Scientific Program

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Thursday 30 September 2010

Opening addresses
14:15 - 14:30 GV. Martino - Italian Association of Neuroimmunology
D. Karussis - Israel Society of Neuroimmunology
F. Cornelio - Neurological Institute Foundation "Carlo Besta"

Session 1: IMMUNOGENETICS
Chairs: A. Miller and M. Salvetti

14:30 - 15:00 J.R. Oksenberg (USA)
Touring, sequencing and understanding the MS genome

15:00 - 15:30 A. Miller (Israel)
Pharmacogenetics and translation towards tailored therapeutics in
MS

15:30 - 16:30 Selected Oral Communications

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 - 18:00 Selected Oral Communications

18:00 - 19:00 AINI General Assembly

Friday 1 October 2010

Session 2: CELL-CELL SIGNALING
Chairs: R. Pedotti and R. Furlan

09:00 - 09:30 S. Valitutti (F)
The activation dialogue at the T cell/APC immunological synapses

09:30 - 10:30 Selected Oral Communications

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

Chairs: G. Matarese and S. Sotgiu

11:00 - 11:30 A. Volterra (CH)
Astrocytes as active synaptic partners in sickness and in health:
role of TNFalpha

11:30 - 13:00 Selected Oral Communications

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

Session 3: IMMUNE SURVEILLANCE AND NEUROPROTECTION
Chairs: G. Constantin and M. Schwartz

14:30 - 15:00 B. Becher (CH)
TH1-22: is there a cytokine which really matters in EAE?

15:00 - 16:00 Selected Oral Communications

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 17:00 M. Schwartz (Israel)
Immunology of the mind: a missing link between normal functions
and disorders

17:00 - 17:45 Selected Oral Communications

17:45 - 18:45 Poster Viewing

19:00 - 20:00 AINI Soccer Venue

Saturday 2 October 2010

Session 4: IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE AND THE THYMUS
Chairs: S. Berrih-Aknin and R. Mantegazza

09:00 - 09:30 B. Kyewski (D)
How promiscuity promotes tolerance: lessons from the thymus

09:30 - 11:00 Selected Oral Communications

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Berrih-Aknin (F)
Mechanisms of Treg defects in Myasthenia Gravis

12:00 - 13:30 AINI Symposium: "Liquor from bed to bench"
Update on AINI Guidelines
D. Franciotta, F. Lolli

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

Session 5: PNS NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Chairs: S. Fuchs and A. Quattrini

14:30 - 15:00 S.A. Greenberg (USA)
Disease mechanisms in inflammatory myopathies

15:00 - 16:15 Selected Oral Communications

16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 - 17:15 I. Wirguin (Israel)
Guillain-Barrč Syndrome: a fresh look at its pathogenesis

17:15 - 18:00 Selected Oral Communications

18:00 - 19:00 Poster Viewing

20:30 - 23:30 AINI Social Dinner

Sunday 3 October 2010

Session 6: IMMUNOTHERAPY
Chairs: C. Avolio and R. Milo

09:00 - 09:30 M.R. Ehrenstein (UK)
Harnessing biologic therapy to understand and reverse abnormal
immune regulation in inflammation

09:30 - 09:50 D. Centonze (I)
Neuroprotective strategies in MS

09:50 - 10:10 R. Milo (Israel)
Combination therapy in demyelinating diseases: rational,
experience and prospects

10:10 - 10:30 A. Monsonego (Israel)
Immune-based therapeutic approaches to Alzheimer's Disease

10:30 - 10:50 E. Scarpini (I)
Immunotherapy of Alzheimer's disease

10.50 - 11:20 Coffee break

Update on Stem Cells therapy in Neuroimmunological
and Neurodegenerative disorders
Chairs: D. Karussis and S. Pluchino

11:20 - 11:40 S. Pluchino (UK)
Everything but not cell replacement with neural stem cell
transplants

11:40 - 12:00 A. Uccelli (I)
Mesenchimal stem cells: how and where they exert their
therapeutic features

12:00 - 12:20 D. Karussis (Israel)
Adult Somatic Stem cells for MS, ALS and Neuroimmunological
diseases: Focus on mesenchimal stem cells and their mechanisms
of actions and clinical experience

12:20 - 12:40 T. Ben-Hur (Israel)
Neuronal Stem Cells for Neuroimmunological and
Neurodegenerative diseases; the evidence, the mechanisms and
the perspectives

12:40 - 12:50 AINI Awards

12:50 - 13:00 Closing remarks

13:00 - 14:30 Farewell buffet lunch