptosis by
Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 |
5pm - 5:30pm
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COFFEE BREAK |
5:30pm - 6:30pm
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RT 9. Frontiers in imaging
• Chair: Camila Oliveira
(UFBA, Brazil)
- Michael Dustin (New York Univ,
USA)
Distinctions between effector cells and regulatory cell
immunological synapses
- Gabriel Victora (NYU & The
Rockefeller Univ., USA)
Multiphoton Microscopy using
Photoactivatable Green Fluorescent Protein Reveals Mechanisms that
Govern Germinal Center Selection
- Antonio Rothfuchs (Karolinska
Inst, SW)
"Visualization of antigen recognition by CD4+ T cells
during mycobacterial infection" |
6:30pm - 6:45pm
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Opening Ceremony |
6:45pm - 7:45pm
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C1 - Opening Conference. Philippa
Marrack (National Jewish Health , Denver, CO) - Sex and B cells
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Chair: Patricia Bozza (FIOCRUZ, Brazil) |
7:45pm - 8:45pm
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POSTERS & HAPPY HOUR |
| 8:45pm - 9:45pm |
WELCOME PARTY |
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| Program subject to change
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TIME
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THURSDAY, November 4th
2010 |
8am - 9am
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Immunology Courses |
9am -
10:30am
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RT 10. Immunity against intracellular
bacteria
• Chair: André Báfica (UFSC, Brazil)
- Carl
Feng (NIH, USA)
Interferon response to Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
- Sergio Costa Oliveira (UFMG,
Brazil)
The role of type I interferon signaling in host
susceptibility to an
intracellular bacterial
infection
- Dario Zamboni (USP, Brazil)
Inflammasome
activation in response to bacterial infection |
RT 11.Tumor Immunology.
•
Chair: José Alexandre Barbuto (USP, Brazil)
- Matthew
Mescher (Minnesota Univ., USA) - CD8 T Cell Activation and Tumor
Immunotherapy
- Hildegund Ertl (Wistar, USA) - Cancer
Vaccines: the Sisyphean challenge.
- Ana Carolina Monteiro
(INCA-RJ, Brazil) - Immune interplay between osteolytic disease and
bone metastasis
- Ana Paula Souza (PUCRS, Brazil) -
Priming and differentiation of CD4+ T cells against a non-tumor
antigen is unaffected in melanoma bearing mice |
10:30am - 11am
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COFFEE BREAK |
11am - 12pm
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C2 - Enhancing the
effectiveness of vaccines by targeting antigens to dendritic
cells
Ken Shortman, WEHI, Australia
• Chair: Ana Maria
Caetano Faria (UFMG, Brazil) |
| 12pm - 2pm |
LUNCH |
| 12:45pm - 1:30pm |
Technical Conference Life
Technologies
Introducing Attune: The World's First
Acoustic-Focusing Cytometer
Suzanne Schloemann
Field
Applications Specialist
Flow Cytometry Systems
Life
Technologies |
2pm - 3:45pm
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RT 12. Viral immunity
• Chair: Marcelo
Bozza (UFRJ, Brazil)
- Wilson Savino (FIOCRUZ,
RJ)
Non-lymphoid cell targets in HTLV-1 infection
-
Guilhermina Melendi (Argentina)
Dengue infection during
pregnancy
- Johan Van Weyenbergh (CPqGM-BA,
Brazil)
Type I IFN as a key player in both pathogenesis and
therapy of HTLV-1 associated leukemia and neurodegenerative
disease
- Luiz Rodrigues (UNIFRA, Brazil)
- Rescue of CD4 T
cells with IL-21 during immunosuppression
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RT 13. New insights into lipid mediators
• Chair:
Lucia Faccioli (USP, Brazil) e Sonia Jancar (USP, Brazil)
-
Carlos Henrique Serezani (Univ. Michigan, USA)
Leukotrienes,
microRNAs and MyD88: boosting up innate immune responses
- Colin Funk (Canada) Eicosanoid Lipid Mediator Pathways
in Health and Disease
- Michael Wakelam (Cambridge,
UK)
Phospholipases D signalling in malignancy
-
Alexandra I. Medeiros (UNESP, Brazil)
Lipid mediators in lung
antimicrobial function |
4pm - 5pm
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C3 - What do CD4 T cells see in type-1
diabetes in the NOD Mouse?
John Kappler, National Jewish
Health, Denver, USA
• Chair: Wilson Savino(FIOCRUZ, Brazil) |
5pm - 5:30pm
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COFFEE BREAK |
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5:30pm - 6:30pm
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C4 - Immunity to influenza
viruses
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Mount Sinai, USA
• Chair:
Ricardo Gazinelli (UFMG, Brazil) |
6:30pm - 7:30pm
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POSTERS & HAPPY
HOUR |
7:30pm - 8:30pm
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General Assembly of the Brazilian
Society of Immunology |
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| Program subject to change
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TIME
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FRIDAY, November 5th
2010 |
8am - 9am
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Immunology Courses |
9am - 10:30am
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RT 14. Sepsis
• Chair: Fernando
Q. Cunha (USP, Brazil)
- Fernando Cunha (USP,
Brazil)
Protecting effects of hidrogen sulfide and IL-33 in
sepsis
- Gláucia Furtado (Mount Sinai, USA)
A novel
model for sepsis.
