Teaching Day - September 14th
The Teaching Day comprises plenary lectures about the complement system and group tutorials. The morning plenary lectures are open to all registrations, however the afternoon group tutorials is generally confined for ECRs/students and those new and relatively unexperienced in the complement field.
The University of Queensland, St Lucia
8:30am - 9:30am
Opening
Arrive at The University of Queensland, St Lucia. Registration desk open
Note: Coffee and breakfast snacks served
9:30am - 9:45am
Morning Lectures - Introduction and Welcome
9:45am - 10:15am
An introduction to the complement system - activation and regulation
10:15am - 10:45am
Towards a better understanding of the cell autonomous functions of complement
10:45am - 11:15am
Where and how to therapeutically target complement
11:15am - 11:45am
Complement at the interface of barriers: roles in immune protection and disease
11:45am - 12:15pm
Complement in human disease: approved drugs and new therapeutic applications
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
Note: ECCO meeting (all ECRs welcome) from 12:45pm - 1:30pm
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Afternoon Workshops (1st Workshop Rotations)
Note: Coffee Break from 2:45pm - 3:15pm
3:15pm - 4:30pm
Afternoon Workshops (2nd Workshop Rotations)
- Essential Complement Methodologies I (molecular methods)
- Essential Complement Methodologies II (in/ex vivo and clinical testing)
- Complement genetics and the complotype
- Complement and cancer
- Complement and neurological disease
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Welcome Reception
Drinks and Canapés at UQ
Note: ICS President-elect and ICW Chair welcome at 5:30pm.
Includes Geckoes Wildlife encounter: wombat, sugar glider, owl, tawny frogmouth, crocodile, lizards, pythons and more.
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