Program

8:40 - 9:00
Gathering and Coffee
9:00 - 9:30
Greetings and Introduction
 
Introduction: Michal Schwartz, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Inflammation: A friend and a foe in ageing of the mind
9:30 - 10:40
Inflammation and Cancer
Chairperson: Eli Pikarsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
9:30 - 10:10
Antonio Sica, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milano, Italy
Mechanisms of cancer-related inflammation
10:10 - 10:40
Adit Ben-Baruch, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Inflammatory mediators in malignancy: Regulation of pro-angiogenic switch and cell remodeling
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Matters Arising: Neutrophils in Cancer
Moderator: Ron Apte, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
11:00 - 11:20
Zvi Fridlender, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
The dual role of neutrophils in tumor-related immunity
11:20 - 11:40
Zvika Granot, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Anti-metastatic properties of tumor-entrained neutrophils
11:40 - 12:00
Discussion
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:10
Inflammation and Metabolism
Chairperson: Adit Ben-Baruch, Tel Aviv University, Israel
13:00 - 13:40
Marc Donath, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Islet inflammation in type 2 diabetes: physiology, pathology, therapy
13:40 - 14:10
Assaf Rudich, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Mechanisms connecting adipose tissue inflammation to obesity-associated dys-metabolism
14:10 - 14:30
Coffee Break
14:30 - 16:10
From Inflammation in Physiology to Pathology of Aging
Chairperson: Michal Schwartz, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
14:30 - 15:00
Ido Amit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Principles of dynamic gene regulation in the immune system
15:00 - 15:30
Yinon Ben-Neriah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Rejuvenation of senescing cells
15:30 - 16:10
Judith Campisi, Berkeley University, CA, USA
Cellular senescence and the origins of age-related ‘sterile’ inflammation
16:10 - 16:40
Zoltan Fehervari, Nature Immunology, Senior Editor
 
Nature publishing group editorial: practice and process
 
Happy hour