Thymus @ Porto II: SPI WORKSHOP

The 2nd edition of workshop “Thymus@Porto” will be held in Porto on the 19th of December 2013. This one-day workshop, under the support of SPI/IBMC/ICBAS-FF-UP, will cover fundamental aspects of T-cell generation and tolerance induction, as well as translational approaches aimed at correcting the function of the thymus in immune-mediated diseases, such as AIDS and TB. We have gathered an outstanding list of speakers that are leading fundamental and clinical research in the field.

PROGRAMME
19th December 2013 [10:00-17:00] |
Salão Nobre, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal

MORNING SESSION:

The quest for epithelial progenitor cells in the fetal and postnatal thymus
Nuno Alves, IBMC, Porto, Portugal

Development and Function Of The Thymus Medulla
Graham Anderson, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Development and Function Of The Thymus Medulla
Yousuke Takahama, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Japan

AFTERNOON SESSION:

A unique organ for natural and induced Foxp3 regulatory T cells
Jocelyne Demengeot, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Tolerance has its limits: how the thymus copes with mycobacterial infections
Margarida Correia-Neves, Instituto de Investigação em Ciências de Vida e Saúde, Braga, Portugal

Molecular determinants of thymic subset differentiation
Julie Ribot, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal

Development of FOXP3+ cells in the human thymus
Irís Caramalho, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal

FREE REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AT:
http://www.ibmc.up.pt/eventos/registrationnew.php?eid=23

Participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentation within the topics of T-cell development and peripheral T-cell homeostasis (activation, differentiation, tolerance).

This will provide you an opportunity for exciting scientific exchange during the workshop.

Abstracts must be submitted before the 11^th of December 2013. Due to space constrains, we are limited to select 30 abstracts.

POSTER DOWNLOAD 

PHOTOS THYMUS@PORTO II - DOWNLOAD

SUPPORTED BY: