Program February 15th08:30 -RegistrationAt Fontein Patio (corner Winkelstraat)09:00 -OpeningBy Bart Eggen09:15 -Keynote 1Mikael SimonsMunich, DEInnate immune mechanisms in remyelination10:00 -Amanda SierraLeioa, ESBorn to be a phagocyte: developmental maturation of microglial phagocytosis efficiency10:30 -Coffee / Tea11:00 -Sally CowleyOxford, UKModelling neuroinflammation in vitro with iPS-microglia11:30 -Keynote 2Francisco QuintanaBoston, USGlial control of CNS pathology12:15 -Lunch and poster session14:00 -Chotima BöttcherBerlin, DECompartmentalization of myeloid cell responses in neuroinflammation14:30-Lot de WitteNijmegen, NLMicroglia in MS: Are they as bad for a positive mood as we tend to think?15:00 -Rosa PaolicelliLausanne, CHThe Alzheimer’s disease risk gene INPP5D modulates synaptic pruning by microglia in the developing hippocampus15:30 -Coffee / Tea16:00 -Keynote 3Marco PrinzFreiburg, DEThe myeloid side of the brain16:45 -Drinks and poster session18:30 -DinnerAt the DOT february 16th09:30-OpeningBy Wia Baron09:45 -Jerome HendriksHasselt, BEMyelin induced alterations in cellular lipid metabolism direct the reparative properties of microglia10:15Short talks(selected from abstracts)By: Viktor Al Naqib & Ivana Geric10:45-Coffee / Tea11:15-Keynote 4Martina AbsintaMilan, ITDecoding and hiPSC-modelling chronic inflammation in multiple sclerosis12:00 -Short talks(selected from abstracts)By: Fabia Filipello, Gabriela Lyszczarz & Aletta van den Bosch12:45 -Lunch and poster sessions14:15-Susanne KooistraGroningen, NLMS lesion evolution14:45-Joost SmoldersRotterdam, NLAbout these other CNS-resident immune cells: tissue resident memory T cells in the human brain15:15-Maarten WitteAmsterdam, NLMeningeal immune cell - microglia crosstalk in cortical MS pathology15:45-Coffee / Tea16:00-Keynote 5Wee YongCalgary, CAMicroglia - diverse roles in multiple sclerosis pathology16:45 -Concluding remarksBy Bart Eggen* All lectures will be held at the Blauwe Zaal * DOWNLOAD PROGRAM Sponsors