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II Symposium on Thymus and T Cell Biology in Health and Disease: Celebrating 40 Years of Thymus Research in Brazil

Programação | Program

PROGRAM
Hotel Prodigy Santos Dumont, Bossa Nova Mall
Endereço: Av. Alm. Silvio de Noronha, 365 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ

 

--- Monday 08/09 ---

Time                  Activity

08:00                 Registration and welcome coffee

09:00                 Opening ceremony

09:30                 LPT: 40 years in 40 minutes – Wilson Savino

10:10                 Storytelling session – All participants

12:00                 Lunch

14:00                 Thymus and T Cell Biology – Section I

The thymus as a mirror of the body´s gene expression. Geraldo Passos

Two decades of collaboration: insights into t-cell and thymic functionality in acute and chronic Chagas disease. Ana Rosa Perez

The thymus at the crossroads of undernutrition and Leishmania infantum infection. Patricia Cuervo Escobar

16:30 – 18:00  Coffee break and poster session


--- Tuesday 09/09 ---

Time                  Activity

09:00                 LPT: the Thymus and Beyond

09:45                Thymus and T Cell Biology – Section II

The thymus in the pathogenesis/ pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Julia Lemos

TGF-β1 effects on epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human thymic epithelial cells. Liliane Tenório

CD4 T cells in neurodevelopment: from immunity to cognitionPoliana Capucho

11:00                 Coffee break
 
11:20                 Thymus and T Cell Biology – Section III

Nets beyond trapping and killing. Barbara Simonson

SARS-Cov-2 co-infection modulates t-cell immunity in chronic Chagas disease. Felipe Xavier

Evaluation of GDF11 signaling in myogenesis in vitro. Rafaella Reis

Morphological profiling of T cells predicts clinical response to natalizumab therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis. Beatriz Chaves

13:00                Closing remarks

13:15                Lunch and Party!