2nd International Conference on Mesenchymal Cells in Health & Disease

Preliminary Program

 

Thursday, 27 June 2024

 

18:00 PM

 

Conference Registration

20:00 PM

 

Welcome Reception - Dinner

 

Friday, 28 June 2024

 

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

9:00 AM

 

Welcome - Opening Remarks

George Kollias

 

SESSION I

 

Chronic Inflammatory Disease

9:10 AM

1

Inflammation, damage or pain: Fibroblasts decide

Christopher Buckley

9:30 AM

2

Regulators of fibroblast-mediated inflammation

Michael Brenner

9:50 AM

3

Fibroblast lineage structure in health and disease

Matthew Buechler

10:10 AM

4

Immunotherapeutical targeting of cardiac fibroblasts

Burkhard Ludewig

 

10:30 AM

 

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

 

11:30 AM

5

TBA

Allon Wagner

11:50 AM

6

Single-cell characterisation of synovial fibroblasts in systemic sclerosis

Celina Geiss

12:00 PM

7

Regulation of synovial fibroblast activation and expansion in arthritis

Fani Roumelioti

 

SESSION II

 

Fibrosis

12:10 PM

8

Organ dependency on its surrounding (fascia) connective tissues

Yuval Rinkevich

12:30 PM

9

Immunotherapeutical targeting of mesenchymal cells in fibrotic disease

Christian Stockmann

12:50 PM

10

TBA

Fiona Oakley

13:10 PM

11

A possible profibrotic role of tissue iron in Systemic Sclerosis

Nikolaos Vlachogiannis

13:20 PM

12

Selective inhibition of myofibroblast phenotype by blood pressure drug telmisartan

CheMin Lee

 

13:30 PM

 

Lunch

15:00 PM

 

Informal Discussions

19:30 PM

 

Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)

 

Saturday, 29 June 2024

 

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

 

SESSION III

 

ECM and mechanotransduction

8:30 AM

13

THE EMBO LECTURE: Cell and tissue mechanoadaption: molecular mechanisms and physiopathological relevance

Miguel Angel del Pozo

8:50 AM

14

Role of the YAP/TAZ mechanotransducers in aging and cancer. A tissue-level perspective

Stefano Piccolo

9:10 AM

15

Mechanisms maintaining lymph node structure and function

Sophie Acton

9:30 AM

16

Mechanosensitive and metabolic pathways regulate plasma membrane ATP synthase trafficking in mouse embryonic fibroblasts

Aleksandra Norczyk Simón

9:40 AM

17

Metabolic reprogramming of Lymph node FRCs govern their proliferation, and function

Lalit Dubey

 

SESSION IV

 

Contextually-specified stromal niches

9:50 AM

18

Charting the cellular biogeography in colitis reveals fibroblast trajectories and coordinated spatial remodeling

Roni Nowarski

10:10 AM

19

Fibroblast driven causalities in chronic inflammation

George Kollias

 

10:30 AM

 

Coffee break and poster viewing

 

11:50 AM

20

Genetic and epigenetic activation of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis

Caroline Ospelt

12:10 PM

21

Mesenchymal engagements in Psoriatic Arthritis

Maria Armaka

12:30 PM

22

Fibroblast diversity within human Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissues in health and inflammatory bowel disease

William W. Agace

12:50 PM

23

Lymphatic dysfunction of the skin and immune dysregulation

Theresa Lu

13:10 PM

24

IL-33-mediated fibroblast-myeloid cell crosstalk controls intestinal granuloma formation

Angelina De Martin

13:20 PM

25

SEPTIN 8 regulates mitochondrial function in fibroblasts

Huan Liu

 

13:30 PM

 

Lunch

15:00 PM

 

Informal Discussions

19:30 PM

 

Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 30 June 2024

 

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

 

SESSION V

 

Lymphoid organs and Immunity

8:30 AM

26

Neuroimmune interactions in lymphoid tissues

Scott Mueller

8:50 AM

27

Unravelling stromal cell regulation of the humoral response in lymphoid tissue and beyond

