Mesenchymal Stem Cells

 

Scientific Workshop on Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Scientific Workshop on Anti-Inflammatory & Immune Modulatory Properties of MSCs

DATES: April 20-22, 2012

CHAIRS:
W Fibbe, F Dazzi, K LeBlanc, D Fearon, S Mendez, F Locatelli

EHA-ESH Scientific Workshops present state-of-the-art science. This workshop promotes informal interaction and discussion between scientists and clinicians working in the field. Participants are encouraged to contribute to the workshop by submitting an abstract, which may be selected for a short oral presentation.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Ontogeny and development
  • Anti-inflammatory properties of MSCs
  • Normal and malignant stem cell niche
  • Normal and abnormal tissue regeneration
  • Clinical applications

 

Programme

Friday, April 20, 2012

Time Title Speaker
14:00-14:10Opening and Welcome
14:10-15:00Mesenchymal stromal cells in perspectiveW. E. Fibbe (Leiden)
15:00-15:30The origin of MSC heterogencityC. Verfaillie (Leuven)
15:30-16:00Cardiac Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Revising the Definition of MSCsA. Keating (Toronto)


SESSION 1: ONTOGENY AND DEVELOPMENT – CHAIR: F. Dazzi

Time Title Speaker
16:30-17:00FGF receptors as developmentally regulated markers of MSCsJ. Galipeau (Atlanta)
17:00-17:45Selected Abstracts
17:45-18.45Special Lecture: Potential Therapies with MSCs and the Proteins They ProduceD. Prockop (Temple)
19:00-20:00Drinks
 


Saturday, April 21, 2012

SESSION 2: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF MSCS - CHAIR: K Le Blanc

Time Topic Speaker
08:50-09:10Role of NO and chemokines in MSC-mediated immune modulationY. Shi (Shanghai)
09:10-09:30Stroma and immune responses to cancerD. Fearon (Cambridge)
09:30-09:50Recruitment of immune regulatory networksF. Dazzi (London)
9:50-10:15Coffee Break
10.15-10.40Homing of MSC in inflammationJ. Karp (Cambridge, USA)
10:40-11:00Application of MSC in autoimmune disordersC. Jorgensen

 

SESSION 3: NORMAL AND MALIGNANT STEM CELL NICHE - CHAIR: S.Mendez-Ferrer

Time Topic Speaker
11:00-11:25Niche contributions to oncogenesisM. Raaijmakers (Rotterdam)
11:25-11:50Bone marrow stem cell niche: interplay and regulationS. Mendez-Ferrer (Madrid)
11:50-12:15Agrin and the nicheA. Viola (Milan)
12:15-12:40The endosteal stem cell nicheT. Suda (Tokyo)
12:40-14:00Lunch

 

SESSION 4: NORMAL AND ABNORMAL TISSUE REGENERATION - CHAIR:  F.Locatelli

Title Topic Speaker
14:00-14:25Liver fibrosis and inflammationS. Forbes (Edinburgh)
14:25-14:50Medullary stroma and T cell memoryT. Cupido (Rotterdam)
14:50-15:15Embryonic stem cell-derived MSCP. Menendez (Granada)
15:15-15:40EM transitionsR. Kalluri (Boston)
15:40-16:00Coffee Break
16:05-18:30Selected Abstracts

 

Sunday, April 22, 2012

SESSION 5: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - CHAIR: EJ Shpall

Time Topic Speaker
09:00-09:45Key note lecture – MSC in GvHDK. Le Blanc (Stockholm)
09:45-10:10Expansion of cord blood-derived stem cells in co-cultures with MSCsE. Shpall (Houston)
10:10-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-10:55Benefits of MSC therapyF. Locatelli (Rome)
10:55-11:20MSC in solid organ transplantationT. Rabelink (Leiden)
11:20-11:45Biosafety of MSCM.E. Bernardo (Rome)
11:45-12:10MSC: from genetic stability to controlsL. Sensebe

 

Registration

Online registration is open through the website of the European School of Haematology: you can register here

 

Registration Fee*

  • Early bird  560 euros
  • Regular (one month before the meeting starts) 695 euros
  • On site 795 euros

* Registration fee includes teaching material and lunch

Your seat in the conference will be definitively reserved upon receipt of your payment.

 

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 20, 2012

Documents required:

  • curriculum vitae
  • letter of motivation
  • abstract
  • list of most recent publications

For information and abstract submission, please contact Ghyslaine Lebougault at ESH
Email: ghyslaine.lebougault@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Telephone: + 33(0)1 57 27 67 39
Fax: + 33(0)1 57 27 68 38

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