ΕURO-RA

ΕURO-RA

MRTN-CT-2004-005693

Midterm Review Meeting

January 16^th, 2007

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, UK

*MEETING AGENDA*
09:00-09:15	WELCOME ADDRESS	*Marc Feldmann* *Kennedy Institute,* *Imperial* *College* *London*, UK
09:15-09:30	Tour de Table: *Brief description of each group and their role within the network*
09:30-10:00	Midterm Review-remarks of the Scientific Officer	*Florent Bernard* *European Commission*
10:00-11:00	Project Overview	*Saleh Ibrahim* *Project Coordinator* *University of Rostock, Germany*
*11:00-11:30*	*Coffee break*
11:30-11:45	Epigenetic modulations of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis	*Emmanuel Karouzakis* *Center* of *Exp. Rheumatology* *& WHO Collaborating Center,* *Zurich* *Switzerland*
11:45-12:00	Development of a new therapy based on the identification of the YM1 gene associated with arthritis in mice	*Ivanka* *Teneva* *Lund University, Sweden*
11:45-12:00	Posttranslational modification of collagen type II; effects on antigen specific T cell tolerance and autoreactivity in collagen-induced arthritis	*Patrick Merky* *Lund University, Sweden*
12:00-12:15	Analysis of hypoxia-regulated responses relevant to rheumatoid arthritis	*Helene Larsen* *Kennedy Institute,* *Imperial* *College* *London*, UK
12:00-12:15	Expression profiling and functional analysis of angiogenic markers in murine models	*Yvonne Raatz* *Kennedy Institute,* *Imperial* *College* *London*, UK
12:15-12:30	Autoimmunity and subphenotypes in mitochondrial substitution strains	*Lena* *Wester-Rosenloef* *University of Rostock, Germany*
12:30-12:45	The role of IL-15 in B-cell activation	*Elizabeth Zanova & Vladislav Jasinskis* *Institute* of *Rheumatology* *Warsaw, Poland*
12:30-12:45	Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells and lymphocyte activation	*Tomas Dallos & Monika Krivosikova* *Institute* of *Rheumatology* *Warsaw, Poland*
12:45-13:00	T cell autoimmunity control by Ncf1	*Kristin Bauer* *Biovitrum* AB, *Göteborg, Sweden*
*13:00-14:00*	*Lunch*
14:00-14:15	From transcriptomic to cytometric profiling: A translation approach for immune-monitoring of candidate genes in chronic-inflammatory rheumatic diseases	*Marta Steinbrich-Zöllner* *DRFZ,* *Berlin, Germany*
14:15-14:30	Biomarker discovery for subtypes of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in RA: An epigenetic approach	*Cor* *Verweij* VU *Medical* *Center* *Amsterdam, Netherlands*
14:30-14:45	Functional Genomics approaches for target discovery in modeled RA pathogenesis	*Vassilis* *Aidinis* *BSRC ‘Alexander Fleming’* *Athens, Greece*
14:45-15:00	Antibody induced arthritis and the nervous system	*Harald* *Illges* *University of Applied Sciences* *Rheinbach, Germany*
15:00-15:15	Genetic analysis of dendritic cell function in autoimmune disease	*Manu Rangachari* *Institute of Molecular Biotechnology* *Vienna, Austria*
15:15-15:30	Therapeutic activity of a monoclonal antibody recognizing the NGF receptor TrkA in a rat model of arthritis	*Daniele D'Ambrosio* *Bioxell* *SpA, Milano* *Italy*
*15:30-16:00*	*Coffee Break*
16:00-17:00	Fellows Meeting	*Fellows, Project Officer*
17:00-18:00	Closing remarks	*Principal Investigators, Fellows, Project Officer*
18:00-20:30	*Light Buffet Dinner*

PARTICIPANTS: EURO-RA MIDTERM REVIEW MEETING 16^th JANUARY 2007, LONDON
PARTICIPANT	NAME	FIRST NAME	E-MAIL	ROLE
University of Rostock	Ibrahim	Saleh	saleh.ibrahim@med.uni-rostock.de	Project Coordinator & Principal Investigator
	Wester-Rosenloef	Lena	lena.wester-rosenloef@med.uni-rostock.de	Fellow
	De Castro Marques	Andreia	andreia.de-castro@uni-rostock.de	Fellow
	Gabriel	Jana	jana.gabriel@med.uni-rostock.de	Project Assistant
Lund University	Teneva	Ivanka	Ivanka.Teneva@med.lu.se	Fellow
Lund University	Merky	Patrick	Patrick.Merky@med.lu.se	Fellow
BRSC "Fleming", Athens	Aidinis	Vasilis	aidinis@fleming.gr	Principal Investigator
DRFZ, Berlin	Radbruch	Andreas	radbruch@drfz.de	Principal Investigator
	Grützkau	Andreas	gruetzkau@drfz.de
	Steinbrich-Zöllner	Marta	steinbrich-zoellner@drfz.de	Fellow
Kennedy Institute, London	Feldmann	Marc	m.feldmann@imperial.ac.uk	Principal Investigator
	Paleolog	Ewa	e.paleolog@imperial.ac.uk	Principal Investigator
	Larsen	Helene	h.larsen@imperial.ac.uk	Fellow
	Raatz	Yvonne	y.raatz@imperial.ac.uk	Fellow
VU MC Amsterdam	Verweij	Cor	cor.verweij@novartis.com
	Martin	Alejandro	moai10@hotmail.com	Fellow
	van Rietschoten	Anna		Fellow
Biovitrum AB Göteborg	Svensson	Thomas	Thomas.Svensson@biovitrum.com	Principal Investigator
Biovitrum AB Göteborg	Bauer	Kristin	Kristin.Bauer@biovitrum.com
FH Bonn-Rhein-Sieg	Illges	Harald	harald.illges@fh-brs.de
WHO Collab. Center, Zurich	Gay	Steffen	Steffen.Gay@usz.ch	Principal Investigator
	Maciejewska	Hanna	Hanna.Maciejewska@usz.ch	Fellow
	Karouzakis	Emmanuel	Emmanuel.Karouzakis@usz.ch	Fellow
	Jüngel	Astrid	Astrid.Jüngel@usz.ch
BioXell s.p.a., Milano	D'Ambrosio	Daniele	daniele.dambrosio@bioxell.com	Principal Investigator
BioXell s.p.a., Milano	Rode	Frederik	frederik.rode@bioxell.com	Fellow
IMBA Vienna	Rangachari	Manu	manu.rangachari@utoronto.ca	Fellow
Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw	Maslinski	Wlodzimirz	zpatiir@warman.com.pl	Principal Investigator
	Zanowa	Elizabeth	piestanka@yahoo.com	Fellow
	Dallos	Tomas	dallostomas@yahoo.co.uk	Fellow
	Krivosikova	Monika	krivosikova@zoznam.sk	Fellow
	Jasinskins	Vladislav	mikrogen@inbox.lv	Fellow