08:30 registration and coffee
09:00 welcome words and short introduction – Karim Vermaelen, Ghent University
session 1 | the failing human immune system
chairs: Bart Lambrecht, Filomeen Haerynck
09:20 Dendritic cell deficiency syndromes – Matthew Collin, Newcastle, UK
09:40 C-type lectin receptors and the control of immunity – Gordon Brown, Aberdeen, UK
10:20 When more is less: PID based on transcription factor hyperactivity – Melissa Dullaers, Ghent, BE
11:00 coffee break
session 2 | human immunity on fire
chairs: Dirk Elewaut, (to be announced)
11:20 Targeted therapies in inflammatory joint diseases: how did we get there and were are we going? – Peter Taylor, Oxford, UK
12:00 Role of inflammasomes in rheumatoid arthritis – Mohamed Lamkanfi, Ghent, B
lunch break
session 3 | immune cells as therapeutical tools
chairs: Tessa Kerre, Karim Vermaelen
14:00 T-cell adoptive therapy: state-of-the-art – Tobias Feuchtinger, Tübingen, D
14:40 Genetically-modified human dendritic cells for cancer immunotherapy – Renata Stripecke,Hannover, D
coffee break
15:30 Development of dendritic cell cancer vaccines in Ghent – an update Ghent Clinical Immunology
16:00 Keynote Lecture – Cornelis Melief, Leiden, NL
17:00 Closing Remarks
Reception