Agenda for the Thymic Symposium

THYMIC DEFECTS: FROM BIOLOGY TO TREATMENT

April 3, 2019

Sponsored By Enzyvant

 

7:00am - 7:45am Registration and Breakfast
7:45am-7:50 am
Introduction and Welcome
Luigi Notarangelo, MD, National Institutes of Health
Elie Haddad, MD, PhD, CHU-Ste. Justine & University of Montreal
7:50am-8:10am
Clinical Vignettes
Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD, Univeristy of Washington & Seattle Children's
Research Institute
8:10am-8:30am
Thymic Epithelial Cell Composition in PIDD
Marita Bosticardo, PhD, National Institutes of Health
8:30am-8:50am
Use of iPS Cells to Assess Thymic Defects in DiGeorge Syndrome
Katja Weinacht, MD, PhD, Stanford
8:50am-9:20am
Regulation of FOXN1 Expression
Avinash Bhandoola, MB, BS, PhD, National Cancer Institute
9:20am - 9:30am
Morning Break
9:30am-10:00am 
In Vitro T Cell Differentiation Using Thymic Organoids
Gay Crooks, MBBS, University of California-Los Angeles    
10:00am-10:30am
In Vitro T Cell Differentiation Using Bead-Based Thymic Signals
Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, PhD, University of Toronto
10:30am-10:50am
Assessment of Thymic Function in Severe Lymphopenia
Elie Haddad, MD, PhD, CHU-Ste. Justine & University of Montreal
10:50am-11:20am
New Athymia: PAX1 and FOXN1 Defects
Luigi Notorangelo, MD, National Institutes of Health
11:20am-11:50am
Thymus Transplantation: UK Experience
Dr. Graham Davies, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
11:50am-12:20pm
Thymus Transplantation: US Experience and Draft Guidelines
Mary Louise Markert, MD, PhD, Duke University
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm-1:45pm
Panel Discussion Featuring Invited Speakers
Moderator: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD, University of Washington & Seattle Children's Research Institute
1:45pm-2:00pm
Summary of Symposium and Future Action
Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD, University of Washington & Seattle Children's Research Institute
Luigi Notorangelo, MD, National Institutes of Health
Elie Haddad, MD, PhD, CHU-Ste. Justine & University of Montreal
2:00pm
Adjourn

        

       

        

 

        

 

            

           

 

                       

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