7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
WELCOME AND OVERVIEW
8:10 AM – 9:00 AM
SESSION 1 – BRIDGING CLINICAL AND BASIC SCIENCE
CHAIR: Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
8:10 AM
Basic Transplant Immunology: It’s All Greek To Me…
Esme Dijke, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
8:30 AM
Q&A
8:35 AM
Clinical Transplant Medicine: More than Just a Band Aid…
Ciara Shaver, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
8:55 AM
Q&A
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
SESSION 2 – ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION
Chair: Esme Dijke, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
9:00 AM
Overview of Adaptive Immunity in Transplantation: Attack of the Clones
Federica Meloni, MD, PhD, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
9:15 AM
T cells: They Pity the Fool that Don't be Cool
Carla Baan, PhD, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
9:30 AM
B cells: You too Can be a B-liever
Simon Urschel, MD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
9:45 AM
Q&A with Panel
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
SESSION 3 – INNATE IMMUNITY IN THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION
Chair: John Greenland, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
10:30 AM
Overview of Innate Immunity in Transplantation: Every Body Needs a Hero
Glen Westall, MD, PhD, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
10:45 AM
Neutrophils: The First Responders
Andrew Gelman, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
11:00 AM
Macrophages and Dendritic Cells: The Usual Suspects
Stephen Juvet, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
11:15 AM
Innate Lymphoid Cells: The Unusual Suspects
Christine Falk, PhD, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
11:30 AM
Q&A with Panel
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
SESSION 4 – FIBROSIS AND TOLERANCE IN THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION
Chair: Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
11:45 AM
Transplantation Endgame: Fibrosis Pathways
Stijn Verleden, PhD, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
12:00 PM
Infinity Wars: Will Tolerance Prevail?
Joren Madsen, MD, Dphil, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
12:15 PM
Q&A with Panel
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
LUNCH BREAK (a box lunch is included in the registration fee)
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
SESSION 5 – INFECTION AND IMMUNITY IN THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION
Chair: Esme Dijke, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1:45 PM
Scylla and Charybdis: How Infections Potentiate Rejection
Andrew Gelman, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
2:00 PM
Streetlight Effect: How to Monitor Post-Transplant Immune Responses
John Greenland, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
2:15 PM
They Came from the Swamp: Microbiome
Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2:30 PM
Q&A with Panel
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
SESSION 6 – THERAPEUTICS IN THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION
Chair: Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2:45 PM
Mechanisms of Immunosuppression: The Empire Strikes Back
Eric Epailly, MD, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
3:00 PM
Novel Agents in the Pipeline: A New Hope
Glen Westall, MD, PhD, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
3:15 PM
Cell Therapy in Transplantation: The Force Awakens
Daniel Chambers, MBBS, MRCP, FRACP, MD, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
3:30 PM
Q&A with Panel
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
SESSION 7 – TRANSPLANTATION TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Chair: John Greenland, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
4:15 PM
OMICS: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Edward Cantu III, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4:30 PM
Cellular Assays: The Sixth Sense
Carla Baan, PhD, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
4:45 PM
Design and Analysis of Cohorts for Translational Research: Full House
Edward Cantu III, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
5:00 PM
Mouse Modeling in Thoracic Transplantation: Secrets of NIMH
Stephen Juvet, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
5:15 PM
Q&A with Panel
5:35 PM
SUMMARY / EVALUATION
Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Esme Dijke, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
John Greenland, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
5:55 PM
ADJOURN
*This scientific program is updated each Friday to reflect any changes in information, including room names, session times, speaker information, etc.