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Karl Landsteiner Symposium: From B cells to antibodies

Events

10. Juli 2023 - 12. Juli 2023
9:30 - 19:00

Luberegg Castle, Luberegg 18, 3644 Emmersdorf on the Danube, Niederösterreich
Seminar Hall Kaiser Saal

Das Karl-Landsteiner-Symposium „From B-cells to antibodies“ wird von 10. bis 11. Juli auf dem Schloss Luberegg in der Wachau ausgetragen. Die Organisatoren sind Mitgliedern des „Danube Allergy Research Cluster“ und des internationalen PhD-Programms „Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Allergology“. Am 12. Juli findet noch ein ganztägiges “Retreat of the Immunology Research Cluster and the Research Platform Transplantation” statt.

Das Programm findet gemeinsam mit einem ganztägigen “Retreat of the Immunology Research Cluster and the Research Platform Transplantation” statt, das am 12. Juli ausgetragen wird.

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Programm

Karl Landsteiner Symposium: From B cells to antibodies

Montag, 10. Juli 2023

7:15 Uhr Bus Transfer from Vienna to Luberegg Castle Departure: Hotel Regina, Rooseveltplatz 15, 1090 Vienna
8:45-
9:30 Uhr                             
Arrival at the hotels and early check-in (two stops): 1st Stop: Hotel Donauhof, An der Donau 40 & Hotel Pritz, Marktplatz 7, 3644 Emmersdorf an der Donau, Austria 2nd Stop: Hotel Wachau, Luberegg 20 & Symposium Venue Luberegg Castle, Luberegg 18, 3644 Emmersdorf an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria
09:30 – 10:00 Uhr Registration and Poster Mounting
10:00 – 10:30 Uhr Opening of the event: Rudolf Valenta and Winfried Pickl (Danube Allergy Research Cluster) Alexander Auer, Martina Höllbacher (Department for Science and Research, Federal Government of Lower Austria) Rudolf Mallinger, Sabine Siegl (Karl Landsteiner University, Krems, Lower Austria) Wolfram Hoetzenecker (Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology, University of Linz, Upper Austria)
  Session 1 Chairs: Aleksandra Podzhilkova and Maja Bajic
10:30 – 11:15 Uhr Keynote Lecture 1: Max D. Cooper, MD, Georgia Research Alliance, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Member of the Vaccine Center at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA Evolution of adaptive immunity in vertebrates.
11:15 – 12:00 Uhr Keynote Lecture 2: Frederick W. Alt, PhD, Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA TBA
12:00 – 13:30 Uhr Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Uhr Guided Poster Sessions
  Session 2 - Chair: Zicheng Liu und Daria Trifonova
15:00 –16:00 Uhr Keynote Lecture 3: Jacques Banchereau, PhD, Professor of Immunological, Chief Scientific Officer at Immunai, New York, NY, USA Four decades of wandering with her Highness: The B cell and her courtesans: T cells, DCs, macrophages and cytokines.
16:00-16:45 Uhr Keynote Lecture 4: Virginia Pascual, MD, Ronay Menschel Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Director, Drukier Institute for Children’s Health Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA Follicular and extra-follicular B cells in childhood-onset autoimmunity.
16:45 – 17:00 Uhr Student Presentation 1
17:30  Coffee break
  Session 3 - Chairs: Tianchi Jiang and Hilal Demir
17:30 – 18:15 Uhr Keynote Lecture 5: Rita Carsetti, MD, Professor of General Pathology and Laboratory Methods, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Bambino Gesù, Division of Immunology, Rome, Italy TBA
18:15 – 18:30 Uhr Student Presentation 2
18:30 – 18:45 Uhr Student Presentation 3
18:45 – 19:00 Uhr Student Presentation 4
19:00 – 21:00 Uhr Gala Dinner in Restaurant Luberegg Castle
21:30 Uhr Bus Transfer Luberegg Castle- Hotel Regina, 1090 Vienna

