EuroSciCon (www.euroscicon.com) have finalised the agenda for their 'Analysing the Phenotype and Function of regulatory T cells' meeting on March 7th 2008. Please note that this event is restricted to 66 participants so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
The line-up includes:
Introduction by the Chair Dr Catherine Derry, Science Communicator
Human Regulatory T cells- generation and maintenance Dr Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic,
Targeting regulatory T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Professor Michael Ehrenstein, University College London, UK
The role of regulatory T cells in acute Dengue infection Dr Kerstin Luhn,
How Treg suppression is overcome during onset of spontaneous diabetes Dr Lucy Walker,
Interactions between CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and monocytes/macrophages: implications for the immune response Dr Leonie Taams, King's College London, UK
FOXP3+ regulatory T cells as biomarkers in human malignancies Dr Alison H. Banham,
IL-10 and regulatory T cells in allergy and asthma Dr Catherine Hawrylowicz, King's College London
The Impact of Tregs on Immune Responses to Tumours Dr Awen Gallimore,
To book, please visit www.regonline.com/tcells08 . The deadline for early registration is January 20th 2008.
There is still time to submit an abstract - those accepted for poster and oral presentations will also be published in the proceedings. There will be a prize for the best poster. Abstract guidelines can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidlines.html
