School Program

17^th ENII EFIS EJI Summer School on Advanced Immunology

May 17 – 24, 2024

Alghero, Sardinia

Program v. 17/05/2024

Friday, May 17 – Arrival

12:45-14:00       Lunch

15:00 on             Hotel Check-in available

16:00-19:00       Registration (Reception Area)

19:00-20:15       Ice breaker games (Poster Room)

20:15-21:30       Dinner

Saturday, May 18

IMMUNE CELLS IN TISSUE CONTEXT

Welcome Remarks (08:45) Maries van den Broek, ENII President

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Steffen Jung Monocytes and Macrophages – origins can matter …

Lecture (10:00-11:00):  Wolfgang Kastenmueller Spatiotemporal dynamics of cellular immunity

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Jannie Borst CTL differentiation: decisions at the T cell: DC interface

Lunch (13:00-14:00)

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Panel Discussion: (18:00-19:00) Careers in life-science: Choices, hurdles, and opportunities

Dinner (19:45-21:00)

Poster Session A (21:00-22:30)

Sunday, May 19

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Fiamma Salerno Post-transcriptional control of T and B cells

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Jonathan Coquet CD4 T cells and allergy

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Bart Lambrecht Keynote Lecture – Dendritic cells and monocytes as initiators of type 2 immunity

Lunch (13:00-14:00)

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Panel Discussion: (18:00-19:00) Artificial intelligence (chatGPT) in life-science: Risks and benefits

Dinner (19:45-21:00)

Poster Session B (21:00-22:30)

Monday, May 20

THE IMMUNE DEFENSE IN PATHOLOGIES I

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Veit Hornung Deciphering non-self: innate immune recognition mechanisms for nucleic acids

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Matteo Iannacone Immune surveillance of the liver

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Laura Surace Local and systemic metabolic features of innate lymphoid cells

Lunch (13:00-14:00)

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Panel Discussion: (18:00-19:00)  Information, misinformation, and social media in life-science

Dinner (19:45-21:00)

Poster Session C (21:00-22:30)

Tuesday, May 21

THE IMMUNE DEFENSE IN PATHOLOGIES II

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Markus Feuerer Regulatory T cells in tissues

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Henrique Veiga-Fernandes Neuroimmune Ecosystems

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Fiona Powrie Gut reactions: Host microbe cross-talk in the intestine

Lunch (13:00-14:00)

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Panel Discussion: (18:00-19:00)  Information, misinformation, and social media in life-science

Dinner (19:45-21:00)

Poster Session D (21:00-22:30)

Wednesday, May 22

IMMUNE CELL BIOLOGY

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Bruno Silva-Santos Differentiation and activation of gamma-delta T cells: implications for cancer

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Sophie Janssens Dendritic cell maturation at the crossroads between immunity and tolerance

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Dirk Brenner Immunometabolism: Metabolic Regulation meets T Cell Function

Lunch (13:00-14:00)

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Panel Discussion: (18:00-19:00) Topic to be announced

Dinner (19:45-21:00)

Poster Session E (21:00-22:30)

Thursday, May 23
Cultural Excursions (optional) (Everyone is signed-up, cancellations through google doc link, deadline Tuesday, May 21st)

Morning 08:30-11:30
Boat Excursion from Alghero Marina to visit the Neptune’s Cave under the Capo Caccia promontory.
08:30 Depart hotel, walk to the Alghero Marina, Navisarda Lines
09:00 Boat Departure
11:30 Boat Returns to the Marina

12:30-13:30 Lunch at the Hotel

Afternoon 13:30-18:30
Excursion by bus to the inimitable La Pelosa beach in the Stintino area, north-west point of Sardinia. (travel time 55 min)
13:30 Bus departs Hotel
17:30 Bus departs La Pelosa Beach (meeting point)

Farewell Dinner: 20:30

Friday, May 24 – Departure
07:00-10:00 Breakfast
Check out by 11:00 – Early departures may check-out Saturday night.
12:45 Lunch