Combined Fifth EUROME & Inaugural EURO-RA Training Network Meeting, London, October 8th, 2004

09:00

COFFEE

 

09:20

 
Prof Marc Feldmann 

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, UK

 

Short welcome by the host

09:20

Fifth EUROME Meeting

“From the Identification of Genes and Cellular Networks in Murine Models of Arthritis to novel Therapeutic Intervention Strategies in Rheumatoid Arthritis”

 

09:25

 

Dr Saleh Ibrahim

Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Germany

 

Short welcome on behalf of EUROME coordinator, Professor Hans-Juergen Thiessen

 

09:30

 

Dr Saleh Ibrahim

Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Germany

 

Genetic evidence of mitochondrial control of arthritis

 

09:50

 

Prof Rikard Holmdahl

Medical Inflammation Research, Lund University, Sweden

 

Autoimmune specificity in collagen induced arthritis

 

10:10

 
Dr Vassilis Aidinis 

Institute of Immunology, BSRC Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece"

 

Highthroughput differential expression analysis and functional validation in modeled arthritis

 

10:40

 

Dr Thomas Svensson

Arexis AB, Göteborg. Sweden

 

Ncf1 as a pharmaceutical target

11:00

COFFEE

 

11:20

 
Dr Ewa Paleolog 

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, UK

 

Analysis of VEGF as a therapeutic target in rheumatoid arthritis

 

11:40

 

Dr Brigitte Mueller-Hilke

Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Germany

 

Towards a cellular immunotherapy in murine arthritis - work in

progress

 

12:00

 

Prof Seppo Meri

Department of Bacteriology & Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland

 

Complement in blood vessel walls

12:20

CONCLUDING REMARKS

12:30

LUNCH

13:15

First EURO-RA Meeting

“Functional Genomic Approaches Targeting Arthritis”

 

13:15

 

Dr Saleh Ibrahim

Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Germany

 

Brief outline of the aims and purpose of EURO-RA

 

14:15

 

Dr Andreas Grützkau (P4)

Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Germany

 

Impact of multi-parameter flow cytometry and cell sorting on transcriptional profiling and validation of microarray data

 

14:30

 

Prof Cornelius Verweij (P6)

VU University Medical Center, Netherlands

 

Molecular dissection of complex diseases using genomics technology

 

14:45

 

Dr Astrid Jüngel (P9)

Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Zurich

 

Novel targets designed by gene transfer in the SCID mouse model of RA

 

15:00

 

Dr Daniele D´Ambrosio (P10)

BioXell SpA,Milan, Italy

 

Identification of GPCR targets in RA

 

 

15:15

 

Dr Ewa Kontny (P12)

Institute of Rheumatology Warsaw, Poland

 

Bone marrow as a secondary lymphoid organ in RA and OA

 

15:30

 

Dr Saleh Ibrahim (P1)

Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Germany

 

Fine mapping of the CIA21, a QTL controlling anti_Collagen antibody response

 

15:40

 

Prof Rikard Holmdahl (P2)

Medical Inflammation Research, Lund University, Sweden

 

Arthriits transfer with anti-CII antibodies in mice

 

15:50

 
Dr Vassilis Aidinis (P3)

Institute of Immunology, BSRC Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece"

 

Title – to be announced

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16:00

 

Dr Thomas Svensson (P7)

Arexis AB, Göteborg. Sweden

 

Title – to be announced

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16:10

 
Dr Ewa Paleolog 

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, UK

 

Does hypoxia contribute to angiogenesis in acute & chronic phases of arthritis?

16:20

COFFEE

16:30

GENERAL DISCUSSION

17:30

END OF MEETING