Program
| 8:40 - 9:00 |
Gathering and Coffee
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Greetings and Introduction
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Introduction: Michal Schwartz, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Inflammation: A friend and a foe in ageing of the mind
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| 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
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| 10:10 - 10:40 |
Adit Ben-Baruch, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Inflammatory mediators in malignancy: Regulation of pro-angiogenic switch and cell remodeling
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| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 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
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| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Zvika Granot, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Anti-metastatic properties of tumor-entrained neutrophils
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| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Discussion
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch
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| 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
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| 13:40 - 14:10 |
Assaf Rudich, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Mechanisms connecting adipose tissue inflammation to obesity-associated dys-metabolism
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| 14:10 - 14:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 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
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Yinon Ben-Neriah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Rejuvenation of senescing cells
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| 15:30 - 16:10 |
Judith Campisi, Berkeley University, CA, USA
Cellular senescence and the origins of age-related ‘sterile’ inflammation
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| 16:10 - 16:40 |
Zoltan Fehervari, Nature Immunology, Senior Editor
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Nature publishing group editorial: practice and process
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Happy hour
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