Date: 5/7/2009
TUMSPR News: A two-day international advanced course on clinical immunology was held at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Children's Hospital on May 7 - 8, 2009. The two-day conference had been organized by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), TUMS Growth and Development Research Center (GDRC), and the Center of Excellence for Pediatrics in Iran. [H]
Based on a report by the Public Relations of TUMS Children's Hospital A two-day international advanced course on clinical immunology was held at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Children's Hospital on May 7 - 8, 2009. The two-day conference had been organized by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), TUMS Growth and Development Research Center (GDRC), and the Center of Excellence for Pediatrics in Iran.
The course covered some topics and included workshops on Clinical Immunology . The course provided the opportunity for scientists and physicians in Iran and other countries to refresh their knowledge, skills and experience and practice in different aspects of Clinical Immunology such as autoimmunity & endocrinology, infectious diseases, asthma and allergy, and cancer. In addition, the event created a unique opportunity for Iranian scientists to interact with guest speakers from other countries on challenging issues in immunology. Among the guest speakers were some internationally recognized scientists as keynote speakers from Italy, France, USA, UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Brazil.
The topics included
Session One: Inflammation & Cancer
Viruses and type 1 diabetes - good or bad?
Novel avenues for the treatment of chronic viral infections
Professor Matthias G. von Herrath, La Jolla Institute for Allergy
La Jolla, CA, USA
Cutaneous immunity: role of chemokines in local immune surveillance
Bernhard Moser, Cardiff University, UK
Apoptosis and cancer
Professor Marc Diederich, Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire
et Cellulaire du Cancer (LBMCC), Hopital Kirchberg, Luxembourg
Inflammation & Cancer panel discussion ( National & International committee)
Session two: Infectious Diseases
Toll-like receptors and the renaissance of interest in innate immunity
Professor Luke O'Neill, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
New vaccines - how to develop
Professor Jorge Kalil, Instituto do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil
Infectious diseases panel discussion ( National & International committee)
Friday 8 May 2009
Session three: Tolerance and Autoimmunity
Evolving mechanisms in systemic autoimmune diseases
Professor, Moncef Zouali, Inserm & University of Paris, France
Autoimmunity in the nervous system: experimental and clinical
Professor, Hartmut Wekerle, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
Search for targets to control tolerance for treating autoimmunity
Professor, Hannes Stockinger, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Tolerance and Autoimmunity panel discussion (National & International committee)
Session Four: Allergy
Role of MMP-9 in regulation of immune responses
Dr Faramarz Taheri, Harvard Medical University, USA
Pathogenic mechanisms of allergic inflammation
Dr Paola Parronchi, Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Florence, Italy
Allergy panel discussion (National & International committee)
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=11791
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