DENDRITIC CELL-PATHOGEN INTERACTION WORKSHOP

Monday, May 8, 2006 8:30am-5pm
North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II
and Poster Session in PIBS library


Photo by Y. Li.
Sponsored by the OVPR at the University of Michigan and The Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Organized by: Mary O'Riordan: oriordan@umich.edu and Denise Kirschner: kirschne@umich.edu


Come join us for a one day workshop on Dendritic Cells interactions and the host-pathogen interface
Registration is free!


Research will be presented by the following scientists, followed by an afternoon poster session by interested registrants:

8:30 - 9:00 am
Breakfast for registered participants

9:00 - 9:50 am
Yong-Jun Liu, M.D. Ph.D
Univ. of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Introduction to Dendritic Cells & pDC: the professional type 1 IFN-producing cells in anti-viral immunity

10:00 - 10:40 am
Simon Newman, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Title: Interaction of Histoplasma capsulatum with human and murine dendritic cells

10:50 - 11:10 am
Coffee Break

11:10 - 11:50 am
Ming Yuk, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Title: Modulation of Dendritic Cells by Bordetella Virulence factors

12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch for registered participants

1:00 - 1:40 pm
Mark Miller, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Title: Imaging Lymphoid Tissue dynamics during Listeria infection

1:50 - 2:30 pm
Mary Anne McDowell, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame
Title: Priming of Human Dendritic Cells for IL-12 secretion by Leishmania

2:40 - 3:20 pm
Bali Pulendran, Ph.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: Modulating Vaccine Responses with Dendritic Cells and Pathogen Recognition Receptors

3:30 - 5:00 pm
Reception & Poster Session


To register for free, download the registration form [ doc | pdf ] and submit it via email (preferred) or FAX to: 764-3562, by April 10th. For more information email Mary O'Riordan at oriordan@umich.edu or the conference administrative assistant Heidi at heiditho@umich.edu.
Background image by Mark Miller