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Efficient cytokine detection: The Way Forward

 
  February 05, 2009  
     
 
BioPark Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City
3rd July 2009


8:45 - 9:30             Registration

9:30 - 9:45            Introduction by the Chair: Dr Stephen Thompson, King's College London, UK

9:45 - 10:15          Cytokine detection in collagen-induced arthritis

Dr Richard Williams, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College, UK

Collagen-induced arthritis is a model of rheumatoid arthritis that has been used extensively to validate novel therapeutic targets. The main pathological features of the disease include synovitis, pannus formation and joint erosion. There is a great deal of interest in the development and testing of drugs with the capacity to modulate inflammatory pathways in arthritis. Hence, there is a need to monitor the effect of novel treatments on cytokine expression in vivo. This presentation will focus on the techniques used to quantify changes in cytokine expression following therapeutic intervention

 

10:15 - 10:45       Using ELIspot to detect rare antigen specific T cells

Dr Tim Tree, Kings College, London

 

10:45 - 11:15       Dissecting regulatory and effector responses using cytokine secretion assay and artificial antigens

Dr John Campell – Miltenyi Biotec Ltd, Surrey, UK

 

11:15 - 11:25        Speakers photo

 

11:25 – 12:00       Mid-morning break and poster viewing

 

12:00 - 12:30        IL-10, regulatory T cells and respiratory health: the role of the vitamin D pathway

Dr Catherine Hawrylowicz, Kings College, London

 

12:30 – 13:00      Application of cytokines assays in the biotechnology sector - from proof-of-principle to clinical trials

Dr  James N Francis, Senior Vaccine Development Scientist, Immune Targeting Systems Ltd, London, UK

 

 

13:00 - 13:10         Introduction to the Biopark

13:10 – 14:00       Lunch and poster viewing

 

14:45 - 15:45       Troubleshooting Panel Discussion

 

15:45 - 16:00       Afternoon Tea/Coffee and last poster viewing

 

16:00 – 16:30       Failing IHC visualization of small proteins

Dr Chris van der Loos, the Netherlands

 

16:30 - 17:00         Differing multiplex cytokine analysis platforms

                                Dr Gendie Lash, Newcastle University, UK

 

17:00 - 17:30       Chairman's summing up & close.


18:00     
                Soiree at *The Best Western Homestead Court Hotel for all the participants

 
 
Organized by: EuroSciCon
Invited Speakers: *
 
Deadline for Abstracts: see event website for details
 
Registration: http://www.regonline.co.uk/cytokines09
E-mail: enquiries@euroscicon.com
 
   
 
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