Postgraduate course
Advanced Immunology UvA Sanquin VU AMSTERDAM 26 January – 6 February 2015
PhD course Advanced Immunology The post graduate course Advanced Immunology is inspired by the interest of the immunological research of the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, the Free University Amsterdam and Sanquin Blood Supply (formerly known as the Central Laboratory of Blood Transfusion). The course is strictly meant for PhD students working on projects that require substantial knowledge of principles in immunology. The course is NOT allowed for senior scientists, post-docs, technicians, analytical chemists, doctor researcher or other researchers that are not involved in a PhD project. It is advised to attend this course in the first year of the PhD project. The aim of the course is to further extend the knowledge on recent developments in immunology and to contribute to insight in scientific questions and approaches in immunological research. Topics include: molecules (MHC, antigen receptors, co-stimulatory molecules, adhesion molecules), mediators (cytokines, chemokines, hormones) and cells (T and B lymphocytes, antigen-presenting cells, innate cells) involved in immune responses; antigen-processing; regulation of immune responses; effector mechanisms; infectious diseases, cancer, autoimmunity and allergy. Participants of the course should have a good basic knowledge of immunology (Cuby, Janeway, Parham) such as obtained during graduate training. In the morning, lectures will be given on selected topics. In the afternoon, more active participation of the PhD students is asked in discussions on selective immunological items. Number of participants is limited to 60. Period:
January 26 – February 6, 2015 (two weeks)
Venue:
first week: second week:
VU University Medical Center De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Sanquin Plesmanlaan 125, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Registration:
You can register online at www.vumc.nl/advancedimmunology
Costs:
PhD students (strictly for UvA/AMC, Sanquin, VU/VUmc) 275 Euro Others 800 Euro th
Cancellation of your registration may only be done in writing at the latest December 19 , 2014. th We will refund the amount due except Euro 35,- administration fee. After December 19 , no amount will be refunded. Course Committee : Martijn Nolte (Dept. of Hematopoiesis Sanquin; 020-512 3377) Bianca Blom (Dept. Cell Biology and Histology AMC; 020 5668105) Wendy Unger (Dept Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center; 020 4448142) Organisation and information: VU University Medical Center VUmc Academy P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam Tel. 020-4448444; E-mail:
[email protected]
________________Program Advanced Immunology 2015 1st week: The Immune System Location: VUmc* Monday 26-1-2015 Introduction 0900 Introduction: aim and scope Martijn Nolte, Wendy Unger 0945 Basic Immunology: repeat Janeway chapter 1-10 Martijn Nolte 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 Basic Immunology Martijn Nolte 1215 Lunch 1300 Do you know how to cook? Derk Amsen 1500 1700 Social program: De Kookfabriek (workshop How to Cook) 2100 Tuesday 27-1-2015 Innate Immunity 0900 Complement 0945 TLR 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 Macrophages 1130 Granulocytes 1215 lunch Molecular and cellular processes 1300 Glycosylation and Immune regulation 1400 Dendritic cells and their recognition molecules 1600 End Wednesday 28-1-2015 0900 T cell development / thymus 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 BCR and TCR 1215 Lunch 1300 NK cells 1400 Monocyte subsets and cardiovascular disease 1600
Cees van Kooten Alex de Vos Jörg Hamann Marjolein van Egmond
Wendy Unger Theo Geijtenbeek
Bianca Blom Jannie Borst Jeroen van Bergen Menno de Winther
End
Thursday 29-1-2015 900 Gene regulation and protein expression 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 Epigenetic regulation 1130 Genetic engineering 1215 Lunch 1300 Autophagy 1400 MHC and antigen presentation 1600 End Friday 30-1-2015 0900 Lymphoid organ development 0945 Leukocyte recirculation (Coffee / tea break at 1030) 1130 Leukocyte – endothelial cell interaction 1215 Lunch 1300 Guest lecture “D6 chemokine blocker” 1600 End * Faculty of Medicine, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam
Peter van den Elsen Peter van den Elsen Robbert Spaapen Carla Ribeiro Jacques Neefjes
Reina Mebius Martijn Nolte Peter Hordijk Gerry Graham
2nd week: The Immune system in action Monday 2-2-2015 0900 T cell differentiation 1030 Coffee/tea 1045 T cell activation and polarization 1215 Lunch 1300 Effector T cell formation 1430 Masterclass 1600 End
Location: Sanquin, Gehoorzaal* Derk Amsen Esther de Jong Matthew Krummel
Tuesday 3-2-2015 0900 Innate lymphoid cells and intestinal homeostasis Tom Cupedo 1030 Coffee 1045 Treg cells and mucosal immune regulation Janneke Samsom 1215 Lunch 1300 1400 1600
Neuroimmune regulation The gut microbiota in health and disease End
Wouter de Jonge Joost Wiersinga
Wednesday 4-2-2015 0900 Immune modulation by helminthes. A novel class of helminth-induced regulators: regulatory B cells 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 Bacterial immune escape 1130 Apoptosis 1215 Lunch 1300 1430 1445 1615
Allergy Coffee / tea Viral Infection and inflammation End
*Sanquin, Plesmanlaan 125, Amsterdam
Suzan Rooijakkers Eric Eldering
Edward Knol René Lutter
Thursday 5-2-2015 0900 B cell responses 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis 1215 Lunch 1300 B cells in pathology 1400 HIV 1600 End Friday 6-2-2015 0900 Immunotherapy 1030 Coffee / tea 1045 Graft versus host disease 1215 Lunch 1300 The Immunology game 1430 Evaluation, drinks & snacks
Hermelijn Smits
Marieke van Ham Dominique Baeten Rien van Oers José Borghans
Thorbald van Hall Mette Hazenberg Wendy Unger, Bianca Blom and Martijn Nolte
