First International Conference on Mesenchymal Cells in Health & Disease

Program

Friday, June 03 2022

     

18:00 PM

 

Conference Registration

20:00 PM

 

Welcome Reception - Dinner

     

Saturday, June 04 2022

     

8:30 AM

 

Breakfast

9:00 AM

 

Welcome - Opening Remarks

Organizing committee

     

SESSION I

 

Mesenchymal cells in Immunity

9:15 AM

1

Lymphoid organ fibroblasts

Burkhard Ludewig

9:45 AM

2

Active Notch signaling is critical for lymph node fibroblast development and function

Sanjiv A. Luther

10:15 AM

3

Selected short talk: Notch signaling in lymph node fibroblasts shapes the T cell zone and regulates its functions

Nagham Alouche

10:30 AM

4

Selected short talk: Mesenchymal Osr1 cells orchestrate lymph node initiation

Pedro Vallecillo Garcia, Glenda Comai, Claudia Giesecke-Thiel, Uta Höpken, Mickael Orgeur, and Sigmar Stricker

10:45 PM

5

Selected short talk: Conserved stromal–immune cell interactions secure B cell follicle homeostasis

Mechthild Lütge, Angelina De Martin, Yves Stanossek, Lucas Onder, Hung-Wei Cheng, Lisa Kurz, Charlotte Soneson, Mark Robinson, Sandro Stöckli, Burkhard Ludewig, and Natalia Pikor

11:00 AM

 

Coffee break and poster viewing

     

11:30 AM

6

Diverse spleen mesenchymal cell populations direct tissue homeostasis and immunity

Scott Mueller

12:00 PM

7

Stroma of lymphoid organs: from development to infection

Christopher Mueller

12:30 PM

8

Selected short talk: Impact of RANKL on the hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow and CD169+ macrophages in the spleen

Alice Lavanant and Christopher Mueller

12:45 AM

9

Selected short talk: Podoplanin maintains lymph node tissue integrity and is required for acute lymph node expansion

Spyridon Makris, Yukti Gupta, Jesus Cantoral-Rebordinos, Victor Martinez, Charlotte de Winde, Harry Horsnell, Agnesska Benjamin, and Sophie Acton

13:00 PM

10

Selected short talk: ZEB1+AML orchestrate the bone marrow immune suppressive microenvironment via Th17 and stromal CD40 up-regulation.

Bassani Barbara, Claudio Tripodo, Paola Portararo, Laura Botti, Valeria Cancila, Antonio  Curti, Marilena  Ciciarello, Mario Colombo, and Sabina Sangaletti

     

13:15 PM

 

Lunch

 

Sunday, June 05 2022

     

8:30 AM

 

Breakfast

     

SESSION II

 

Mesenchymal cells in Inflammation and Fibrosis

9:00 AM

11

ΤΒΑ

Christopher Buckley

9:30 AM

12

ΤΒΑ

Fiona Oakley

10:00 AM

13

Selected short talk: Cellular networks established during human development drive propensity for arthritic disease

Mark Coles, Sarah Davidson, and Christopher Buckley

10:15 AM

14

Selected short talk: Bimodal single cell transcriptomic and chromatin analysis reveals a distinct Synovial Fibroblasts transitioning from homeostasis to pathology in TNF-driven arthritis

Maria Sakkou, Dimitris Konstantopoulos, Christos Tzaferis, Matthieu D Lavigne, Anastasios Liakos, Petros P Sfikakis, Meletios A Dimopoulos, Maria Fousteri, Marietta Armaka, and George Kollias

10:30 AM

15

Selected short talk: Repurposing of a known antipsychotic drug to target arthritogenic synovial fibroblasts

Dimitra Papadopoulou, Fani  Roumelioti, Vasiliki Mavrikaki, Christos Tzaferis, Filippos Charalampous, Niki Karagianni, Maria Denis, Alexis Matralis, and George Kollias

10:45 AM

16

Selected short talk: PI-16+ reticular cells in human palatine tonsils generate a distinct subepithelial niche for activated T and B cells

Angelina De Martin, Yves Stanossek, Mechthild  Lütge, Lucas Onder, Hung-Wei  Cheng, Sandro  Stöckli, Natalia  Pikor, and Burkhard Ludewig

11:00 AM

 

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

     

11:30 PM

17

Hepatic stellate in liver fibrosis and cancer

Robert F. Schwabe

12:00 PM

18

Core regulators of Fibroblast Polarization and Organ Damage  

Andreas Ramming

12:30 PM

19

Selected short talk: Primed to resolve: the shoulder capsule informs a cellular basis for resolving inflammatory fibrosis

Michael Ng, Steven  Sansom, Moustafa  Attar, Hamez Gacaferi, Caio McHaido, Sarah Davidson, Rowie Borst, Micon Garvilles, Ian Reekie, Dylan Windell, Ananya Bhalla, Kate Powell, Paul Klenerman, Andrew Titchener, Steve Gwilym, Chris Little, Jonathan Rees, Salma Chaudhury, Rajat Chaudhury, Amar Rangan, Phil Holland, Dominic Furniss, Kathrin Jansen, James Charlesworth, Andrew Carr, Derek Gilroy, Mark Coles, Christopher Buckley, and Stephanie Dakin

12:45 PM

20

Selected short talk: Restoration of WT1/miR-769-5p axis by HDAC1-3 inhibition promotes MMT reversal in mesenchymal-like mesothelial cells.

Giulio  Bontempi, Michela Terri, Cecilia Battistelli, Sabrina Garbo, Veronica Bordoni, Chiara Agrati, Sergio Valente, Clemens Zwergel, Antonello Mai, Alessandro Domenici, Paolo Menè, Marco Tripodi, and Raffaele Strippoli

13:00 PM

 

Lunch

     

Monday, June 06 2022

     

8:30 AM

 

Breakfast

SESSION III

 

Mesenchymal cells in cancer

9:00 AM

21

Androgen and Notch signalling as negative determinants of  CAF activation and evolution : at the interface between gene transcription and DNA stability

Gian-Paolo Dotto

09:30 AM

22

The peripheral adaptive immune mesenchyme in cancer

Maria Tsoumakidou

10:00 AM

23

Selected short talks: Tissue-resident fibroblasts contribute to functionally distinct CAF subpopulations in breast cancer

Julia Houthuijzen, Roebi de Bruijn, Anne-Paulien Drenth, Eline van der Burg, Ellen Wientjens, Mirjam Boelens, Marja Nieuwland, Iris de Rink, Frank van Diepen, Colinda Scheele, Sjoerd Klarenbeek, Ron Kerkhoven, and Jos Jonkers

10:15 AM

24

Selected short talk: Stromal cell - neutrophil interactions are driving a pro-tumor microenvironment in multiple myeloma

Madelon de Jong, Cathelijne  Fokkema, Teddie van Heusden, Natalie Papazian, Michael Vermeulen, Sabrin Tahri, Pieter van de Woestijne, Mark van Duin, Annemiek Broijl, Pieter Sonneveld, and Tom Cupedo

10:30 AM

 

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

     

11:00 AM

25

ΤΒΑ

Raghu Kalluri

11:30AM

26

CAF metabolism drives pro-tumorigenic remodelling of the tumour microenvironment

Sara Zanivan

12:00 PM

27

THE EMBO LECTURE: Caveolin-1-mediated mechanotransduction regulates tumor stiffness and fibrosis

Miguel Angel del Pozo

12:30 PM

28

Selected short talk: Human cancer-associated fibroblasts suppress T cells through a COX-2 mediated immune checkpoint

Alfie Baker and Anne Fletcher

12:45 PM

29

Selected short talk: HDAC1 pharmacological inhibition impairs mesothelial cells/ovarian cancer adhesive interactions impacting on beta1-integrin mediated cytoskeletal remodelling

Michela Terri, Pilar Sandoval, Valeria de Turris, Claudia Montaldo, Flavia Trionfetti, Giulio Bontempi, Lucia Pascual-Anton, Cecilia Battistelli, Sergio Valente, Antonello  Mai, Miguel  del Pozo, Carlos Cabañas, Marco Tripodi, Henar Tomero-Sanz, and Manuel Lopez-Cabrera

13:00 PM

30

Selected short talk: Interconnection of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and senescence in pancreatic neuroendocrine lesions

Ioanna Angelioudaki, Agapi Kataki, Efthymios Koniaris, Alexandros Tzingounis, Alexandros Mitrousias, Loukas Stoupis, and Manousos Konstadoulakis

13:15 PM

 

Lunch

     

Tuesday, June 07, 2022

     

8:30 AM

 

Breakfast

SESSION IV

 

Mesenchymal cells in Homeostasis and Tissue Regeneration

9:30 AM

31

Stromal lineages crosstalk in postnatal intestinal homeostasis and repair

Lucie Peduto

10:00 AM

32

Col6a1/CD201+ mesenchymal cells regulate intestinal morphogenesis and homeostasis

Vasiliki Koliaraki

10:30 AM

33

Selected short talk: Intestinal fibroblasts display transcriptional and spatial heterogeneity in the TnfΔΑRE model of ileitis.

Lida Iliopoulou, Alejandro Prados, Christos Tzaferis, Dimitris  Konstantopoulos, Vasiliki  Koliaraki, and George  Kollias

10:45 AM

34

Selected short talk: Fetal/regenerative reprogramming of intestinal epithelium by fibroblast derived Neuregulin-1

Toni Lemmetyinen, Emma Viitala, Linnea Wartiovaara, Eva Domenech Moreno, Timothy Wang, and Saara Ollila

11:00 AM

 

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

     

11:30 PM

35

Mammals rapidly heal wounds through fibrous connective tissue build up and tissue contraction/Rigid anatomies

Yuval Rinkevich

12:00 PM

36

Sphingolipids control Dermal Fibroblast Heterogeneity

Giovanni D’Angelo

12:30 PM

37

 Fibroblast heterogeneity and versatility in skin homeostasis and wound repair

Xiaoyan Sun

13:00 PM

 

Round table “The future of mesenchymal research”

13:30 PM

 

Lunch

20:00 PM

 

Farewell Gala Dinner

     

Wednesday, June 08 2021

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

   

Departure