Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/10/2012 - 27/10/2012
All Day
Location
Barcelona
Categories
The 2012 ESDR Academy for Future Leaders in Dermatology was held in Barcelona, Spain from 25-27 October 2012.
The 2012 Academy was generously supported through educational grants from Abbott, Abbott Germany and Celgene.
PROGRAM
| Thursday 25 October 2012 | |
| 10.00-12.30 | Registration |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30-14.30 | Welcome + “getting to know one another” + 2-min self-presentation of all invited participants Alexander Enk (Heidelberg) |
| 14.30-15.00 | Invited Lecture Exciting Times in Translation Irene Leigh (Dundee) |
| 15.00-16.30 | Oral presentations from participants (4) 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion per presentation15.00-15.20 ATF3 – An Oncogene Induced by UV and CsA Treatment Piotr Dziunycz (Zurich)15.20-15.40 New Insights into iASPP and p63 in Skin Anissa Chikh (London)15.40-16.00 Autoantibodies in Psoriasis as predictors for loss-of response and antibody induction to TNF-beta antagonists? Jochen Hoffmann (Heidelberg)16.00-16.20 Postzygotic Mosaicism in the Skin: Disease or Repair? Dimitra Kiritsi (Freiburg) |
| 16.20-17.00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 17.00-17.30 | Invited Lecture Clinician-Scientist: Challenges and Opportunities Lars French (Zurich) |
| 17.30-18.00 | Invited Lecture Translational Genetic Research in Psoriasis Jonathan Barker (London) |
| 18.00-19.00 | Oral presentations from participants (3) 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion per presentation18.00-18.20 Genetic Mechanisms in Atopic Eczema Sara Brown (Dundee)18.20-18.40 Inflammation or Tolerance – Crucial Impact of Combinatorial Innate Immune Sensing Thomas Volz (Tübingen)18.40-19.00 Innate Immunity in the Skin with a Focus on Pattern Recognition Receptors and Schnitzler’s Syndrome Heleen de Koning (Nijmegen) |
| 19.00-20.00 | Group Photo and Poster Viewing |
| 20.00 – | Dinner |
| Friday 26 October 2012 | |
| 07.00-08.00 | Breakfast |
| 08.00-08.30 | Invited Lecture Building a Successful Career in Dermatology Martine Bagot (Paris) |
| 08.30-09.00 | Invited Lecture How Mendelian Traits Teach us about Skin Physiology Matthias Schmuth (Innsbruck) |
| 09.00-10.45 | Oral presentations from participants (5) 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion per presentation09.00-09.20 Systemic Inflammation in Plaque-Type Psoriasis: TNF-alpha Production by Corresponding Cell Types in Skin and Blood of Affected Patients Patrick Brunner (Vienna)09.20-09.40 Identifying Therapeutic Target Pathways and Molecules in Psoriasis using Gene Expression Arrays Emõke Rácz (Rotterdam)09.40-10.00 Impact of Specific Immunotherapy on Cellular and Humoral Responses in Allergic Individuals Christian Möbs (Marburg)10.00-10.20 Immunological imbalance in cutaneous T cell lymphoma Emmanuella Guenova (Boston)10.20-10.40 H Syndrome and CANDLE Syndrome: Exciting new Genodermatoses Yuval Ramot (Jerusalem) |
| 10.40-11.30 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 11.30-12.00 | Invited Lecture How to Establish and Maintain Contacts with your Neighbors; Adhesion and Polarity Signaling in the skin Carien Niessen (Cologne) |
| 12.00-13.00 | Oral presentations from participants (3) 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion per presentation12.00-12.20 Psoriasis, A Causal Role for microRNAs and the TIMP-3/TACE Pathway Juan Guinea (Madrid)12.20-12.40 Tadalafil as a Possible Treatment for Melanoma? Preliminary Results of a Phase I/II IIT Trial Jessica Hassel (Heidelberg)12.40-13.00 A Promising LCM Virus Based Vaccine Vector: Mechanisms and Efficacy against Melanoma Lukas Flatz (Lausanne) |
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30-15.00 | Invited Lecture The Passion for Niche Topics Carlo Pincelli (Modena) |
| 15.00-16.00 | Oral presentations from participants (3) 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion per presentation15.00-15.20 Use of Rare Syndromes for Better Understanding of Underlying Molecular Mechanisms for Vitiligo Mohammad Alimohammadi (Uppsala)15.20-15.40 Vitamin D-dependent Immune Responses in Humans Mario Fabri (Cologne)15.40-16.00 Cutaneous Dendritic Cells at the Interface of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Potential Targets of Therapeutic Interventions Georg Stary (Vienna) |
| 16.00-16.30 | Short break |
| 16.30-20.30 | Taste of Barcelona – common program |
| 20.30- | Dinner in Barcelona, return to hotel |
| Saturday 27 October 2012 | |
| 07.00-08.30 | Breakfast |
| 08.30-09.00 | Invited Lecture Bridging the Gap between Research and Clinics Thomas Schwarz (Kiel) |
| 09.00-09.30 | Invited Lecture Common Denominators of Inflammation and Autoimmunity Annamari Ranki (Helsinki) |
| 09.30-10.00 | Invited Lecture Plasticity, Pleiotropy, Predictability? Threads and Chances in Studying Immune Regulation. Tilo Biedermann (Tübingen) |
| 10.00-11.20 | Oral presentations from participants (4) 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion per presentation10.00-10.20 CD45+CD14+CD34- Prenatal Epidermal Human Leukocytes – Langerhans Cell Precursors? Christopher Schuster (Vienna)10.20-10.40 Langerin Targeting Reveals Immunogenic Properties of Langerin+ Dermal Dendritic Cells and a Tolerogenic Role for Langerhans Cells Vincent Flacher (Strasbourg)10.40-11.00 Epigenetic Reprogramming in Wound Repair and Scar Formation Tanya Shaw (London)11.00-10.20 Resident Memory T Cells in Arthritis Wolfram Hoetzenecker (Boston) |
| 11.20-11.50 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 11.50-12.20 | Invited Lecture Viruses and Skin Dendritic Cells – With a Personal Touch Vincent Piguet (Cardiff) |
| 12.20-12.40 | Meeting digest and Outlook Alexander Enk (Heidelberg) |
| 12.40- | Lunch and individual departures |