1st MRCCT SYMPOSIUM
LOCATION
Location: New Residence Hall | Ballroom A & B
Address: 3625 Park Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H2X 3P8
Time: 8:30AM
Info
Conference Organizing Committee
Silvia Vidal
Prof.
Dept. Human Genetics and Dept. of Medicine
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
Erwin Schurr
Prof.
Dept. Human Genetics and Medicine
Barbara Mindt
Ph.D. student
Dept. Microbiology and Immunology
David Langlais
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Dept. of Human Genetics
Catlin Schneider
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Dept. of Physiology
Mathieu Mancini
Ph.D. student
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Todd Douglas
Ph.D. student
Dept. Microbiology and Immunology
Marianne Provost
Coordinator
Dept. of Biochemistry
Clinical Advisory Board
Dr. James Martin
Medicine
MUHC
Dr. Ines Colmegna
Medicine
MUHC
Dr. Donald Vinh
Dept.
MUHC
Schedule
Monday, November 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Monday, November 28, 2016
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM |
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| Arrival & Registration for all members | Coat check Coffee will be provided | ||
9:00 AM to 9:10 AM |
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| Welcome to the symposium! | Opening remarks: Welcome from New Centre Director, Dr. Silvia Vidal | ||
Session I – Mechanisms of inflammatory disorders: Mouse Models |
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9:10 AM to 10:10 AM / Chair: Dr Sidong Huang, Dept. of Biochemistry, McGill University |
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| 9:10 – 9:40 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Jörg Fritz Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University | “Roles of Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Health and Disease“ | |
| 9:40 – 10:10 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Maya Saleh Department of Medicine, McGill University | “Inflammasome control of inflammatory diseases and cancer“ | |
10:10 AM to 10:45 AM |
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| Coffee Break* | |||
Session II – Mechanisms of Infectious and inflammatory disorders: Human Models |
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10:45 AM to 12:30 PM / Chair: Dr Salman Qureshi, McGill University Health Center |
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| 10:45 – 11:15 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Luis Barreiro Université de Montréal | “Genetic and epigenetic regulation of immune responses to infection” | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Donald Vinh Department of Medicine, MUHC | “Human Genetic Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases: When the Rubber of Immunology Hits the Road of Life” | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Kevin Kain SAR Laboratories, Rotman Centre for Global Health, ON | “Preventing death and disability from Life-threatening infections” | |
| 12:15 – 12:30 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Amit Bar-Or Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) | “Antibody-independent roles of B cells in autoimmune regulation and infection control” | |
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM |
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| LUNCH break & Poster Session | Lunch Provided* | ||
Session III – Genetic determinants of neuroinflammation and malignancy |
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2:00 PM to 3:00 PM / Chair: Dr Sylvie Lesage, Centre de recherché Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont |
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| 2:15 – 2:30 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Stephen Sawcer Cambridge University, UK | “MS genetics: Pitfalls and Prospects” | |
| 2:30 – 3:00 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Nada Jabado Department of Medicine, MUHC | “Oncohistones: a tale of histone tail” | |
3:00 PM to 3:45 PM |
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| Coffee Break* & Poster Session | |||
3:45 PM to 4:00 PM |
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| MRCCT: Opening of the new Centre | Dr. Philippe Gros (Co-Director, MRCCT) Dr. Rose Goldstein (VP Research & International Relations) Dr. David Eidelman (Vice-Principal & Dean, Faculty of Medicine) | ||
Session IV – KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
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4:00 PM to 5:00 PM / Chair: Dr Samantha Gruenheid, Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, McGill U. |
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| Keynote speaker | Dr. Marco Prinz Director of the Institute of Neuropathology University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany | ||
| 5:00 PM to 5:05 PM |
Closing Remarks |
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5 à 7 |
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| Poster Session | WINE & CHEESE mixer* | Panel of Judges | Poster Session | |
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
8:30 AM to 9 AM |
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| Arrival | Coat check Coffee will be provided | |
Session I – New Technologies |
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9:00 AM to 9:40 AM |
Chair: Caitlin Schneider (Mandl lab) |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Judith Mandl Department of Physiology, McGill University | “Visualizing the spatio-temporal dynamics of T cells in homeostasis and immunodeficiency” |
