NIIH International Conference on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases | 2nd - 4th February, 2013

2nd International Conference on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

2nd - 4th February, 2013

Organized by

National Institute of Immunohaematology, 13th Floor, New Multistoreyed Building, KEM Hospital Campus, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

BASIC MECHANISMS

F. Sutterwala (USA)- Inflammasome
Fabienne Mackay (Australia)-Biochemical and biological properties of TACI, a BAFF/APRIL receptor
Srini Kaveri- (France)-Immunoglobulin and the immune response

DIAGNOSIS
Hammarström L (Sweden)- Neonatal screening for severe primary immunodeficiency diseases using high-throughput triplex real-time PCR.
Thomas Fleisher (USA)-Flow cytometric diagnosis of PID

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PIDs I
Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky (USA) -Monogenic Autoinflammatory Disorders
Mary Ellen Conley (USA)-Novel Genetic causes of agammaglobulinemia
Bodo Grimbacher (UK)- Molecular defects in CVID
Stefan Feske (USA)-Immunodeficiency due to mutations in ORAI1 and STIM1

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PIDs II
Jean-Laurent Casanova (USA)- Toward a genetic theory of infectious diseases
Christoph Klein (Germany)-Molecular defects in polymorphonuclear leucocytes in PID
Lisa Filipovich (USA)- Clinical and functional implications of gene mutations in familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Stuart Tangye (Australia)- Molecular aspects of XLP
Steven Holland (USA): Molecular Mechanisms in Hyper IgE syndrome
Sudhir Gupta (USA)-Molecular basis of Immunodeficiency associated with Yellow Nail syndrome (a lymphatic developmental defect)

PID IN INDIA
Manisha Mandkaikar (Mumbai)- Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD )
Mukesh Desai (Mumbai)- Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (FHL)
Surjit Singh (Chandigarh)- Antibody deficiencies

THERAPY OF PID
Bobby Gasper (UK)- Gene therapy for primary immunodeficiencies: past, present and future
Luigi Notarangelo (USA)-Stem cell/iPS in PID
Dan Kastner (USA)-Therapy for autoinflammatory diseases
Richard Schiff (USA)- Novel modes of Ig therapy

Brochure:

www.niih.org.in/announcement/1ST_ANNOUNCEMENT_final_octo_10.pdf