Saturday |
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Chemokines and Cell Migration |
| Discussion Leader: Amanda Proudfoot (Chemokine Biologist, Freelance Consultant, France) |
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm | Natasha Moussouras (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) "Structural Interactions and Implications of Post-Translationally Modified CCR7 and CCL21" |
3:40 pm - 3:45 pm | Discussion |
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm | Sarah Riutta (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) "Structure-Function Studies of the Highly Specific CCL20/CCR6 Signaling Axis" |
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Chemokines and Cell Migration (continued) / Chemokine Control of Immune Activation |
| Discussion Leaders: Amanda Proudfoot (Chemokine Biologist, Freelance Consultant, France) and Reinhold Foerster (Hannover Medical School, Germany) |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Anneleen Mortier (KU Leuven, Belgium) "The Positively Charged CXCL9(74-103) Peptide Competes for GAG Binding with Inflammatory Chemokines and Inhibits Chemokine-Induced Neutrophil Extravasation and MSU Crystal-Induced Gout in Mice" |
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm | Discussion |
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm | Tamara Girbl (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom) "Sequential Chemotactic Cues Guide Neutrophils Through Distinct Cellular Barriers of Blood Vessel Walls During Inflammation" |
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Mohammad Jafarnejad (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "Computational Model of CCL19 and CCL21 Transport in the Lymph Node" |
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm | Discussion |
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm | Egle Radice (Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland) "Functional ACKR3 Expression in the B Cell Compartment" |
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm | Discussion |
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm | Caroline Sokol (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) "CCR8 Directs the Initiation of Th2 Cell Differentiation" |
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm | Shafqat Jaigirdar (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) "Sphingosine-1-Phosphate and Its Receptors Play a Key Role in the Retention of Activated CD4 T Cells at Inflamed Tissue Sites" |
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm | Discussion |
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm | Gillian Wilson (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) "Atypical Chemokine Receptor ACKR2 Controls Branching Morphogenesis in the Developing Mammary Gland" |
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Chemokines in Host Defense, Chronic Inflammation and Cancer |
| Discussion Leaders: Eleanor Fish (University of Toronto / University Health Network, Canada) and Gerry Graham (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Monica Thomas (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) "Structural Investigations on the Pathologic Function of CCL28" |
9:30 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Daiane Boff (KU Leuven, Belgium) "Role of Receptor CXCR2 in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Septic Arthritis" |
9:45 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Haneen Basheer (University of Bradford, United Kingdom) "Role of CCR7 in Head and Neck Cancer" |
10:00 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Chris Hansell (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) "The Atypical Chemokine Receptor, ACKR2, Constrains NK Cell Activity and Promotes Metastasis" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Viola Puddinu (Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland) "ACKR3 in B Cell Lymphoma" |
10:30 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
10:35 am - 10:45 am | Raimond Heukers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) "Nanobody-Mediated Modulation of Oncogenic Properties of HCMV-Encoded Chemokine Receptor" |
10:45 am - 10:50 am | Discussion |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | General Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Discussion Leader: Maud Deruaz (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
1:50 pm - 2:25 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Tips and Tricks to Develop a Successful Career" |
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- Joanna Groom (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
- Clive McKimmie (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
- Amanda Proudfoot (Chemokine Biologist, Freelance Consultant, France)
- Ann Richmond (Vanderbilt University, USA)
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2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |