Fort Worth 2008
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. [...]
Oxford 2007
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, [...]
Thessaloniki 2005
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 [...]
Venice 2004
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)
Barcelona 2003
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 [...]
Tampere 2002
3rd Esni Course | 11-14 September 2002 Program DAY ONE Chairs: G. Martino - T. Olsson Regulatory immune-responses in the nervous system 9.00-09.40 An overview on regulatory T cells (D. Wraith) 09.45-10.25 The dual role of NKT cells in autoimmunity (L. Van Kaer) 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break 11.00-11.40 Evasion of clearance by CD8+ cells in autoimmunity (M. Brahic) 11.45-12.25 The genetics of complex traits (D.A.S. Compston) 12.30-15.00 Lunch with the expert 15.00-15.40 The role of T cells in the nervous system A general overview (H. Wekerle) 15.45-16.25 Antigen specific CD8+ T cells in EAE/MS (R. Liblau) 16.30-17.00 Tea Break 16:30-17:00 Coffee [...]
Paris 2001
2nd ESNI Course | 27 - 30 June 2001 DAY ONE Chairs: R. Liblau and C. Linington PROTECTIVE VS DETRIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNITY 08.45-09.00 Introductory remarks 09.00-09.40 Natural autoimmunity (M. Kazatchkine) 09.50-10.30 Autoimmunity and its regulation (J-F Bach) 10.40-11.00 Coffee Break 11.00-11.40 Protective autoimmunity (M. Schwartz) 11.50-12.30 CNS autoimmunity and thymic expression of self-antigens (V. Kuchroo) 12.40-15.00 Lunch 15.00-15.40 Oligodendrocyte directed autoimmunity (C. Linington) 15.50-16.30 Autoimmunity against astrocytes (R. Liblau) 16.30-17.00 Coffee Break 17.00-17.40 Autoimmunity against neurons in the context of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (R. Darnell) 17.50-18.30 Autoimmunity in animal models of multiple sclerosis (H. Lassmann) DAY TWO Chairs: N. Baumann and [...]
Stockholm 2000
1st ESNI Course | 13-16 September 2000 Day 1 | September 13, 2000 INFLAMMATION Chairs: L. Adorini - N. Scholding 08:45-09:00 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS09:00 - 09.40 INTERPLAY BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINESS. Sozzani (Italy) 09:50-10:30 APOPTOSIS AND NECROSIS IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE A. Grandien (Sweden) 10:40-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00-11:40 INNATE RESPONSE: NK CELLS K. Karre (Sweden) 11:50-12:30 VIRUS-INDUCED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES M. G. Von Herrath (USA) 12:40-15:00 LUNCH 15:00-15:40 TRAFFICKING AND INFLAMMATION IN THE CNS H. Lassmann (Austria) 15:50-16:30 CHEMOKINES IN EAE/MS R. M. Ransohoff (USA) 16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK 17:00-17:40 THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS F. Piehl (Sweden) 17:50-18:30 [...]