Alice Denton

9:10 AM

28

Multi-tier coordination of antiviral immunity by fibroblasts

Natalia Pikor

9:30 AM

29

Characterization of fibroblast subsets within secondary lymphoid organs

Sanjiv Luther

9:50 AM

30

Linking lymphatics to mesenchymal cells in the developing lymph node

Christopher Mueller

10:10 AM

31

Spatially resolving fibroblast-tumour interactions in melanoma metastatic lymph nodes

Harry Horsnell

10:20 AM

32

Pericardial fat-associated lymphoid clusters control T cell activation and differentiation during autoimmune myocarditis

Nadine Cadosch

 

10:30 AM

 

Coffee break and poster viewing

 

SESSION VI

 

Stem Cell function and Tissue Regeneration

11:30 AM

33

Mesenchymal regulation of intestinal epithelial self-renewal

Ramesh A Shivdasani

11:50 AM

34

Parallels between wound healing and cancer: A fibroblast perspective

Sabin Werner

12:10 PM

35

Dietary control of intestinal stem cells in physiology and disease

Omer Yilmaz

12:30 PM

36

Age-related stromal change drive tumor progression

Sheila Stewart

12:50 PM

37

Multiple facets of androgen receptor signaling in fibroblast senescence and pro-tumorigenic functions

Gian Paolo Dotto

13:10 PM

38

Fibroblast diversification is an embryonic process dependent on muscle contraction

Lavi Coren

13:20 PM

39

Heparan sulfate regulates amphiregulin signaling towards reparative lung mesenchymal cells during influenza A infection

Nicholas Arpaia

 

13:30 PM

 

Lunch

15:00 PM

 

Guided Tour of Old Town Chania (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)

19:30 PM

 

Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses do not return to the hotel prior to dinner)

 

 

 

 

Monday, 01 July 2024

 

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

 

SESSION VII

 

From Fibroblast States to Tumor Programs

8:30 AM

40

Evolution of mesenchymal cell in carcinomas

Ruth Scherz-Shouval

8:50 AM

41

Stromal and immune plasticity shape the metastatic microenvironment

Neta Erez

9:10 AM

42

Development and underlying mechanisms of fibroblastic states within the antigen-presenting cell landscape in cancer

Maria Tsoumakidou

9:30 AM

43

Mechanisms and consequences of pancreatic cancer stromal evolution

Mara Sherman

9:40 AM

44

Cancer-associated fibroblasts influence Treg cell dynamics in lung cancer

Olivia Ringham

9:50 AM

45

Tumor-activated lymph node fibroblasts suppress T cell function in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Alan Ramsay

 

SESSION VIII

 

Molecular Basis of Fibroblast-Dependent Tumor Processes

10:00 AM

46

Functional Role of Tissue Damage & Regenerative Response in Cancer Progression & Metastasis

Raghu Kalluri

10:20 AM

47

Identifying conserved, targetable pathways of immune suppression in the tumour microenvironment

Anne Fletcher

 

10:40 AM

 

Coffee break and poster viewing

 

SESSION VIII

 

Molecular Basis of Fibroblast-Dependent Tumor Processes

11:40 PM

48

Dynamics of tumour immune microenvironments

Mark Coles

12:00 PM

49

Mesenchymal activation and functions in intestinal carcinogenesis

Vassiliki Koliaraki

12:20 PM

50

Cell plasticity in pathogenesis and therapy of colorectal cancer

Florian Greten

12:40 PM

51

High-fat Western diet supports colorectal cancer progression by promoting mucin secretion and infiltration of cancer-associated fibroblasts

Stefania Vetrano

 

12:50 PM

 

Round table “The future of mesenchymal research”

Laurie Dempsey – George Kollias – Maria Tsoumakidou – Gian-Paolo Dotto - Christopher Buckley – Scott Mueller – Ruth Scherz-Shouval

 

13:30 PM

 

Lunch

15:00 PM

 

Informal Discussions

 

20:00 PM

 

Farewell Dinner

 

Tuesday, 02 June 2024

 

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

Departure