SYMPOSIUM ON
Immunomodulation
in Cancer & Regeneration
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Programme 2019
Symposium on Immunomodulation in Cancer and Regeneration
25 JUNE 2019
09.00-09.15 Welcome
INVITED SPEAKER
09.15-10.00 Immunotherapeutic strategies based on targeting or borrowing from the immunological synapse
Mike Dustin, the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
SELECTED TALKS
10:00-10:10 MHC class I stability and immunological synapse is modulated by cell surface sialylation in human dendritic cells
Zélia Silva, UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa
10:10-10:20 Inside-out mechanisms of CD6 signaling: cytoplasmic and extracellular interactions impact on T cell activation
Rita Santos, i3S, IBMC
10:20-10:30 NLRP3 inflammasome priming and activation in macrophages is diminished by 3D chitosan scaffolds
Daniela Vasconcelos, i3S, INEB
10.30-11.30 Coffee Break & Poster Session
INVITED SPEAKER
11.30-12.15 Regulatory T cells and immune tolerance
Luís Graça, IMM – Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
SELECTED TALKS
12:15-12:25 Bone injury response and the extracellular vesicle-mediated crosstalk between immune mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
Joana Oliveira, i3S, INEB
12:25-12:35 miR-99a regulates osteogenic differentiation and modulates the effect of osteoblasts on osteoclastogenesis
Sara Moura, i3S, INEB
12:35-12:45 Transcriptomics in primary human macrophages: from polarization to tumor co-cultures
Joana Wilton, i3S, IBMC
12.45-14.30 Lunch
SELECTED TALKS
14:30-14:40 T cell polarization influences the development of IBD-associated neoplasia
Sofia Brandão, i3S, IPATIMUP
14:40-14:50 Elucidating the impact of IL-17A/F in Lung Cancer
Nathalia Ferreira, Universidade do Minho
14:50-15:00 Acetalated dextran nanoparticles combined with alginate cryogel for in situ vaccination
Tomás Bauleth-Ramos, i3S, INEB
15:00-15:10 Harnessing chitosan/poly(γ-glutamic acid) nanoparticles to reprogram breast tumor microenvironment
Flávia Castro, i3S, INEB
INVITED SPEAKER
15.10-15.55 Integrative cancer immunology and immune contexture
Jérôme Galon, Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, France
15.55-16.25 Coffee Break & Poster Session
16.25-17.50 Round Table: T Cells and Immunotherapies
17.50-18.00 Closing Session
