Courses

13th ESNI COURSE | 3-6 July 2013Program DAY ONE Chairs: M.J. Sà and G. Martino Learning from very experienced and inspiring neuroimmunologists - how to achieve success in clinical and laboratory research, and business in neuroimmunology 09.00 - 09.45 BIOGEN SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM Mechanisms of tissue injury in multiple sclerosis (H. Lassmann) 09.45 - 10.30 Science and serendipity: balancing family and opportunities (A. Vincent) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 - 11.45 From discovery of a neurological autoimmune mechanism to provison of a robust diagnostic reagent (W. Stoecker) 11.45 - 12.30 Ethnicity and age may shap ethe phenotype of some neuroimmunological [...]

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 [...]

11th ESNI Course | 4-7 July 2011 Program DAY ONE Chairs: T. Olsson, L. Probert Neuroinflammation and cellular responses in the CNS 09.00 - 09.45 Banking the brain – from resource to laboratory (S. Amor) 09.45 - 10.30 Neuropathology now! (H. Lassmann) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 What’s really going on? Visualising neuroinflammation in vivo (M. Kerschensteiner) 11.45 - 12.30 Striking a balance - Innate vs adaptive immunity in neuroinflammation (H. Perry) 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch with the experts Chairs: H. Perry, S. Amor Genetics, Environmental factors and neuroinflammation 13.30 - 14.15 Emerging genetics in MS: a [...]

10th Esni Course | 26 - 30 October 2010 Program DAY ONE Morning Session What neurologists need to know 09.00 - 09.45 Regeneration and the immune system (Anthony L. Mescher. Indiana University, US) 09.45 - 10.30 Genetic approaches for Neurological disorders (Maja Jagodic. Karolinska Institute, Sweden) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 Autoimmunity: from T to B cells (Joan Goverman. Washington University, US) 11.45 - 12.30 The blood brain barriers: gates or fences for immune cell entry into the CNS? (Britta Engelhardt, Unviersity of Bern, Switzerland) 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break Afternoon Session What biologists need to know [...]

9th ESNI Course | 1-4 September 2009 Program DAY ONE Chairs: G. Martino and A. Altintas Neuroscience and neurobiology: basic aspects 9.00 - 9.45 The host defense of Drosophila melanogaster (D. Ferrandon) 09.45 - 10.30 Regulatory and effector T cells in the central nervous system (S.D. Miller) 9.45 - 10.30 Exploring the plant immune response (S. van Wees) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 The inflammasome: a new entry (S. Drexler) 11.45 - 12.30 Autophagy in autoimmunity (F. Cecconi) 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch with the experts 13.30 - 14.15 The immunomodulatory role of neural stem cells (S. Pluchino) [...]

8th ESNI Course | 26 October 2008 Program DAY ONE Chairs: G. Martino, H. Willison Basic Neuroimmunology 09.00 - 09.45 Microglia at the interface between the immune and the nervous systems (S. Rivest) 09.45 - 10.30 Regulatory and effector T cells in the central nervous system (S.D. Miller) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 Ion channels and nerve degeneration (S.G. Waxman) 11.45 - 12.30 Genetics of neuroinflammation (M. Jagodic) 12.00 - 14.30 Lunch break Clinical Neuroimmunology 15.00 - 15.45 Neuromuscular disorders: from basic mechanisms to treatment (A. Vincent) 15.45 - 16.30 Autoimmunity in demyelination and axonal damage (R. [...]

7th Esni Course | 20-23 September 2007 Program DAY ONE Chairs: A. Coles - A. Vincent Basic Principles of Immunology 09.00 - 09.45 The lymphatics in immunity (D. Jackson) 09.45 - 10.30 Structure and function of the blood brain barrier (J. Abbott) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 Antigen presentation and leukocyte activation in the CNS (D. Male) 11.45 - 12.30 Have we forgotten about complement? (P. Morgan) 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch with the experts Basic Principles of Neuroscience 14.00 - 14.45 Functional imaging of the human brains (I. Tracey) 14.45 - 15.30 Sleep and Circadian Rhythms: Health, [...]

6th Esni Course | 12-15 September 2005 Program DAY ONE Chairs: Gianvito Martino (Italy) and Ariel Miller (Israel) Methods in Neuroimmunology 09.00 - 09.45 Mechanisms of tissue injury in human inflammatory brain diseases Hans Lassmann, Austria 09.45 - 10.30 Regulation of the immune response within the central nervous system Jack Antel, Canada 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 Immunoregulation of Th1 and Th2 responses in neuroinflammation (Lesley Probert, Greece) 11.45 - 12-30 Cholinergic signals: a bridge between the nervous and the immune systems (Hermona Soreq, Israel) 12.30 - 14.30 Lunch with the expert 14.30 - 15.15 Antibody assays [...]

5th Esni Course | 27 - 28 September 2004 DAY ONE Chair: N. Gilhus BRAIN-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS 15.00-15.45 Induction and regulation of the immune response (M. Ferrarini) 15.45-16.30 Immune tolerance (M. Roncarolo) 16.30-17.00 Coffee Break 17.00-17.45 Immune surveillance of the nervous system (R. Ransohoff) 17.45-18.30 Principles of immunointervention in CNS inflammatory diseases (L. Adorini)

4th ESNI Course | 28 September -1 October 2003 DAY ONE Chairs: H. Willison, G. Martino Innate Immunity and Brain Functions 09.00 - 09.45 Innate Immunity in the CNS: friend or foe? (P. Gasque) 09.45 - 10.30 Cytokines: multifunctional mediators in autoimmunity and stroke (G. Stoll) 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break 11.00-11.45 Resident macrophage responses in the peripheral nervous system (R. Kiefer) 11.45-12.30 Nitric oxide: its effects on the nervous system in inflammatory demyelinating disease (K. Smith) 12.30-14.30 Lunch with the experts 14.30-15.15 Complement activation products and regulators in neuroinflammation (P. Morgan) 15.15-16.00 The properties and functions of siglecs in the immune [...]