16th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics

Program - Saturday, June 15

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    Registration 

    In completing the online registration form you are not automatically accepted to attend the conference nor are you automatically registered for the conference. Final registration to the conference shall occur after you have been accepted and notified by the conference chair of your acceptance to the conference. If you have been charged the registration fee but your attendance has been declined you will be reimbursed in full.

    Airport

    You want to arrive at the Athens International Airport (code: ATH). You can take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (~100 EUR). You may also rent a car at the airport and drive to the conference center. 

    Accommodation Tax

    An accommodation tax of € 10.00 per room night will apply, and will be charged automatically to the individual guest’s extras accounts. 

    Accommodations

    Accommodations for the conference are at the Wyndham Loutraki Hotel.  The hotel is located in Loutraki, 114 km from the Athens International Airport

    Arrival and Check-in

    It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:30 pm on the first day should make alternative dinner arrangements.

    Conference Venue

    The Wyndham Loutraki Conference Center is located at the hotel. 

    Handicapped Accessibility

    The site is fully handicapped accessible.

    Oral Presentations

    Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

    City Tour

    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby at 3:30 pm. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast

    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Wyndham Loutraki Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program. 

    Lunches/Informal Discussions

    Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant and only after the session has finished. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions

    Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting.  Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org. 

    Internet, Phone, & Computer

    Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.

    Certificate of Participation

    A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session. 

    Passports and Visa
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    Letters of Invitation
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    • Authors of accepted abstracts
    • Fully paid registrants

    Note: Invitations are issued at the discretion of Aegean Conferences, and requests for letters will be accepted only 60 days prior to the conference start date.

    Liability and Insurance
    Neither the organizers, nor the Aegean Conferences will assume any responsibility whatsoever for damage or injury to persons or property during meeting period. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal travel and health insurance.  

    Other Information

    Animals are not permitted on site.

    Badges are required for admission to all events.

    All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.

    No Photographs and Recording Devices

    Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations. 

    Code of Conduct Policy 

    Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be viewed here. 

Saturday, June 15

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
SESSION VII: Complement in organ transplantation and infectious diseases
Chairs: Tom Mollnes and Matteo Stravalaci
09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
37
Complement in chronic allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation
Hrishikesh S Kulkarni
09:20 AM - 09:40 AM
38
The Roles of Complement C3 and C5 in Pulmonary Antifungal Immunity
Jigar V Desai1 and Michail S Lionakis2
09:40 AM - 10:00 AM
39
Development of mannose binding lectin as therapeutic agent in COVID-19
Matteo Stravalaci1,2, Isabel Pagani3, Virginia Cianchi2,5, Hang Zhong5, Mattia Pedotti6, Luca Varani6, Marina Sironi4, Barbara Bottazzi4, Elisa Vicenzi3, Alberto Mantovani2,4,7, and Cecilia Garlanda2,5
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
40
C3 targeting with AMY-101 diminishes IL-8-driven neutrophil chemotaxis in severe COVID-19
Christina Antoniadou1, Anastasia-Maria Natsi1, Dimitrios C Mastellos2, Evangelos Papadimitriou1, Efstratios Gavriilidis1, Victoria Tsironidou1, Markus Huber-Lang3, Antonio M Risitano4,5, Despina Yancopoulou6, Georgios Germanidis7, Panagiotis Skendros1, Konstantinos Ritis1, and John D Lambris8
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
41
Concomitant deficiency of C5aR1 and C5aR2 drives neutrophil dysregulation resulting in increased susceptibility to pneumococcal infection
Sarah Walachowski1,2, Archana Jayaraman1, Markus Dudek1,2, Joshua D Campbell3, Joseph P Mizgerd1, and Markus Bosmann1,2
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
42
Complement C5b-C8 and C5b-C9 membrane attack complexes differentially potentiate antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Evan R Lamb and Alison K Criss
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Flash Poster session-B (15 min)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
SESSION VIII: Kidney disease, biomarkers and complement diagnostics
Chairs: Ashley Frazer-Abel and Hrishikesh Kulkarni
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
43
In situ Complementomics reveals pathological intracellular action of complement C3 in diseases affecting the kidney
Lubka T Roumenina, Idris Boudhabhay, Margot Revel, Mikel Rezola Artero, and Idris Boudhabhay
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
44
Immune complex glomerulonephritis and C3 glomerulopathy in 2024 – state of the art
Richard J Smith, Yuzhou Zhang, Nicolo G. Borsa, Amanda O. Taylor, and Carla M. Nester
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
45
The association of the complotype with on long-term outcome in kidney transplantation
Felix Poppelaars1,3, Michael Holers3, Mohamed R. Daha11,, Joshua M. Thurman3, and Marc A. Seelen1
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
46
Renin in C3 Glomerulopathy by SomaScan
Yuzhou Zhang and Richard J.H. Smith
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM
47
Genome-wide association screening of complement activation – data from a general population study
Damia Noce2, Luisa Foco2, Florian Kronenberg1, Reinhard Würzner1, and Cristian Pattaro2
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
48
Elucidating Complement Activation Mechanisms in AAV Gene Therapy: Development of a Novel ELISA-Based Assay for Enhanced Safety and Efficacy 
Klaudia Kulak, Viktoria Kozma, Cecilia Klint, Camilla Nilsson, Jordi Rodo, Samuel Butler, Ali Qamar, and Michael Schwenkert
01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Closing Remarks - Lubka Roumenina, Dimitrios Mastellos (On behalf of the organizing committee)
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Farewell Dinner