Third annual Regional Inflammation Network (RIRNet)

14 May, 2018

Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 09:00 to Friday, May 25, 2018 - 16:00

It is with great pleasure to announce the third annual Regional Inflammation Network (RIRNet) seminar in collaboration with the Norwegian Inflammation Network (NORIN) on 24-25 May 2018 at Thorbjørnrud Hotel: http://www.thorbjornrudhotell.no/.

You can register for the event here

Keynote speakers include:

Seth Masters

"Mechanisms of inflammasome activation: Homeostatsis-altering molecular processes (HAMPs)"
http://www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_members/dr_seth_masters

George Kollias

"Messenchymal causalities in complex diseases"
https://www.fleming.gr/research/immunology/kollias-lab

Updated program 14 may:

11:00 Departure from Oslo (Rikshospital main entrance)

Thursday, 24 May, Main Auditorium, Thorbjørnrud Hotel

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:15 Welcome
Guttorm Haraldsen, RiRNet Director

13:15-14:15 Mesenchymal causalities in complex diseases
George Kollias, Director, Biomedical Sciences Research Center, Alexander Fleming

14:15-15:15 Title to be announced
Ludvig Sollid, Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital

15:15-15:30 Break

15:30-16:00 Enhancing activity of NK cells for therapy of acute leukemia
Marit Inngjerdingen, Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital

16:00-16:30 APC-targeted DNA vaccine for prevention of the next influenza pandemic
Gunnveig Grødeland, Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital

16:30-16:45 Break

16:45-17:15 Low selenium status – and inflammation
Jan Olav Aaseth, Innlandet Hospital & Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

17:15-17:45 B cells in multiple sclerosis
Andreas Lossius, Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital

18:00 Glass show at Hadeland Glassverk

19:30 Dinner

Friday, 25 May, Main Auditorium, Thorbjørnrud Hotel

09:00-09:30 Interleukin-1 receptor 8: a novel link between inflammation and specific immune responses paving way for new therapeutic options
Børre Fevang, Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital

09:30-10:00 The impact of age on the resolution of acute inflammation in humans
Derek Gilroy, Division of Medicine, University College London

10:00-10:15 Break and check-out

10:15-11:15 Mechanisms of inflammasome activation: Homeostatsis-altering molecular processes (HAMPs)
Seth Masters, Inflammation Division, Waltzer and Eliza Hall Institute

11:15-11:45 Inflammation and B cell maligancies – assist, ignore or kill?
Ludvig Munthe, Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital

11:45-12:15 Exploring macrophages’ potentials for cancer immuno-therapies
Panos Christopoulos, Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital

12:15- 12:25 Concluding remarks
Guttorm Haraldsen

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Departure to Oslo (Rikshospital main entrance)

You can register for the event here