SYMPOSIUM ON
Immunomodulation
in Cancer & Regeneration
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Programme 2017
Symposium on Immunomodulation in Cancer and Regeneration
23 JUNE 2017
08.30 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome
INVITED SPEAKER
09.15-10.00 Macrophage self renewal and identity
Michael Sieweke, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France
SELECTED TALKS
10.00-10.10 Can mast cells modulate mammary tumors vascularization?
Ana Isabel Faustino, Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Portugal
10.10-10.20 Gastric Cancer with Lymphoid Stroma in the era of the immune context and immunotherapies
Irene Gullo, i3S / Ipatimup, Portugal
10.20-10.30 Tumor extracellular matrix educated macrophages stimulate cancer cell invasion via CCL18
Marta Laranjeiro Pinto, i3S / INEB, Portugal
10.30-11.30 Coffee break & poster session
INVITED SPEAKER
11.30-12.15 Sepsis: the importance of being tolerant.
Luís Moita, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisboa, Portugal
SELECTED TALKS
12.15-12.25 Glycosylation of T cells: an immunomodulatory strategy for IBD therapy
Ana M. Dias, i3S / Ipatimup, Portugal
12.25-12.35 Harnessing Chitosan/ poly(γ-glutamic acid) nanoparticles for anticancer therapy
Flávia Castro, i3S / INEB, Portugal
12.35-12.45 Anti-tumour macrophages: myth or reality?
Karine Serre, iMM, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
12.45-14.30 Lunch
INVITED SPEAKER
14.30-15.15 Macrophages at the cross-road between inflammation and regeneration
Massimo Locatti, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, Italy
SELECTED TALKS
15.15-15.25 Decoding the role of IL-10 in ageing
Ana Catarina Martins, i3S / IBMC, Portugal
15.25-15.35 Temporal regulation of systemic miRNA profile upon bone injury
Andreia Machado da Silva, i3S / INEB, Portugal
15.35-15.45 Non-coding RNA: a new strategy to improve bone regeneration
Maria Inês Almeida, i3S / INEB, Portugal
16.00-16.30 Coffee break & poster session
16.30-18.00 ROUND TABLE: Macrophages in cancer and regeneration: friends or foes?
