The Immune Microenvironment and Cell Trafficking Symposium
Monday, October 28, 2013 Welcome Dinner
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 CAS-IBP Auditorium
9:00 - 9:10 Opening Remark
9:10 - 9:45
Morning session 1:
Sirpa Jalkanen (MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Finnland)
New players in cell trafficking within lymphatics
9:45 - 10:20
Yulong He (Laboratory of Vascular and Cancer Biology, Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, SooChow University)
Molecular regulation of lymphatic remodeling and valve development
10:20 - 10:40 Group photo, Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:15
Morning session 2:
Oliver Pabst (Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Germany)
Regulation of cell egress in the intestine
11:15 - 11:50
Yingchun Wang (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Quantitative identification of phosphor-signals that regulate dynamic pseudopodial protrusion and retraction of migrating cells
11:50 - 12:25 Qian Chai (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland)
Investigating fibroblastic reticular cells in vivo
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (All Participants)
13:30 - 14:05
Afternoon session 1:
Burkhard Ludewig (Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Impact of endothelial lymphoid tissue organizer cells on lymph node development
14:05 - 14:40 Zhihai Qin (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Role of Tie2 positive macrophages in tumor necrosis-induced angiogenesis
14:40 – 14:55 Coffee Break
14:55 - 15:30
Afternoon session 2:
Gou Young Koh (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Diverse and versatile roles of lymphatic vessels in lymph node
15:30 - 16:05 Feng Liu (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Thymus and T cell development in vertebrates
16:05 - 16:40 Mingzhao Zhu (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
LTbR regulates thymic development, homeostasis and function 16:40 - 16:50 Closing Remark
18:00 - 20:00 Reception
