Sitges 2010

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

14.00 – 14.45
Immunity in infectious diseases (Michel Brahic, Stanford University, USA)

14.45 – 15.30
Autoimmunity in neuromuscular junction and muscle (Camilla Buckley, Oxford University, UK)

15.30 – 16.00
Tea break

16.00 – 16.45
CNS White Matter autoimmunity (Manuel Comabella. Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain)

16.45 – 17.30
Autoimmunity in Grey Matter diseases (Francesc Graus. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain)

Chairs and Speakers
• Brahic, Michel – Stanford University, USA
• Buckley, Camilla – Oxford University, UK
• Comabella, Manuel – Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
• Engelhardt, Britta – University of Bern, Switzerland
• Goverman, Joan – Washington University, US
• Graus, Francesc – Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
• Jagodic, Maja – Karolinska Institute, Sweden
• Martino, Gianvito – San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
• Willison, Hugh – Glasgow University, UK