Program / Programme
November 23, 2015 / 23 Novembre 2015
8:00 Registration and breakfast / Inscription et déjeuner
8:30 Welcome / Mots de bienvenue
8:45 Keynote presentation I / 1er orateur principal
Dr Alfred Singer (National Cancer Institute, USA)
Thymic stroma.
"How T cell specificity and function is determined in the thymus"
9:40 Dr Aaron Marshall (University of Manitoba)
Stroma and leukemia
"Signalling pathways controlling malignant B cell migration and interaction with stromal cells"
10:20 Posters / Affiches
11:30 Lunch + poster / Diner + affiches
13:00 Student talks / Presentations des étudiants (15+5 min each)
Giustino Carnevale, McGill University
"CD109 regulates IL-17 producing T cells in the skin"
Martin Turcotte, Université de Montréal
"CD73 is associated with poor prognosis in high-grade serous ovarian cancer"
Sasha Silva, Institut Armand-Frappier
"Endosomal TLRs: the pathway used by Leishmania donovani to induce B cell polyclonal activation"
14:00 Dr Martin Guimond (Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont)
Graft versus host disease
"Impact of graft-versus-host disease on stromal cells and immune reconstitution"
14:40 Coffee / Café
15:00 Dr Ines Colmegna (McGill University)
Mesenchymal stromal cells
"Does mesenchymal stromal cell aging contribute to autoimmunity?"
15:40 Keynote presentation II / 2me orateur principal
Dr Shannon Turley (Genentech, USA)
Stroma in the lymph node
"Regulation of leukocyte function and spatiality by lymphoid stroma"
16:35 Closing remarks / mots de clôture