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 |