Preliminary Programme 2020
The preliminary programme of 2021 will follow soon.
Sunday 26th April
Evening registration
Monday 27th April
Introduction to the fish immune system
• All you need to know about fish cytokines (Steve Bird, Univ Waikato)
• Introduction to fish macrophage function (Geert Wiegertjes, WUR)
• Leukocyte responses during inflammation (Magdalena Chadzinska, Jagiellonian Univ)
• Introduction to fish B lymphocytes (Carolina Tafalla, INIA)
• Introduction to fish T lymphocytes (Maria Forlenza,WUR)
• Anti-inflammatory cytokines: few but potent (Carla Piazzon (CSIC)
• Cell-mediated cytotoxicity (Uwe Fischer, FLI)
• Zebrafish models for intestinal inflammation (Sylvia Brugman, WUR)
Evening poster session (1)
Tuesday 28th April
How to handle virus infections
• Interferons and interferon pathways (Pierre Boudinot, INRA)
• Use of knock-out cell lines in studies of IFN pathways (Bertrand Collet, INRA)
• Vaccination against koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD) of carp (Sven Bergmann, FLI)
Practicals in the afternoon
• Cellular assays in innate immunity (technical staff CBI) or
• PC-based practicals on synteny searches in fish genomes (Steve Bird)
Evening poster session (2)
Wednesday 29th April
Facing problems and finding solutions
• Aquatic animal health in South-East Asia (Chadag Mohan, WorldFish)
• Correlates of protection (Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu, NMBU)
• DNA vaccination (Maria Forlenza, WUR)
Practicals in the afternoon
• Humoral responses (technical staff CBI) or
• PC-based practicals on transcriptome information (Sam Martin, Univ Aberdeen)
Workshop closing dinner
Thursday 30th April
Lessons from industry
• We will close the week with 3-4 non-commercial lectures from scientists working at or with the
pharmaceutical industry and discuss their lessons learnt from working with veterinary species