Programme

9:00

Registration, Poster Set-up, Coffee, Snacks

9:30

Welcome Speech

09:45

Keynote by Prof. Toni Cathomen
Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy (ITG), Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Freiburg (CGF) & Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI)

Title: Will CRISPR Cure Immunological Disorders

10:30 – 11:15

Coffee break and poster presentation (Session 1)

11:15

Slot 1: Juliana Wagner: Modulating T cell immunity via SHP2
phosphorylation, Freiburg

11:30

Slot 2: Thorsten G. Müller: Dynamic RNA polymerase II organization
in T cell activation and HIV latency reversal, Freiburg

11:45

Slot 3: Anaïs Robardey: T cell fate is controlled by the functional
interplay between the Ikaros and Foxo1 transcription factors,
Strasbourg

12:00

Slot 4: Fariha Mahzabin Annesha: Soft X-Ray Reveals Chromatin
Remodeling in Human CD4 T cells, KIT

12:15-13:15 

Lunch break

13:15 - 14:00

Keynote by Dr. Francesco Andreata (Tenure-Track Assistant Professor)
Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, Mailand, Italien

Title: The Tissue Logic of Immune Surveillance: Lessons from the Liver

14:00 - 14:45

Coffee break and poster presentation (Session 2)

14:45

Slot 5: Ana Valeria Meléndez: From single to dual signaling:
rethinking intracellular architecture in CAR T cells, Freiburg

15:00

Slot 6: Lin Ma: Transient CAR activation enhances cytotoxicity of γδ
T cells against antigen-negative tumor cells, Freiburg

15:15

Slot 7: Nagwa Ibrahim: CD44 expressed on tumor-associated
macrophages fuels pancreatic cancer progression, KIT

15:30

Slot 8: Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe BELTRA: Sequential regulatory
mechanisms directly restrict exhausted CD8 T cell responses to PD-
1/PD-L1 blockade, Basel

15:45

Slot 9: Margaux Denos: Targeting HRH2 to modulate immunometabolic functions of macrophages in hepatocarcinogenesis, Strasbourg

15:45 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00

Slot 10: Nisreen Ghanem: Microbial and microenvironmental cues
drive postnatal macrophage specification in the dermis, Freiburg

16:15

Slot 11: Jules Tritschler: Proteoglycofilli: a new fiber containing
glycosaminoglycans secreted by neutrophils, Strasbourg

16:30

Slot 12: Laura Zaragoza-Infante: Single cell profiling of immune
recovery trajectories reveals regulatory and interferon signatures
dependent on tuberculosis disease severity: implications for hostdirected
therapies, University of Basel / Swiss TPH

16:45

Slot 13: Prof. Dr. Karin Hartmann: Mice Expressing KitD814V In The
Mast Cell Lineage Show a Systemic Mastocytosis Phenotype with
Skin Lesions That Can Be Reversed By Treatment With Specific
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Basel

16:45 - 17:00

Coffee break

17:00

Slot 14: Mélanie Sayah: The co-inhibitory receptor BTLA: Towards a
better understanding of altered BTLA expression in lupus cell
subsets, Strasbourg

17:15

Slot 15: Grégoire Hopsomer: Impact of a STING gain-of-function on
B cell phenotype and development of autoimmunity, strasbourg

17:30

Slot 16: Kristina Schulz: Development of a novel complement
attenuating compound targeting C1q and Factor H, Basel

17:45

Closing remarks

18:00

„Get-Together“ with beverages and Snacks