12th ESNI Course | 4-8 November 2012

Program DAY ONE
Morning Session

09.30 – 10.15
Monocyte trafficking to the CNS: When, how and what happens next
 (R. Ransohoff)

10.15 – 11.00
The role of immune genes in the CNS
 (D. Hafler)

11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break

11.30 – 12.15
Immune regulation in CNS autoimmunity
 (A. Waisman)

11.30 – 12.15
Unexpected role for MHCI and PIRB in synaptic remodeling during brain development (C. Shatz)

12.15 – 13.00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

14.30 – 15.15
Use and abuse of animal models of multiple sclerosis (D. Baker)

15.15 – 16.00
The role of immunity in psychiatric disorder
 (T. Pace)

16.00 – 16.30
Coffee break

16.30 – 17.15
Brain imaging in infection
(D. Mcgavern)

17.15 – 18.00
Immunity and brain plasticity in neurodegeneration
 (M. Schwartz)

Chairs and Speakers

• Baker, David (London, United Kingdom)
• Hafler, David (New Haven, CT , United States)
• Mcgavern, Dorian (Bethesda, MD, United States)
• Martino, Gianvito (Milan, Italy)
• Pace, Thaddeus (Atlanta, GA, United States)
• Ransohoff, Richard M. (Cleveland, OH, United States)
• Schwartz, Michal (Rehovot, Israel)
• Shatz, Carla (Stanford, CA, United States)
• Waisman, Ari (Mainz, Germany)
• Willison, Hugh (Glasgow, United Kingdom)