Monday, June 11, 2018 | Hôtel ALT Montréal - Griffintown
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8:15 AM to 8:45 AM |
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Arrival & Registration for all members |
Coat check |
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8:45 AM to 9:00 AM |
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Welcome to the symposium! |
Opening remarks: |
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9:00 AM to 10:00 AM / Session I – New insights into pathogenesisChair : Dr. Martin Olivier |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Dr. Maziar Divangahi, Departement of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University Title: “Reprogramming Stem Cells in Protective Innate Immunity against TB” |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Dr. Samantha Gruenheid, Departement of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University Title: “A new link between infection, autoimmunity and Parkinson's disease” |
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10:00 AM to 10:30 AM |
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Coffee Break* |
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10:30 AM to 11:30 AM / Session II – Finding new solutionsChair : Dr. Jörg Fritz |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Dr. David Langlais, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Title: “Rocaglates: novel dual-targeting agentsfor cerebral malaria” |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Dr. Donald Sheppard, Department of Medicine, MUHC Title: “Breaking the biofilm - from reverse genetics to novel therapeutics” |
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11:30 AM to 12:30 PM / Session III- From disease phenotypes to mechanismsChair : Dr. Ines Colmegna |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Dr. Marie Hudson, Jewish General Hospital, Lady David Research Institute Title: “Novel insights into systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases using shared molecular signatures and an integrative analysis” |
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Dr. James Martin, Department of Medicine, MUHC Title: "Inflammatory phenotypes in patients with severe asthma" |
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12:30 PM to 2:00 PM |
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LUNCH break & |
Lunch Provided* | ||
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM / Session IV – Translational Research in Inflammatory DiseasesChair : Dr. Maya Saleh |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Dr. Paul Fortin, Dept of Medicine, CHUL |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Dr. Carolyn Jack, Dept of Medicine, MUHC |
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3:00 PM to 3:15 PM |
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Coffee Break* |
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3:15 PM to 5:15 PM / Workshop and Student Activities |
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Student Activities |
Workshop - PI: Bridge building between medicine and basic sciences Activities moderated by Drs Gros, Vinh and Colmegna (CAC) |
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5:15 PM to 7:00 PM * |
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FRQS Round Table |
Award Ceremony and closing remarks |
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Moderated by Maya Saleh |
5:15 – 5:30 : Award Ceremony - Poster winners, 3-Minute talks,Trivia |
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Note: * all meals will be served in the Foyer
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
-Silvia Vidal, Prof. Dept. Human Genetics and Dept. of Medicine;
-Salman Qureshi, Prof., Dept. of Medicine
-Martin Olivier, Prof, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Corinne Maurice, Prof, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Samantha Gruenheid, Prof, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Danielle Malo, Prof. Dept. Human Genetics and Dept. Experimental Medicine;
-Philippe Gros, Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry;
-Maya Saleh, Prof., Dept. of Medicine;
-Jörg Fritz, Prof., Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Ana Nijnik, Prof., Dept. of Physiology;
-Judith Mandl, Prof., Dept. of Physiology;
-David Langlais, Dept. of Human Genetics
-Amanda Fiore, Chair, Student Team, Ph.D. student, Dept. Physiology;
-Natalie Giannakopoulou, Ph.D., Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Tyler Cannon, M.Sc., Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Lindsay Burns, M.Sc., Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology;
-Salma Cheboun, Dept. of Human Genetics;
-Marianne Provost, Coordinator, Dept. of Biochemistry
CLINICAL ADVISORY BOARD
- Dr. James Martin, Medicine, MUHC
- Dr. Ines Colmegna, Medicine, MUHC
- Dr. Donald Vinh, Medicine, MUHC