| 9:15 – 9:30 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Jerry Pelletier Department of Biochemistry, McGill University | “Drug-Target Validation using CRISPR/Cas9” |
| 9:30 – 9:40 10 mins | Christopher Kenny Eve Technologies | “Immune Biomarker Array To Enable Precision Medicine” |
Session II – Computational Medicine |
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9:40 AM to 10:20 AM |
Chair: David Langlais (Gros lab) |
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| 9:40-9:55 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Mathieu Blanchette School of Computer Sciences | “Know thy Ancestors to Know Thyself: Improving our understanding of the human genome using paleogenomics” |
| 9:55-10:10 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Guillaume Bourque McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Center (MUGQIC) | “Epigenomic resources to better understand human non-coding DNA” |
| 10:10-10:20 10 mins | Michael G. Smith Executive Sales Specialist, NorthEast, Sequencing & Data Analysis, Illumina Inc. | “Analyzing the Microbiome using BaseSpace Sequence Hub” |
10:20 AM to 10:50 AM |
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| Coffee Break* | ||
Session III – Stem Cells |
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10:50 AM to 11:15 AM |
Chair: Barbara Mindt (Fritz lab) |
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| 10:50-11:05 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Ana Nijnik Department of Physiology, McGill University | “Hematopoietic stem cells: transcriptional regulation and genomic stability” |
| 11:05-11:15 10 mins | Dr. Roger Bossé Sr. Market Segment Leader, Perkin Elmer | “Enabling approaches to characterize infectious and inflammatory disease processes.” |
Session IV – Infection |
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11:15 AM to 11:45 AM |
Chair: Todd Douglas (Saleh lab) |
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| 11:15 – 11:30 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Erwin Schurr Department of Medicine, Human Genetics | “Leprosy as human model for inflammatory disease susceptibility” |
| 11:30 – 11:45 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Martin Olivier Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, McGill | “Vector-Transmitted Pathogen Exosomes: Impact on Innate Immune Response and Infection.” |
Session V – Inflammatory Diseases |
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11:45 – 12:15 |
Chair: Mathieu Mancini (Vidal Lab) |
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| 11:45 – 12:00 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Ciro Piccirillo Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University | “Development and functional dynamics of immunoregulatory mechanisms in human health and disease” |
| 12:00 – 12:15 10 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Jack Antel Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University | “Dynamic properties of human microglia” |
12:15 PM to 1:15 PM |
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| LUNCH Break | Lunch provided * | ||
Session VI – KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
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1:15 PM to 1:45 PM |
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| 1:15 – 1:45 25 mins + 5 mins questions | Dr. Jayne Danska University of Toronto – Hospital for Sick Children | “The complex causes of autoimmunity: genes, sex and microbes” | |
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
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| Round Table (CLOSED) Scientific Board Members (SAB) and Clinical Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting. Moderators: Drs Vidal & Gros | Student Session 1 slide – 3 mins | 1 person per lab *Awards for best presentations Moderator: Mathieu Mancini | ||
Award Ceremony: Posters |
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4:00 PM to 4:15 PM |
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| Posters Winners | Award Ceremony | Certificates Awarded – Prizes | |
4:15 PM to 4:30 PM |
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| Closing remarks | Director, Dr. Silvia Vidal & Co-Director, Dr. Philippe Gros | ||
4:30 PM to 7:00 PM |
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| Mixer | Thomson House 3650 Rue McTavish Montréal, QC H3A 1Y2 | ||
Sponsors
Poster Registration
2nd Montreal Symposium on Immunogenetics
of Infectious and Inflammatory diseases
– Poster Session –
Poster Session: Monday, November 28, 2016
Award Ceremony | Poster Winners: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Location: New Residence Hall | Ballroom
Address: 3625, Avenue du Parc, Montréal, Québec H2X 3P8
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Registration
2nd Montreal Symposium on Immunogenetics
of Infectious and Inflammatory diseases
Date: Monday and Tuesday November 28-29, 2016
Location: New Residence Hall | Ballroom
Address: 3625, Avenue du Parc, Montréal, Québec H2X 3P8
** Registration is closed – We reached the maximum capacity of the conference room **
Photos
Photos – MRCCT Symposium
held November 28-29, 2016
Photos – Poster Session
Photos from the MRCCT Symposium held November 28-29, 2016: Poster Session
Photos – Students presentations
Photos from Students presentations at the MRCCT Symposium held November 28-29, 2016
Photos – Winners poster session
Photos – Winners: Poster presentations at the MRCCT Symposium held November 28-29, 2016
