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| The 2nd International Postgraduate School of Immunogenetics in Transfusion Medicine | ||||||||||||||||
| September 15, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Research Centre for Transfusion Medicine, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA 23-26 Sept, 2001 Under the auspices of the European Federation of Immunogenetics (EFI) International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Bristol School of Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences Centre for Transfusion Medicine of the Republic of Slovenia Organised by the Research Center for Transfusion Medicine Centre for Transfusion Medicine of the Republic of Slovenia Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce the second educational conference devoted to immunogenetics in transfusion medicine. Your response to our invitation will decide whether it will become a traditional event to take place in Ljubljana. Immunogenetics is a scientific field investigating molecular diversity of alloantigens and polymorphic structures involved in self-nonself-discrimination. The recent understanding of immunogenicity makes it possible to interpret the specificity and physiological pathways of the immune response to alloantigens and to design tests by which certain events can be imitated in vitro. Transfusion medicine is dealing with immunological consequences of biological diversity. Several polymorphic blood cell markers belonging to different genetic systems can trigger an alloimmune response, narrowing the future selection of acceptable blood and organ donors. The reversed donor-recipient relationship in transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells brings forward additional considerations concerning histocompatibility. It is the aim of our school to reveal the scientific background in molecular and cellular immunity and immune tolerance applicable to allogenic blood cell therapy and clinical transplantation. Strategies in selecting acceptable unrelated bone marrow donors and perspectives of cord blood banks will be presented and discussed. Adjoining workshops will provide the opportunity to meet with certain diagnostic tests and biotechnological procedures supporting immunogenetic research and its clinical application. The organisers are proud of the fact that all of the invited key speakers agreed to our plan. A glance at the programme should be enough to make everyone eager to take part in this event. Each of you is invited to bring along results of your own research related to immunogenetics. Send us a summary of your contribution together with your Application Form. A certain time interval within the scientific programme is reserved for your presentation. The Scientific Committee is offering an optional test to assess your knowledge of immunogenetics relevant to transfusion and transplantation medicine. Preliminary Programme Sunday, 23 September Opening ceremony The first hundred years of immunogenetics Mateja Bohinjec, Ljubljana The immune response from the ancient to sophisticated one Gyözö Petrányi, Budapest Structural basis of serologic specificity HLA Steven Marsh, London Structural basis of immunogenicity Stefan Stevanovic, Tübingen The molecular repertoire of antigen receptors and clonal selection Elisabeth Simpson, London The complement system Peter Lachmann, Cambridge Cytokine gene polymorphism Leigh Keen, Bristol Open forum for discussion Monday, 24 September Levels of peripheral tolerance Bernd Arnold, Heidelberg Pathways of allorecognition: implication for transplantation tolerance Robert Lechler, London The establishment and immunological importance of chimerism Gyözö Petrányi, Budapest Immune reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation Alejandro Madrigal, London Minor transplantation antigens Els Goulmy, Leiden Platelet antigens Primo Roman, Ljubljana Open forum for discussion Poster session / short communications Tuesday, 25 September Structure and function of blood group antigens David Anstee, Bristol Prognostic tests for blood group antibodies Andrew Hadley, Bristol Screening of HLA alloantibodies: prognostic value in organ transplantation Frans Claas, Leiden Functional tests of cellular reactivity to HLA alloantigens Matja Jeras, Ljubljana In-vitro modelling of the age-associated decline in acute rejection Ben Bradley, Bristol Open forum for discussion Selection of unrelated bone marrow donors Gottfried Fischer, Vienna and Jean-Marie Tiercy, Geneva The role of cord blood as source of stem cells for transplantation Jill Hows, Bristol Anti D development programme Belinda Kumpel, Bristol Transfusion medicine on the threshold of the new millennium Marcela Contreras, London Open forum for discussion Wednesday, 26 September Workshops and teaching sessions W1: Production of monoclonal reagents Vladka erbec-Čurin, Ljubljana W2: Cell culturing and cloning for therapeutic purposes Matja Jeras and Miomir Kneević, Ljubljana W3: Histocompatibility testing by cellular methods Matja Jeras, Ljubljana W4: A computer supported information system of the blood transfusion service in Slovenia Ljubia Lukić, Damijan Senčar, Matja Ostrovernik, Ljubljana W5: Statistical methods and computer applications for population genetics and unrelated donor searches Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Toulouse, Carlheinz Müller, Ulm and Blanka Vidan-Jeras, Ljubljana |
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| Organized by: | Blood Transfusion Centre of SLOVENIA | |||||||||||||||
| Invited Speakers: | Peter Lachmann, Cambridge Robert Lechler, London Steven Marsh, London Elisabeth Simpson, London Alejandro Madrigal, London Marcela Contreras, London Frans Claas, Leiden Els Goulmy, Leiden David Anstee, Bristol Andrew Hadley, Bristol Ben Bradley, Bristol DJill Hows, Bristol Belinda Kumpel, Bristol Leigh Keen, Bristol Bernd Arnold, Heidelberg Stefan Stevanovic, Tübingen Carlheinz Müller, Ulm Gottfried Fischer, Vienna Gyözö Petrányi, Budapest Jean-Marie Tiercy, Geneva Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Toulouse |
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| Deadline for Abstracts: | March 31, 2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Registration: | Research Centre for Transfusion Medicine Centre for Transfusion Medicine of the Republic of Slovenia, lajmerjeva 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA Telephone: + 386 1 543 81 47, 543 81 00 Fax: + 386 1 230 22 24 E-mail: mateja.bohinjec@mf.uni-lj.si For further updates follow our new home page: http://www.zrs-tk.si/schimmgen/ |
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| E-mail: | mateja.bohinjec@mf.uni-lj.si | |||||||||||||||
| Posted by: | Primoz Rozman | |||||||||||||||
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