ProgramProgram

08:30 - 20:00

Εγγραφές

08:45 - 9:00

Εισαγωγή – Χαιρετισμοί

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Day 1 – Friday 30/05/2025

09:00 – 11:00 Overview of the Immune Response

 

Chair: P. Verginis

  • Innate immunity (I. Morianos) [ppt, video]
  • Antigen presentation – Dendritic cells therapy (N. Papaioannou) [ppt, video]
  • T cells (A. Hatzioannou) [ppt, video]
  • B cells (E. Sevdali) [ppt, video]
11:00 – 11:30 Break
 
11:30 – 13:00 Mechanisms in Immune-Mediated Human Diseases

 

Chair: E. Sevdali

  • Complement: primer (D. Mastellos) [ppt, video]
  • Mechanisms of autoimmunity (A. Floudas) [ppt, video]
  • Cancer-immunity cycle (I. Keklikoglou) [ppt, video]
13:00 – 14:30 Light Lunch
 
14:30 – 17:00 Research in Immune Mediated Diseases – Poster Session

 

Chair: —

  • Poster Presentations with Extended Discussions
17:00 – 17:30 Break
 
17:30 – 19:00 Current Cellular Involvement in Human Diseases

 

Chair: A. Hatzioannou

  • Innate lymphoid cells (M. Verikokakis) [ppt, video]
  • Omics: Primer (M. Lavigne) [ppt, video]
  • Fibroblasts (V. Koliaraki) [ppt, video]
19:00 – 20:00 Keynote Lecture

 

Chair: P. Verginis

  • “Single-cell analysis in RA-other diseases: next step in translating data to clinically-relevant advances” (A. P. Croft) [ppt, video]

Day 2 – Saturday 31/05/2025

09:00 – 11:00 Autoimmune Diseases’ Pathogenesis: What’s New?

Chair: A. Repa

  • Remission-Relapses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (G. Bertsias) [ppt, video]
  • Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is it too late? (P. Sidiropoulos) [ppt, video]
  • Pathogenesis of spondylarthritides (D. Daoussis) [ppt, video]
  • The role of T follicular helper cells in autoimmunity (M.P. Konstantinou) [ppt, video]
11:00 – 11:30 Break
 
11:30 – 13:30 Current Concepts in Cancer ‘Immunotherapy’

Chair: G. Bertsias

  • Clinical aspects of immune related side effects of CPI (A. Repa) [ppt, video]
  • Therapeutic guidelines for immune related side effects of CPI (S. Pitsigavdaki) [ppt, video]
  • Immunotherapies in cancer (A. Boukouris) [ppt, video]
  • Bispecific antibody therapies (C. Chondos) [ppt, video]
13:00 – 14:30 Light Lunch
 
14:30 – 16:00 Translational Interpretation of Pathogenic Pathways

Chair: T. Dimitroulas

  • Interferons: pDCs depletion and IFN blockers in clinical practice (C. Mavragani) [ppt, video]
  • Complement: from pathogenesis to clinical application (I. Mitroulis) [ppt, video]
  • Thromboinflammation: What’s new (P. Skendros) [ppt, video]
16:00 – 17:30 Interactive Session: Clinical Cases Presentation with Discussion

Chair: A. Fanouriakis – A. Banos

  • Dimopoulou V., Lazarini A. (Ippokrateio General Hospital of Athens) [ppt, video, video]
  • Sabatakaki E. (University General Hospital Attikon) [ppt, video]
  • Demirtzoglou G. (University General Hospital Attikon) [ppt, video]
  • Boutel M. (Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki) [ppt, video]
  • Pavlou A-M. (University General Hospital of Ioannina) [ppt, video]
  • Lydaki D. (University Hospital Heraklion-Crete) [ppt, video]
  • Saridakis I. (University Hospital Heraklion-Crete) [ppt1, ppt2, video]
  • Fytanidis N. (University Hospital Heraklion-Crete) [ppt, video]
17:30 – 18:00 Break
 
18:00 – 19:30 Clinical Application of Novel Technologies

Chair: I. Mitroulis – T. Dimitroulas

  • NGS as a diagnostic tool in human diseases (A. Banos) [ppt, video]
  • Flow cytometry in clinical diagnosis (O. Tsitsiloni) [ppt, video]
  • Diagnostic perspectives of genomics in neurodegenerative diseases (I. Zaganas) [ppt, video]
19:30 – 20:30 Pharma Industry / Biotech Perspectives in Immunology

Chair: D.T. Boumpas

  • CAR T cells in autoimmune diseases (C. Sjowall, Bristol Myers Squib) [ppt, video]
  • Novel B cell directed therapies (R. Manfroni, Zenas BioPharma) [ppt, video]
  • Immunology pipeline (A. Moulis, AbbVie) [ppt, video]
20:30 Dinner
 

Day 3 – Sunday 01/06/2025

09:00 – 11:00 Workshop 1 – Students’ Presentations

 

Chair: —

  • 6 selected Presentations (20’) [ppt, video]
11:00 – 11:30 Break
 
11:30 – 14:00 Workshop 2 – Students’ Presentations

 

Chair: —

  • 6 selected Presentations (20’) [ppt, video]
14:00 – 15:00 Conclusions – Wrap Up

 

Chair: —

Reminder of basic mechanisms and presentation of new knowledge in the field of immunology.
Focus on human diseases, providing current knowledge on pathogenesis, new therapies, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
Session featuring the presentation of research work from laboratories/clinics in the field of immunology/inflammation.
Session dedicated to the presentation of clinical cases of immunological interest.
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