Inflammation calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Call for Abstracts: Inducing and Breaking Tolerogenic Antigen-Presenting Cell Function

Thursday, 5 July 2012 London, United Kingdom

The Deadline for abstract submissions for oral presentation is May 30th 2012

Professional antigen-presenting cells (APC) such as dendritic cells (DC) and macrophages play a critical role in the initiation and maintenance of a T cell-mediated immune response. APC are essential for T cell priming, differentiation and activation in lymphoid tissue and at sites of inflammation. Understanding the molecular mechanisms via which APC function can be controlled may give novel insights into how T cell mediated immunity may be induced or blocked. This meeting will highlight current research aimed at inducing APC with tolerogenic function in order to treat inflammatory disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis) as well as work aimed at boosting the immunostimulatory function of APC in the context of cancer. The meeting will also highlight recent progress on the suppressive effects of CD4+ regulatory T cells on APC function, and how these can be overcome.

This event has CPD accreditation and will have a discussion panel session.

On registration you will be able to submit your questions to the panel that will be asked by the chair on the day of the event

Meeting chairs: Dr Leonie Taams, Senior Lecturer in Immunology, King's College London Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation and Dr Catharien Hilkens, Reader in Immunotherapy, Newcastle University , UK

Email: enquiries@euroscicon.com

Web: www.euroscicon.com

For all accommodation and travel enquiries please contact accommodationandtravel@euroscicon.com

Call for Abstracts: Vasculata 2012

July 25-28, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee

Abstracts will be accepted for poster presentation in the following categories:

Angiogenesis
Atherosclerosis
Developmental Vascular Biology
Endothelium
Genetics and Vascular Disease
Inflammation
New Approaches (nanotechnology, imaging)
Stem Cells in Vascular Biology
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Vascular Cell Biology
Vascular Biology- Other

Presenters will be provided with a 6 foot high by 6 foot wide bulletin board.

For more information, please read the policies and procedures at www.navbo.info/VasculataRules2012.pdf

Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 1 at 5:00pm EST

Call for Abstracts: Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2012 Congress

5 – 8 December 2012 Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 July 2012

Scientists and researchers are invited to submit their abstracts to the Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2012 Congress to be held in Bangkok, Thailand. Accepted abstracts will be selected for Oral or Poster Presentations and will be published in the Journal for Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

ABSTRACT TOPICS
Abstracts will be classified under specific categories for review and program purposes. Presenters are requested to select the topic under which their abstracts belong:

1. Absorption/Secretion

2. Bacteriology/Virology

3. Biliary Tract

4. Cellular/Molecular Biology

5. Endoscopy Surgery

6. Epidemiology

7. Gut Hormones

8. Immunology

9. Inflammation

10. Large Intestine

11. Liver

12. Motility

13. New Technologies

14. Nutrition/Metabolism

15. Oesophagus

16. Oncology

17. Pancreas

18. Psychosomatic GI Diseases

19. Small Intestine

20. Stomach

All abstracts must be submitted the conference website only: www.apdw2012.org

NOTE: Abstracts submitted by email, fax or post will NOT be accepted.

Abstracts that have been presented in previous conferences will NOT be accepted.

For more information, visit www.apdw2012.org or contact the Conference Secretariat:

KENES ASIA (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
PICO Building, 10 Soi Lasalle 56, Sukhumwit, Bangna, Bangkok 10260 THAILAND
Tel: + 66 2 748 7881 ext 111 & 101
Fax: +66 2 748 7880
Email: secretariat@apdw2012.org

Call for Abstracts: Temporomandibular Joint Disorder Bioengineering Conference

We are inviting you to submit an abstract to the TMJ Bioengineering Conference (TMJ3), which will take place on Thursday September 20 through Saturday September 22, 2012, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Program Committee has selected the following thematic areas for this year’s Conference:

Bone, cartilage, and stem cell biology
Cell, tissue, and joint biomechanics
Biomaterials for bone and cartilage tissue engineering
Diagnosis and imaging of TMDs
Treatment and surgery of the TMJ
TMJ Pain and inflammation

Abstract Submission Deadline: May 30, 2012

Notification of Acceptance: June 23, 2012

We suggest that you please encourage your young investigators to submit abstracts on new and novel studies. Those abstracts that are based on high risk/high payoff translational research will be given priority to be accepted and presented. Please make plans and register early to join us as the attendance at the Conference will be limited to 100 participants to facilitate more discussion.

Instructions for submission and the format of the abstract can be found at the Conference website: http://tmjconference.org

Call for Abstracts: International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics ISOPT Clinical 2013

March 7-10, 2013 Paris, France

The deadline for the submission of abstracts: December 4th, 2012.

Abstracts submitted after this deadline may be considered for presentation, but will not be included in the program book.

ISOPT will reconvene in Paris March 7 – 10 for our 10th symposium. Over the years, ISOPT has repeatedly shaped its form so it can accommodate to provide a collaborative atmosphere for clinicians, clinical trialists, pharma industry and regulatory officers. Our formed vision has been to increase knowledge and awareness of drug usage in ophthalmology reflecting innovations and their utilization in practice. In order to achieve this vision ISOPT is set to implement the following missions:

Educate via updating and sharing current and evolving treatment algorithms for practitioners.

Connect data arising from clinical studies to actual daily practice.

Facilitate innovation via panels and discussions of early and late “development related topics”.

We invite you to join us in Paris, and become a part of ISOPT, bring your own experience and insights of treating your patients, be exposed to the last two year clinical experience gained in major industry supported studies and be part of the efforts to reflect scientific data to clinical reality and patient care.

ISOPT has become famous for its informal atmosphere and the ability to meet experts and faculty leaders for “out of the lecture hall” discussions.

Whether your field of interest is in retinal diseases, inflammation, cornea and external diseases, glaucoma or basic science you may contribute and be part of the ISOPT spirit.