SESSION 1
Ligands and Receptors during Organogenesis – I (Chair: Dmitris Kioussis)
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15h00-15h30 |
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Structure and signaling by GDNF-receptor complexes |
15h30-16h00 |
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Neurotrophic Factors: A Window into Nervous System Development and Function |
16h00-16h30 |
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The role of Ret signalling in enteric nervous system development |
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16h30-17h00 |
Coffee Break |
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17h00-17h30 |
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms in lymph node development |
17:30 - 18:00 |
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Lymphoid organogenesis and Ret signalling |
18h00-18h30 |
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Mesenchymal cell targeting by TNF as a common pathogenic principle in chronic inflammatory joint and intestinal diseases |
19h00 - 20:30 |
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Poster Session | Cheese and Wine |
Session 2
Ligands and Receptors during Organogenesis – II (Chair: Ruediger Klein) |
| 09h00-09h30 |
A. Eichmann |
Common cues for vessel and nerve guidance |
09h30 - 10h00 |
K. Sainio |
VEGF-C Promotes Proliferation and Survival of the Ret-Dependent Sympathetic Progenitors in
Peripheral Nervous System |
10h00-10h30 |
J. Milbrandt |
Axonal protection by Nmnat expression |
10h30 - 11h00 |
Coffee Break |
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11h00-11h30 |
R. Klein |
Ephrin/Eph signaling during remodeling of neuronal and vascular networks |
11h30-12h00 |
R. Adams |
Control of vascular morphogenesis by axon guidance molecules |
12h00-12h30 |
M. Coles |
Role of Eph receptor and Ephrin Ligands in foetal thymus development |
12h30 - 12h45 |
M. Guthridge |
Phosphoserine/phosphotyrosine binary switches in the cytoplasmic tails of cytokine and growth factor receptors control cell survival, proliferation and differentiation. |
13h00-15h00 |
Lunch Break |
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SESSION 3
Chromosomes and Gene Expression (Chair: Richard Flavell) |
15h00-15h30 |
R. Flavell |
Chromosomal dynamics in cytokine gene expression
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15h30-16h00 |
F. Grosveld |
Long range interactions and transcription factor networks |
15h00-16h30 |
R. Grosschedl |
Regulation of B lymphopoiesis by EBF proteins |
16h30-17h00 |
Coffee Break |
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17h00-17h30 |
P. Carnay |
Molecular mechanisms of hindbrain segmentation |
17h30-18h00 |
G. Yancopoulos |
VelociGene coupled with VelocImmune yield Dll4 as a Tumor Angiogenesis Target |
18h00-18h15 |
G. Morrone |
Zinc Finger protein 521: A candidate regulator of Haematopoiesis and Neurogenesis |
18h15 - 18h30 |
M. Varga |
The critical haematopoietic regulator Scl/Tal1 is also involved in vertebrate optic tectum development |
19h00 |
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Dinner |
SESSION 4
Signalling Mechanisms in Development and Function (Chair: David Wilkinson) |
09h00-09h30 |
V. Tybulewica |
Role of Rac GTPases and their exchange factors in lymphocyte development and activation |
09h30-10h00 |
L. Feltri |
Laminin-initiated signals that shape the development of peripheral nerves |
10h00-10h15 |
S. Carrasco |
Ras binding to RasGRP1 defines a mechanism for decoding DAG signals |
10h15 - 10:30 |
A. Tsagaratou |
CYLD: A key molecule in T cell development |
10h30-11h00 |
Coffee Break |
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11h00-11h30 |
F. Radtke |
Notch signaling in lymphopoiesis |
11h30-12h00 |
D. Wilkinson |
Roles of Lunatic Fringe and Notch signalling in primary neurogenesis |
12h00- 12h15 |
E. Kramer |
Ret function in motor and dopaminergic neurons |
12h15 - 12h30 |
P. Melgar-Rojas |
The role of Notch signalling during embryonic hematopoiesis 2 activity |
13h00-15h00 |
Lunch Break |
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SESSION 5
Imaging: from molecules to organs (Chair: Anne Eichmann) |
15h00-15h30 |
F. Batista |
Imaging the B cell response to antigen in vivo and at high molecular resolution |
15h30-15h45 |
S. Taraviras |
ICo-ordination of cellular proliferation and differentiation:The role of the cell cycle inhibitor
Geminin in immune and nervous system development and homeostasis |
15h45 -16h00 |
A. John |
Essential role of the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor Bcl11a during nervous system
development |
16h00 - 16h15 |
L. Poljak |
Jak-1/Smad-signaling dependent gene expression and brain repair reaction |
16h15 - 16:30 |
A. Flora |
A new role for the E-protein Tcf4/E2.2 in the development of the mammalian nervous system |
16h30-17h00 |
Coffee Break |
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17h00-17h30 |
F. Costantini |
The role of GDNF/Ret signaling in renal branching morphogenesis |
17h30-17h45 |
P. Gilardi-Hebenstreit |
Krox20 controls the transcription of its various targets in the developing hindbrain according to multiple modes |
17h45 - 18h00 |
K. Goetz |
Olig2 is a direct target of Iroquois transcription factors |
18h00 - 18h15 |
A. Kenney |
Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 is an essential node of mitogenic cross-talk between the Sonic hedgehog and Inulin-like growth factor signalling pathways in neural precursors |
18h15 - 18h30 |
C. Lancrin |
The Haemangioblast generates haematopoietic cells through the formation of a haemogenic
endothelium intermediate stage |
Departure |
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