General Information

 

Accommodations

All participants will be staying in the Santorini Image Hotel (A' class), which is located in Messaria, which is a short distance from Fira and 3 km from the airport.

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Workshop venue

The Nomikos Conference Center is located in Fira, the capital of Santorini, overlooking the Caldera and the Santorini volcano.

 

Oral Presentations

An LCD projector, a projector for 2x2 inches slides and an overhead projector will be available for the oral presentations. Speakers are asked to bring their slides to the slide reception desk at least 30 min. before the beginning of the session.

 

Posters

Posters should be mounted on the designated boards and dismounted according to the schedule below.

Adhesive tape for mounting the posters on the boards will be available at the poster area.

 

Welcome Reception and Banquet

Invitation cards are required for admission.

 

City Tour

Buses for the city tour will be leaving from the Nomikos Center on Saturday, October 13 at 2:45 p.m. The accompanying persons maybe picked up at the Nomikos Center or otherwise at the Santorini Image Hotel. Tickets are required for participation.

 

Tour and Travel Information

A desk manned by the personnel of our official Travel Agency, “ERA Ltd” 8 Alexandrou Soutsou Str.,

Kolonaki 10671 Athens – Greece

Tel.: 30-1-363-4944, FAX: 30-1-3631690, E-Mail: info@era.gr

will be located at the Nomikos Center and Santorini Image Hotel throughout the Workshop.

 

Lunches

Lunches will be served at the indicated times to all registered participants in the Nomikos Center. Badges are required for admission


 

 

 

 

Program OUTLINE

 

Wednesday, October 10

 

Registration

5:00-8:00 PM

“Santorini Image Hotel”

 

 

 

Welcome Reception

8:00 PM

“Santorini Image Hotel”

 

Thursday, October 11

 

Breakfast

7:30 AM

“Santorini Image Hotel”

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 8:30 AM

 

Registration

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Session I: Structure-Functions

9:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Coffee break

11:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Session II: The Central Nervous System

11:30 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Lunch

1:30 PM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Dinner

8:00 PM

“Pyrgos”, Pyrgos

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 7:30 PM

 

 

 

Friday, October 12

 

Breakfast

7:30 AM

“Santorini Image Hotel

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 8:30 AM

 

 

 

Session III: Therapeutic Approaches

9:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Coffee break

11:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Session IV: Therapeutic Approaches

11:30AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Lunch

1:15 PM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Dinner

8:00 PM

“Selene”, Fira

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 7:30 PM

 

 

 

Saturday, October 13

 

Breakfast

7:30 AM

“Santorini Image Hotel”

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 8:30 AM

 

 

 

Session V: Infectious Diseases

9:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Coffee break

10:20 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Session VI: Allergic Reactions

10:50 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Poster Session

12:10

 

 

 

 

Lunch

1:30 PM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

City Tour

2:45 PM

 

 

 

 

Sunday, October 14

 

Breakfast

7:30 AM

“Santorini Image Hotel”

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 8:30 AM

 

 

 

Session VII: Autoimmune Diseases and Pathophysiology

9:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Coffee break

11:00 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Session VIII: Autoimmune Diseases and Pathophysiology

11:30 AM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Lunch

1:30 PM

Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Gala Dinner

8:00 PM

Nomikos Center

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 7:30 PM

 

 

 

Monday, October 15

 

 

 

Breakfast

7:30 AM

“Santorini Image Hotel”

 

 

 

Departure

 

 

 


PROGRAM

 

 

Wednesday, October 10

 

 

 

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

 

Open Registration – “Santorini Image Hotel

8:00 PM

 

Welcome Reception – “Santorini Iamge Hotel

 

 

 

Thursday, October 11

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 8:30 AM

 

 

 

8:30 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Registration – Nomikos Center

 

 

 

Session I: Structure - Functions

Co-chairs: Behrane Ghebrehiwet, SUNY at Stony Brook

C. Yung Yu, The Ohio State University

 

 

 

9:00 AM

1

Sructural requirements and functional effects of the polymerization of C4b-binding protein

L Kask, B Dahlbäck, and AM Blom

9:20 AM

2

C4b-binding protein binds to the surface of apoptotic cells through anti-coagulant protein S

J H Webb, AM Blom, and B Dahlbäck

9:40 AM

3

Characterization of parameters influencing the enhancement of phagocytosis by C1qRP

AJ Tenner, S Ruiz, and M Park

10:00 AM

4

The role of complement in developmental processes

JD Lambris, K Del Rio-Tsonis, S Francini, Y Kimura, M Majka, M Markiewski, D Mastellos, MZ Ratajczak, R Reca, C Strey, and PA Tsonis.

10:20 AM

5

Transcriptional regulation of the human complement receptor 2 gene

GC Tsokos, M Tolnay, and LA Vereshchagina

10:40 AM

6

Difference in the intrinsic strength of the human complement system: a study of C4a and C4b gene dosage variations in three populations

CY Yu, Y Yang, CA Blanchong, B Zhou, EK Chung, CM Bailey, K Jones, R Rennebohm, G Higgins, M Kovács, I Karádi, L Varga, and G Fust.

 

 

 

11:00 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

Session II: The central nervous system

Co Chairs: Andrea J. Tenner, University of California, Irvine

Tony Wyss-Corey, University of California San Francisco

 

 

 

11:30 AM

7

Genetic inhibition of the complement cascade increases Alzheimer’s pathology in transgenic mice

T Wyss-Coray, AH Lin, F Yan, JJ Alexander, E Masliah, and RJ Quigg.

11:50 AM

8

Complement is not essential for the development of neuritic (senile) plaques in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease

NR Cooper, BM Bradt, K Hsiao, MC Carroll, and JX Yu

12:10 PM

9

Activities of C1q in Alzheimer's disease

AJ Tenner, MD Galvan, M Botto, and MI Fonseca

12:30 PM

10

Co-stimulatory effects of amyloid ß-associated proteins C1q and SAP on the Aß1-42peptide-induced cytokine synthesis by adult human microglia in vitro

R Veerhuis and P Eikelenboom

12:50 PM

11

The role of complement in acute traumatic injury of the brain

Z Fabry, B Nazewicz, F Liu, D Sewell, JD Lambris, and M Sandor

1:10 PM

12

The role of the complement system in a mouse model of stroke

A-K Nilsson, MA Hietala, M Pekny, and M Pekna

 

 

 

1:30 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at the Restaurant “Pyrgos”, Pyrgos

 

 

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 7:30 PM

 

 

 

Friday, October 12

7:30

 

Breakfast

 

 

The bus will depart from the “Santorini Image Hotel” at 8:30 AM

 

 

 

Session III: Therapeutic Approaches

 

 

 

Co-chairs: Tom Eirik Mollnes, University of Tromsø

Francesco Tedesco, Trieste University

 

 

 

9:00 AM

13

The primary role of complement in the inflammatory network

TE Mollnes

9:20 AM

14

A new C5a receptor antagonist inhibits monoarticular arthritis in the rat

TM Woodruff, IA Shiels, DP Fairlie, and SM Taylor.

9:40 AM

15

CRP-mediated activation of complement in acute myocardial infarction: a novel target for therapy?

CE Hack, R Nijmeijer, WK Lagrand,WT Hermens, P Bruins, and HWM Niessen

10:00 AM

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