- Fernando A. Bozza (FIOCRUZ,
Brazil)
New control mechanisms of vascular permeability in sepsis
and influenza |
RT 15. Vaccines and viral vectors.
•
Chair: Oscar Bruna-Romero (UFMG, Brazil)
-Tomas Hanke
(Oxford, UK)
Tackling the HIV-1 diversity
- Flávio da
Fonseca (UFMG, Brazil) Poxvirus/MVA-based vaccines in the Brazilian
context: Aspects and current Status
- Myrna Bonaldo
(FIOCRUZ, Brazil)
Yellow fever
- Alexandre Machado
(FIOCRUZ, Brazil) Influenza viruses as vaccine vectors |
10:30am - 11am
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COFFEE BREAK |
11am - 12pm
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C5 - Mechanisms of
disease and protection in experimental dengue infection
Mauro
M. Teixeira, UFMG, Brazil
• Chair: Fernando Q. Cunha(USP,
Brazil) |
12pm - 2pm
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LUNCH |
12:45pm - 1:30pm
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Techinical Conference PerkinElmer
Alpha:
alternativa mais rápida e fácil para ELISA
Renata Romanato
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Technical Conference BD
- Citometria de
Fluxo |
2pm - 3:45pm
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RT 16. Clinical Immunology I
TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY
AND CELL THERAPY
• Chair: Ana Carla Goldberg (USP, Brazil)
- Fernanda Pinto Mariz (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie,
Paris)
VLA-4 is a disease progression biomarker and a potential
target for immunotherapy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
-
Luciana Cavalheiro Marti (Hospital Albert Einstein, SP)
The
importance of Interleukin-7 on Cord Blood T Cells Expansion: A
Critical Step on the way to Adoptive Immunotherapy
- Adriana
Bonomo (INCA-RJ, Brazil)
Nod2 -/- dendritic cells protect mice
from GVHD induced death without affecting disease severity |
RT 17. B-cell biology
• Chair: Alberto
Nóbrega (UFRJ, Brazil)
- John Cambier (Denver,
USA)
Autoimmunity, Infection and B Cell Anergy; Connections and
Disconnections
- Alberto Nóbrega (UFRJ, Brazil)
Role of
TLRs in B cell development
- Harry W. Schroeder (Univ. Alabama,
USA)
Development of the antibody repertoire: the illusion of free
will
- Andre Vale (Univ. Alabama, USA)
"New evidence in favor
of self-antigen as a critical driving force in the development of
the natural antibody repertoire." |
4pm - 5pm
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C6 - Role of CMV infection during
immunosenescence
Graham Pawelec, Univ. Tubingen, Germany
•
Chair: Moisés Bauer (PUCRS, Brazil) |
5pm - 5:30pm
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COFFEE BREAK |
5:30pm - 6:30pm
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C7 - The human
antibody response to HIV
Michel Nussenzweig, The Rockefeller
University, USA
• Chair: Júlio Scharfstein(UFRJ,
Brazil) |
6:30pm - 7:30pm
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POSTERS & HAPPY HOUR |
7:30pm - 10:30pm
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Dinner Party for
invited speakers |
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| Program subject to
change * |
TIME
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SATURDAY, November 6th
2010 |
8am - 9am
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Immunology Courses |
9am -
10:30am
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RT 18. T-cell Biology
• Chair:
João Viola (INCA, Brazil)
Stephen M. Hedrick (UCSD, USA) -
TGF-beta control of regulatory T cell development and function
-
Mark Kaplan (Indiana Univ., USA) - Transcriptional regulation of T
helper subset differentiation
- Thiago Detanico (National Jewish,
USA) - Peripheral and central CD4 T cell Tolerance to IgV
derived-peptides
- Miriam B.F. Werneck (INCA, RJ) - Loss of the
tumor suppressor Snf5 reveals an essential role for the T cell
receptor in lymphomagenesis and tumor progression |
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10:30am - 11am
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COFFEE BREAK |
11am - 11:30am
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C8 - Viruses,
inflammation and cancer.
Sérgio Lira (Mount Sinai,
USA)
Chair: Manoel Barral-Netto |
11:30am - 12:15pm
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C9 - Closing Conference
Heme
and inflammatory imbalance: role on the pathogenesis of malaria and
visceral leishmaniasis.
Aldina Barral, FIOCRUZ, Salvador (BA)
• Chair: João Santana da Silva(USP, Brazil) |
12:30pm - 2pm
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AWARDS |
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| Program subject to
change * |
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