Discovery Strategies: Modeling Human Autoimmune Diseases in the Laboratory Mouse

This meeting is part of The Jackson Laboratory’s ongoing “Discovery Strategies” series, which brings researchers together from industry and academia to discuss how the laboratory mouse can be leveraged to discover and develop new therapeutic approaches to treating specific diseases.  “Discovery Strategies: Modeling Human Autoimmune Diseases in the Laboratory Rodent” addresses the development of therapeutic approaches for the treatment of 3 prevalent autoimmune diseases: multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythrematosis.  Each disease area presents its own challenges with respect to preclinical development and modeling safety and efficacy in the clinic.   With an eye toward how rodents, mice in particular, can be used in the drug discovery pipeline this meeting will also act as a forum for discussing concordance between model systems, the need for new model development and possible applications for humanized mouse models in the development of novel therapies.

Keynote Speaker:
Stanford Pend, M.D., Ph.D., Roche

Speakers include:
Marina Botto, M.D., Imperial College, London
Andy Chan, M.D., Ph.D., Genentect
David Daikh, M.D., Ph.D., University California San Francisco
Chella David, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
Dale Greiner, Ph.D., University Massachusetts
Fumihiko Ishikawa, M.D., Ph.D., RIKEN Research Center
David Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham Medical Center
Chandra Mohan, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
Cheryl Nutter, Ph.D., Wyeth
Jeffrey Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D., The Rockerfeller University
David Serreze, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Lenard Shultz, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory

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Registration Fee: $995.00

Employees of pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations that belong to our Research Affiliates Program are eligible for either a registration fee waiver or 50% fee reduction. Please contact Teresa Chu for more details.

Participants are responsible for all travel and lodging expenses.  See the Travel & Accomodations page for conference room block information as it becomes available.