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EFIS-EJI Ruggero Ceppellini Advanced School of Immunology
La Scuola Superiore d'Immunologia Ruggero Ceppellini
Presents an Advanced EFIS-EJI Course on:
The Maternal Immune System in Pregnancy Course Directors: Francesco Colucci and Ashley Moffett
(University of Cambridge, UK)
View of Naples, Bastiaen Stopendaal, 1663, San Martino Museum, Naples
7 - 9 December 2014 Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) Italy
Organizing Committee: S. Fontana, A. Di Giacomo, T. Reynolds Programme: Annette Nakimuli (Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda) Diverse genes cause susceptibility to pregnancy disorders Alison Elliott (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda) Infections and immunity in pregnancy Tamara Tilburg (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) T-cell immunity during pregnancy Marisa Alegre (University of Chicago) Transplantation tolerance Elizabeth Simpson (Imperial College, London) Multiple histocompatibility antigens: the embryo as a sitting target Jakob Michaelsson (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) The fetal immune system
John Trowsdale (Cambridge, UK) The ABC of KIR and HLA Ashley Moffett (Cambridge, UK) KIR and HLA as tools in population history Francesco Colucci (Cambridge, UK) Experimental approaches to dissect the immunogenetics of pregnancy Anthony De Tomaso (University of California, Santa Barbara) Evolution of allorecognition Angela Santoni (University of Rome “La Sapienza”) Leukocyte trafficking Ennio Carbone (Karolinska Institute and University of Catanzaro, Italy) Tumor immunity Tom Gajewski (University of Chicago) Cancer immuno-therapy based on breaking tolerance
www.ceppellini.it Organising Secretariat: [email protected]
Pregnancy disorders affect millions of women worldwide and are unusually common in Africa and other underdeveloped countries. This Course will bring together experts in reproductive immunology with experts in areas at the intersection of immunology with cancer, transplantation and infection with the aim to understand the biological factors underlying pregnancy complications.
The official language is English. The number of participants is limited to 75. Early registration fee is € 550.00 (until 10 October 2014) and includes course material, lunches, coffee breaks, welcome buffet dinner and a guided tour of Roman ruins. An additional €100 will be charged for late registration (until 30 October 2014).
Several bursaries are available for registration fee and/or hotel + dinners from funding provided by EFIS-EJI. Final deadline for application is 31 August 2014. The Course takes place in memory and in honour of the Ceppellini School Founder Serafino Zappacosta.