I Summary scientific programme
Wednesday 14 April 2004
12.00 – 19.00 registraton
09.30 – 16.00 Pre-conference workshop (19) New aspects of vaccination (NWO, EGS)
15.00 – 16.00 Plenary lecture:
VACCINE DESIGN AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS: LEARNING FROM THE NATURAL IMMUNE RESPONSE
S.H.E. Kaufmann (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany) Chair: J.J.M. Marx (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
16.15 – 16.30 Opening ceremony of the 38th annual scientific meeting
J.J.M. Marx (Utrecht, The Netherlands), W.H. Gispen (Utrecht, The Netherlands), H.M. Schulte (Hamburg, Germany)
16.30 – 17.30 D.W. Erkelens plenary opening lecture
THE IMPACT OF PHYSICS ON MEDICINE
M. Veltman (Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands), Nobel Prize winner in Physics 1999
17.30 – 19.30 welcome reception
Thursday 15 April 2004
10.30 – 11.15 Plenary lecture
INTEGRIN SIGNALLING IN LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION
M.H. Ginsberg (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA)
Chair: D. Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
08.30 – 10.00 / 11.30 – 13.00 Workshops
02 Familial endocrine syndromes and oncological endocrinology
CJM Lips (Utrecht, The Netherlands), TP Links (Groningen, The Netherlands)
04 Diet and insulin resistance
EE Blaak (Maastricht, The Netherlands), K Frayn (Oxford, UK)
06 The European hospital(-based) bioethics program: goals and achievements
A Semplicini & R Pegoraro (Padova, Italy)
08 Applications of embryonic and adult stem cells in cardiovascular pathology
PAFM Doevendans (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
09 Cardiovascular diseases: new horizons for iron chelator treatment (ICOC)
FLJ Visseren (Utrecht, The Netherlands), P Nielsen (Hamburg, Germany)
17 Phagocyte biology
P Coffer (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch / poster viewing / exhibitions
14.00 – 14.45 Plenary lecture
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF THYROID CANCER: HOW TUMORS START AND WHY IT MATTERS
J.A. Fagin (Medical School University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
Chair: M. Sanak (Cracow, Poland)
15.00 – 18.00 Workshops
02 Familial endocrine syndromes and oncological endocrinology
CJM Lips (Utrecht, The Netherlands), TP Links (Groningen, The Netherlands)
04 Diet and insulin resistance
EE Blaak (Maastricht, The Netherlands), K Frayn (Oxford, UK)
07 Computer based diagnostic decision support in clinical practice
HJ Kappen & WAJJ Wiegerinck (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), JP Neijt (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
09 Cardiovascular diseases: new horizons for iron chelator treatment (ICOC)
FLJ Visseren (Utrecht, The Netherlands), P Nielsen (Hamburg, Germany)
17 Phagocyte biology
P Coffer (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
18 Immunopharmacology: present status and future perspective
K Mašek (Prague, Czech republic), JW Hadden (Tampa, USA)
Friday 16 April 2004
10.30 – 11.15 Plenary lecture:
ANTIBODY THERAPY OF CANCER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
M.J. Glennie (Tenovus Research Laboratory, Southampton, UK)
Chair: A. Semplicini (Padova, Italy)
08.30-13.00 / 11.30 – 13.00 Workshops
02 Familial endocrine syndromes and oncological endocrinology
CJM Lips (Utrecht, The Netherlands), TP Links (Groningen, The Netherlands)
05 Biliary lipids and water: novel aspects in secretion and therapeutic implications
P Portincasa (Bari, Italy), KJ van Erpecum (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
10 Nitric oxide, metals and endothelial function
EEH van Faassen (Utrecht, The Netherlands), P Martasek (Prague, Czech Republic)
14 Selective Xa inhibitors – further advances in research and therapy
W Kirch & D Pittrow (Dresden, Germany)
15 Oral iron chelators in treatment of thalassemias and other diseases (ICOC)
NA Georgiou (Utrecht, The Netherlands), A Kolnagou & GJ Kontoghiorghes (Limassol, Cyprus)
17 Phagocyte biology
P Coffer (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
