ISNI International Society of Neuroimmunology ISNI 2014 12th International Congress of Neuroimmunology 9-13 November 2014 | Mainz, Germany SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM th 12 International Congress of Neuroimmunology | 9-13 November 2014 ISNI EXECUTIVE HONORARY OFFICERS President J. Antel (Montreal Canada) Gianvito Martino (Italy) C. Raine (New York, USA) A. Vincent (Oxford, UK) Vice-President H. Wekerle (Martinsried, Germany) V. Wee Yong (Canada) C. Whitacre (Columbus, USA) T. Owens (Odense, Denmark) Secretary / Treasurer T. Olsson (Stockholm, Sweden) Roberto Furlan (Italy) INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD CONGRESS ORGANIZERS S. Amor (Leiden, the Netherlands) Congress Chairs D. Baker (London, UK) Ari Waisman (Mainz, Germany) A. Bar-Or (Montreal, Canada) Frauke Zipp (Mainz, Germany) B. Becher (Zurich, Switzerland) M. Carson (Del Mar, USA) Burkhard Becher (Zurich, Switzerland) A. Coles (Cambridge, UK) Britta Engelhardt (Bern, Switzerland) R. Gold (Bochum, Germany) Ralf Gold (Bochum, Germany) B. Hemmer (Munich, Germany) Hans-Peter Hartung (Duesseldorf, Germany) R. Hintzen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) Bernahrd Hemmer (Munich, Germany) L. Probert (Athens, Greece) Reinhard Hohlfeld (Munich, Germany) M. Racke (Powell, USA) Ludwig Kappos (Basel, Switzerland) M. Schwartz (Rehovot, Israel) Hans Lassmann (Vienna Austria) L. Steinman (Stanford, USA) Marco Prinz (Freiburg, Germany) P. Villoslada (Barcelona, Spain) Hartmut Wekerle (Martinsried, Germany) A. Waisman (Mainz, Germany) Heinz Wiendl (Munster, Germany) T. Yamamura (Tokyo, Japan) S. Zamvil (San Francisco, USA) F. Zipp (Mainz, Germany) 2 COMMITTEE ISNI International Society of Neuroimmunology On behalf of the International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) and the Rhine Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), we are pleased to invite you to participate in the Twelfth ISNI Congress, which will be held in the Rheingoldhalle Mainz, Germany, from November 9th - 13th, 2014. There are exciting developments in the field of Neuroimmunology affecting our understanding of neuroimmune diseases, the development of new immunotherapies, and new technology for research. The Organizing Committee, on behalf of the ISNI, is preparing an exciting program that will inform participants on the latest developments in the field. The program will include plenary sessions, focused symposia, and workshops. Plenty of time is devoted to poster presentations. We want to see you there! Mainz is an old Roman city and a cultural center located only 20 minutes from the international airport of Frankfurt. The city is rich in history and is a touristic attraction. Mainz is the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg and home for the museum in his name that describes the invention of the print. The University of Mainz, the host of the meeting also bears the name of Gutenberg and is one of the largest Universities in Germany. Museums, places to visit and restaurants in the city will make this event a wonderful experience. We look forward to seeing you in Mainz as part of the rmn2! Frauke Zipp Ari Waisman Conference Chairs University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz 3 th 12 International Congress of Neuroimmunology | 9-13 November 2014 General information Dates Certificate of attendance 14th ESNI pre-congress Course Certificates of attendance will be sent to all partici- European School of Neuroimmunology pants by e-mail upon request after the congress end. Sunday, November 9, 2014 Exhibition area 12th ISNI Congress The exhibition area is in the Rhinefoyer. International Society of Neuroimmunology Opening hours are as follows: Monday, November 10 to Thursday November 13, Monday November 10 07:00 - 18:00 2014 Tuesday November 11 07:00 - 18:00 Wednesday November 12 07:00 - 18:00 Congress venue Thursday November 13 07:00 - 15:30 Rheingoldhalle mainzplus CITYMARKETING GmbH Pre-Congress Teaching Course Rheinstrasse 66 The 14th ESNI Course will take place in the Kongress D-55116 Mainz, Germany Saal between 9:15am and 6:00pm on Sunday, No- www.ccmmainz.de/rheingoldhalle.html vember 09, 2014. Delegates attending the course should register at the registration desk between Registration desk 4:00pm and 8:00pm on Saturday November 8. Only Opening hours are as follows: the registered Students/Post.docs or the delegates Saturday November 8 16.00 - 19.30 who confirmed their participation in the 14th ESNI Sunday November 9 07.00 - 18.00 Course when they registered on-line are allowed. Monday November 10 07.00 - 18.00 Tuesday November 11 07.30 - 18.00 Plenary Lectures Wednesday November 12 07.30 - 18.00 There will be four plenary lectures from Monday to Thursday November 13 07.30 - 16.00 Thursday. Lectures will take place in the Kongress Saal of the Participant’s fee includes Rheingoldhalle. • Participant’s badge and congress material • Access to scientific sessions and exhibition Plenary Symposia • Abstract book There will be four plenary symposia in the morning • Certificate of attendance from Monday to Thursday. • CME Accreditation All plenary sessions will take place in the Kongress Saal. Badge Upon registration you will receive your congress kit Concurrent Symposia with your name badge. You are kindly requested to There will be twelve concurrent symposia. All con- wear your badge during all congress sessions and current sessions will take place in Room A (Kon- events. In case you lose your badge, please ask for a gress Saal), Room B (Gutenbergsaal 1) and Room C duplicate at the congress secretariat desk. (Gutenbergsaal 2) of the Rheingoldhalle. 4 GENERAL INFORMATION Scientific Program Oral Sessions Wednesday, November 12 Oral communications are allotted about 15 minutes PS 14 Brain tumors and paraneoplastic for the presentation. Authors are kindly requested to PS 15 Infections respect their presentation time. Power Point video PS 16 Mechanisms of CNS disease projection will be available in all rooms for the pre- PS 17 Neurodegeneration sentations, authors must upload their presentation PS 18 Repair at the Speakers’ Ready Room located in the Rhine- PS 19 Stem cells foyer, no later than 9:00am on the assigned date of PS 20 T-cells presentation, or beforehand. PS 21 Therapies Poster Sessions Language Posters will be on display on Monday, Tuesday and English is the official language of the congress. No Wednesday between 9:00am and 5:30pm in the simultaneous translation will be provided. Rhinefoyer. You can place your poster on the assigned board be- Sessions tween 7:00pm of the previous day and 9:00am of Please make sure to be in the session hall on time the assigned date. Poster should be removed by au- as all sessions will begin and end as according to the thors between 5:30pm and 7:00pm on the same day schedule. of the assigned session. The Congress Secretariat will not be responsible for posters left behind. Poster size Lunch breaks should be maximum 70cm wide and 1m high and Participants that have ordered their lunch will receive will be displayed as a portrait. The position of each lunch coupons from Monday to Thursday. Participants poster will be marked by the poster number and that also ordered lunch for the ESNI Course will also title, please place your poster on the assigned board. receive a coupon for Sunday. Authors must be present during the assigned poster Please show your lunch coupons to receive your session. lunch which will be distributed in the designed areas according to the schedule. Underneath please find the poster sessions schedule CME credits Monday, November 10 The 12th ISNI congress (International Congress of Neu- PS 1 B cells and antibodies roimmunology) and the 14th Esni Course (European PS 2 Biomarkers School of Neuroimmunology) have been accredited PS 3 Blood brain barrier by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing PS 4 Clinical research Medical Education (EACCME) for 28 credits. PS 5 Innate immune system That is the maximum possible number of credits we PS 6 Models of disease could get. This amazing result has been obtained PS 7 Omics thanks to the high level of the scientific program and PS 8 Pathology the number of learning hours. PS 9 Psychoimmunomodulation The EACCME is an institution of the European Union Tuesday, November 11 of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net. Each PS 10 Immunological mechanisms medical specialist should claim only those hours of PS 11 Genetics credits that he/she actually spent in the educational PS 12 miRNA activity. PS 13 Neuroinflammation EACCME credits are recognized by the American Med- 5 th 12 International Congress of Neuroimmunology | 9-13 November 2014 ical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition EXHIBITORS Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, please contact the AMA. Other bi- lateral agreements may exist between AMA ACCME • Merck Serono GmbH and your local CME authority. • BIO-SYS GmbH • Genzyme Europe B.V Disabled persons • NanoString Technologies The Rheingoldhalle is equipped with facilities for NanoString Technologies provides life science diabled persons. However, if you have any special tools for translational research and molecular di- needs or disabilities, please let the organizing secre- agnostic products. The company’s nCounter® Anal- tariat know when registering for the congress. ysis System, which has been employed in basic and translational research and cited in 500 peer Insurance review publications, has also now been applied to The organizers will not accept liability for individual diagnostic use with the nCounter Dx Analysis Sys- medical, travel or personal insurance. It is highly rec- tem. The nCounter-based Prosigna™ Breast Cancer ommended that all participants carry proper health Prognostic Gene Signature Assay is marketed for and travel insurance. use on the nCounter Dx Analysis System which is FDA 510(k) cleared. Smoking policy Smoking is forbidden at any time in the whole Con- • Bio-Rad Abd Serotec gress Venue. Your compliance is appreciated. • Sony Europe Ltd. • Miltenyi Biotec GmbH Mobile phones • Jackson ImmunoResearch Europe Ltd Mobile phones must be switched off while attending • BioLegend UK Ltd a session. • R&D Systems GmbH • eBioscience Speakers’ ready room • Euroimmun AG Speakers’ ready room is located in the Rhinefoyer and operates during the congress hours.