EMDS EMDS - European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Society

Registration and abstract submission
The Council of the EMDS (10/2011 -9/2014)
Registration forms will be available from the EMDS
homepage (www.macrophage.de) from April 2013
onwards. Submission of abstracts (deadline: June 15,
2013) will be online.
President
Silvano Sozzani, Brescia, Italy
Registration fees (including coffee breaks, lunches and
social dinner):
EMDS member
Non-member
Students
until May 31 until August 31
250
350
300
400
220
320
on-site
450
450
420
The European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell
Society
The European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Society
(EMDS) has emerged from the activities of the former
European Macrophage Study Group (EMSG), a loose
association of scientists interested in basic and clinical
aspects of monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells and
other myleoid cells in man and experimental animal
models. The group was constituted in 1992 as a result of
a successful series of annual conferences called THE
MACROPHAGE. The annual macrophage conference
originated from meetings in the Upper Rhine area organized by scientists from the universities and research
centers of Strasbourg, Freiburg and Basel, but rapidly
grew to a European format. On April 28, 1999, the European Macrophage Society (EMS) was founded in Regensburg. At the end of year 2000, the members of the EMS
decided to rename the society as European Macrophage
and Dendritic Cell Society (EMDS) in order to better
emphasize the two main streams of research within the
Society. The EMDS currently has 485 members from 34
countries. For more information and registration as a
member, please see our website:
http://www.macrophage.de
Secretary
Guenter Weiss, Innsbruck, Austria
Officers
Amaya Puig Kröger, Madrid, Spain
Ulrike Schleicher, Erlangen, Germany
Maciek Siedlar, Krakow, Poland
Myeloid Cells:
Microenvironment
Microorganisms &
Metabolism
From Basic Science to Clinical Applications
First Announcement
27th Annual Conference
of the
Treasurer
Alexander Steinkasserer, Erlangen, Germany
The Advisory Board of the EMDS
Reinhard Andreesen, Regensburg, Germany
Robert HJ Beelen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EMDS
European Macrophage &
Dendritic Cell Society
Patrick De Baetselier, Brussels, Belgium
Antonio Celada, Barcelona, Spain
Jean-Claude Drapier, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Hans D. Flad, Freiburg Germany
Regine Landmann, Basel, Switzerland
Geert Raes, Brussels, Belgium
Michael Rehli, Regensburg, Germany
Andreas Spittler, Wien, Austria
Jo Van Ginderachter, Brussels, Belgium
Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock, Gauting, Germany
www.EMDS2013.eu
10 – 12 October 2013
Erlangen, Germany
International Scientific Committee
The Location
Symposia
Amaya Puig Kröger, Madrid
Michael Rehli, Regensburg
Maciek Siedlar, Krakow
Ulrike Schleicher, Erlangen
Silvano Sozzani, Brescia
Alexander Steinkasserer, Erlangen
Günter Weiss, Innsbruck
Erlangen is located in Franconia in the North of Bavaria, a
region that is well known for its cultural heritage and the
very scenic area called “Franconian Switzerland”. The
famous medieval cities of Nürnberg and Bamberg (a world
heritage) are nearby. Erlangen is a university city with just
above 100,000 inhabitants. The older part of the city was
officially founded in 1367, the newer Huguenot city dates
from 1686. The Huguenot Erlangen is one of the last
remaining examples of baroque planning, laid out in a
rectangular arrangement of streets and large squares. The
beautiful baroque garden, the Schloßgarten, and the
Orangerie is located in the center of Erlangen surrounded
by impressive buildings from the 18th and 19th century.
Hypoxia, Micronutrients, Metabolism
Invited speakers (all confirmed their participation)
Conference Venue
Julie Blander, USA
Local Scientific Committee
Christian Bogdan (chair)
Diana Dudziak
Udo Gaipl
Martin Herrmann
Kai Hildner
Jonathan Jantsch
Gerhard Krönke
Roland Lang
Dimitrios Mougiakakos
Markus Neurath
Falk Nimmerjahn
Georg Schett
Ulrike Schleicher
Barbara Schmidt
Alexander Steinkasserer (chair)
David Vöhringer
Local Contact and Further Information
Dr. rer. nat. Sonja Pötzsch
Research and Meeting Coordinator
Mikrobiologisches Institut - Klinische
Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Wasserturmstraße 3/5
91054 Erlangen
Tel. (+49)-9131-85-22571
Fax (+49)-9131-85-22573
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Christian Bogdan
Mikrobiologisches Institut - Klinische
Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Wasserturmstraße 3/5
91054 Erlangen, Germany
Tel. (+49)-9131-85-22551 (office), -22281 (secretary)
Fax (+49)-9131-85-22573
E-mail: [email protected]
Neues Hörsaalgebäude
Ulmenweg 18
91054 Erlangen
Microflora of the gut, commensals
Microenvironment and Tumor
Microbial Pathogens
Tissue injury and repair
Myeloid cells and organ specificity
Myeloid cell development
Gordon Brown, UK
Ajay Chawla, USA
Marc Dalod, France
Central Scientific Theme of the 27th Annual EMDS
Meeting
Andreas Diefenbach, Germany
Myeloid cells fulfill central functions in the immune
system such as antigen-presentation, killing of infectious
pathogens, and the activation or suppression of T cell
responses. The 2013 EMDS meeting will focus on the
impact of the Microenvironment on myeloid cell activities,
a topic which in recent years has been fueled by exciting
discoveries. Myeloid cells are not only modulated by the
normal Microflora, pathogenic Microorganisms and tumor
cells, but also by Micronutrients and by Milieu conditions
commonly present in inflamed tissues (e.g. hypoxia). All
these factors influence the Metabolism of myeloid cells,
which in turn again alters their functions. The aim of the
conference is to provide an integrated view on the big
“M´s” in myeloid cell research.
Michel Gilliet, Switzerland
Format
Maria Rescigno, Italy
Maximum of 300 participants; one lecture room only;
invited lectures (1/3) and short presentations selected
from abstracts (2/3); poster sessions
Gerold Schuler, Germany
Carl Figdor, The Netherlands
Ursula Grohmann, Italy
Rikard Holmdahl, Sweden
Randall Johnson, UK
Carl Nathan, USA
Oliver Pabst, Germany
Karolina Palucka, USA
Eric Pamer, USA
Boris Reizis, USA
Michael Shurin, USA