20 Immune-intervention for cancer and inflammation
JGJ van de Winkel (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
13.00 – 13.30 Annual Business Meeting ESCI (members only)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch / poster viewing / exhibitions
14.00 – 14.45 Plenary lecture ESCI Award winner 2004
POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE
A. Flyvbjerg (University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark), ESCI Award winner 2004
Chair: H. Schulte (Hamburg, Germany)
15.00 – 16.00 Chaired subspeciality poster viewing and discussion at site – cardiovascular
chairs: J. Tamargo (Madrid, Spain), A. v.d. Wiel Amersfoort, The Netherlands)
– endocrinology, diabetology and metabolism + lipids
chairs: R Dullaart (Groningen, The Netherlands), T. de Bruin (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
– gastroenterology and hepatology
chairs: P. Stärkel (Brussels, Belgium), P. Portincasa (Bari, Italy)
– haematology and oncology
chairs: D. Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
– immunology, rheumatology, infectious diseases
chairs: M. Sanak (Cracow, Poland)
– nephrology/hypertension
chairs: B. Fouqueray (Paris, France)
– neurology and neurobiology
chairs: A. Semplicini (Padova, Italy)
– respiratory medicine
chairs: A. Semplicini (Padova, Italy)
16.30 – 18.00 General oral session of selected posters
Chairs: R. Dullaart (Groningen, The Netherlands), B. Fouqueray (Paris, France)
followed by Poster Awards 2004
Saturday 17 April 2004
10.30 – 11.15 Plenary lecture
COLORECTAL CANCER: TRANSLATING GENETIC KNOWLEDGE INTO CURE AND PREVENTION
J. Burn (Institute of Human Genetics, Medical School University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Chair: P. Stärkel (Brussels, Belgium)
08.30 – 10.00 / 11.30 – 13.00 Workshops
01 Molecular mechanisms of cancer
HC Clevers (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
03 New insights in control mechanisms of metabolism and body composition
AJ van der Lely (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), J Romijn (Leiden, The Netherlands)
15 Oral iron chelators in treatment of thalassemias and other diseases (ICOC)
NA Georgiou (Utrecht, The Netherlands), A Kolnagou & GJ Kontoghiorghes (Limassol, Cyprus)
16 Contribution of host and virus in the determination of HIV pathogenesis
CAB Boucher (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
17 Phagocyte biology
P Coffer (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
20 Immune-intervention for cancer and inflammation
JGJ van de Winkel (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
21 Gene doping (NeCeDo)
HJ Haisma (Groningen, The Netherlands), O Rabin (Montreal, Canada)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch / poster viewing / exhibitions
14.00 – 17.00 Workshops
01 Molecular mechanisms of cancer
HC Clevers (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
12 The metabolic syndrome
AJ van de Wiel (Amersfoort, The Netherlands), JJP Kastelein (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
15 Oral iron chelators in treatment of thalassemias and other diseases (ICOC)
NA Georgiou (Utrecht, The Netherlands), A Kolnagou & GJ Kontoghiorghes (Limassol, Cyprus)
16 Cntribution of host and virus in the determination of HIV pathogenesis
CAB Boucher (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
17 Phagocyte biology
P Coffer (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D Roos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
20 Immune-intervention for cancer and inflammation
JGJ van de Winkel (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
21 Gene doping (NeCeDo)
HJ Haisma (Groningen, The Netherlands), O Rabin (Montreal, Canada)
Scientific programme
III Subspeciality poster sessions
Thursday 14 to Saturday 17 April 2004
13.00 – 14.00 official poster viewing time
Friday 16 April 2004
15.00 – 16.00 I chaired poster discussion at poster site
16.30 – 17.30 II general oral session of selected subspeciality posters followed by
17.30 – 18.00 III poster awards 2004