Dienstag, 11. Juli 2023

  Session 4 Chairs: Mohammed Zghaebi and Lisa Prickler
9:00 – 9:45 Uhr Keynote Lecture 6: Meinrad Busslinger, PhD, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Deputy Director Science, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, Vienna, Austria Generation of a broad antibody repertoire by cohesin-mediated control of V (D) J recombination.
9:45– 10:30 Uhr Keynote Lecture 7: Facundo Batista, PhD, Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Associate Director and Scientific Director Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA Informing vaccine design by defining the rules of antibody responses.
10:30 – 11:15 Uhr Keynote Lecture 8: Andreas Radbruch, PhD, Professor of Experimental Rheumatology, Scientific Coordinator Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ), A Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany 
11:15 – 12:00 Uhr Keynote Lecture 9: Marta Rizzi, MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria B cell fate decisions in Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS): a FAScinating story.
12:00 – 12:15 Uhr Student Presentation 5
12:15 – 12:30 Uhr Student Presentation 6
12:30 – 12:45 Uhr Student Presentation 7
12:45 – 14:30 Uhr Lunch Break ‘Students meet Professors
  Session 5 Chairs: Varsha Dwivedi and Eszter Sarzsinszky
14:30– 14:45 Uhr Student Presentation 8
14:45 – 15:00 Uhr Student Presentation 9
15:00 – 15:15 Uhr Student Presentation 10
15:15 – 16:00 Uhr Keynote Lecture 10: Winfried Pickl, MD, Professor of Translational Immunology, Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943) and his major contributions to Immunology and Immunohematology.
16:00 – 16:30 Uhr Closing ceremony with best poster and best oral presentation awards
16:30 – 17:00 Uhr Farewell

Retreat of the Immunology Research Cluster and the Research Platform Transplantation of the Medical University of Vienna

Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2023
Luberegg Castle, Seminar Hall Kaiser Saal

7:15 Uhr Bus transfer from Hotel Regina, 1090 Vienna to Luberegg castle, Seminar location
08:30 – 08:55 Uhr Registration and Poster Mounting
08:55 – 09:00 Uhr Introduction of Program and Guests: Rudolf Valenta (IRC) and Thomas Wekerle (RPT)
  Session 1 Chairs: TBA
09:00 – 09:20 Uhr Keynote Lecture 1: Thomas Wekerle, MD, Professor of Transplantation Immunology, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Transplantation tolerance through combined cell therapy.
09:20 – 09:40 Uhr Keynote Lecture 2: Wilfried Ellmeier, PhD, Professor of Immunobiology, Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Histone deacetylases and the control of CD4+ T cell-mediated immunity.
09:40 – 10:00 Uhr Keynote Lecture 3: Gregor Bond, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Torque Teno virus - on the quest for an immunometer.
10:00 – 11:00 Uhr STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (6 presentations)
11:00 – 13:00 Uhr Guided poster session and lunch break
  Session 2 Chairs: TBA
13:00 – 14:00 Uhr STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (6)
14:00 – 14:20 Uhr Keynote Lecture 4: Sylvia Knapp, MD, PhD, Professor of Infection Biology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Determinants of pulmonary immune homeostasis.
14:20 – 14:40 Uhr Keynote Lecture 5: Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Non-HLA immunity.
14:40 – 15:00 Uhr Keynote Lecture 6: Hannes Vietzen, PhD, Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (HCMV-specific) Natural Killer Cells: Friend or Foe in Lung Transplant Recipients?
15:00-15:30 Uhr Coffee break
  Session 3
15:30 – 15:50 Uhr Keynote Lecture 7: Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, MD, Professor of Tropical Medicine, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria New insights into immunological-based approaches for ocular surface diseases
15.50 – 16:10 Uhr Keynote Lecture 8: Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, MD, PhD, Professor of Vaccinology, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Primary and booster responses in immunocompromised patients.
   
12.7.2023 Preliminary options social program
17:00 Uhr Sun-Set Danube River Cruise or Visit of a wine tavern in the Wachau region
19:00 Uhr Bus transfer from Luberegg Castle to Hotel Regina, 1090 Vienna