ESF Research Conferences

The ESF Conference Scheme
Martin Roellinghoff, Erlangen-Nuremberg Universität, DE

Opening Remarks
Deborah Dunn-Walters, King's College London, UK

Ludvig Sollid, University of Oslo, NO
Environmental control of the celiac disease antibody response

Qiang Pan-Hammarstroem, Karolinska Institutet, SE
DNA repair genes are selectively mutated in human B cell lymphomas

Andrew Chan, Genentech, US
B cell immunotherapy- insights from the clinic

Sai Reddy, ETH Zurich, CH
Systems Immunology Approach for Antibody Discovery and B cell Repertoire Analysis

Session II - Regulation and Communication
Chair: Jo Spencer, King's College London, UK

Ramit Mehr, Bar-Ilan University, IL
Insights from bioinformatical analyses of immunoglobulin genes in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Yves Renaudineau, Brest University, FR
Dual role of STIM1 in B cells from systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Claudia Mauri, University College London, UK
The role of microbiota in the differentiation of regulatory B cells

Poster Session 1 - Odd Numbers

Session II continued - Regulation and Communication
Chair: Ludvig Sollid, University of Oslo, NO

Richard Lo-Man, Institut Pasteur, FR
From mice to men, regulatory B cells control early life immunity

Frank Emmert-Streib, Queen's University Belfast, IE
Inferring and analyzing the gene regulatory network in B-cell lymphoma

Padraic Fallon, Trinity College Dublin, IE
B cells and T Follicular Helper Cells

Christophe Jamin, Brest University, FR
Regulation of Follicular Helper T Cells by human B Lymphocytes

Wagdi Almishri, University of Calgary, CA
Novel regulatory role of B cells in the context of hepatic innate immune cell activation and inflammation

Louise Humpert, University of Bern, CH
Functional role of CXCR7 expression on late germinal center B cells

Konstantia-Maria Chavele, University College London, UK
Circulating plasmablasts induce the differentiation of human CD4+ T follicular helper cells via secretion of IL-6

Lucia Mincheva-Nilsson, Umeå University, SE
Exosomes - friend or foe?

Rita Carsetti, University of Tor Vergata, IT
The importance of being IgM

Jo Spencer, King's College London, UK
B cells in human gut associated lymphoid tissue

Andreas Cerutti, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, ES
New insights in the regulation and function of IgD

Stephane Mancini, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, FR
Stromal cells for survival at developmental checkpoints

Deborah Dunn-Walters, King's College London, UK
Changes in B cell repertoire with age

Idit Shachar, The Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
Molecular Mechanisms Regulating B cell Survival in Health and Disease

Bernd Schroeder, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, DE
The intramembrane protease SPPL2a promotes B cell development and controls endosomal traffic by cleavage of the invariant chain CD74

Claudia Berek, DRFZ, DE
Accessory cells for plasma cell survival

Ken Duffy, Hamilton Institute, IE
Competition, Censorship and B Cell Fates

Mikael Karlsson, Karolinska Institutet, SE
Suppression of B cells by iNKT

Forward Look and Conference Closure
Idit Shachar, The Weizmann Institute of Science, IL

Breakfast and Departure