Meeting Schedule
This schedule is tentative and may change
14th April 2025
11.00 - 12.45: Registration
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12.45 - 13.00: Welcome and opening remarks (Anna Piccinini)
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Session 1 - The ECM and the immune system (Chairs: Kim Midwood and ECR)
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13.00 – 13.30: Invited speaker: Judith Allen (Manchester, UK)
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13.30 – 13.45: Oral from abstracts
13.45 – 14.00: Oral from abstracts
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14.00 – 14.30: Invited speaker: Janet Lee (St. Louis, USA)
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14.30 – 15.30: Tea & Coffee – Posters and trade stands
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Session 2 – ECM-pathogen interactions and the immune response (Chairs: Ivan Campeotto and ECR)
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15.30 – 16.00: Invited speaker: Kristian Riesbeck (Lund, Sweden)
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16.00 – 16.15: Oral from abstracts
16.15 – 16.30: Oral from abstracts
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16.30 – 17.00: Invited speaker: Giampiero Pietrocola (Pavia, Italy)
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17.00 – 17.15: Comfort break
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17.15 – 18.00: BSMB Fell Muir Lecture (Introduction from BSMB Chair Prof Andy Pitsillides; speaker tba)
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18.00 – 19.00: Drinks – Posters
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19.30: Dinner University Park, Trent Building
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15th April 2025
Session 3 - ECM-immune system crosstalk in lung infections (Chairs: tbc and ECR)
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09.00 – 09.30: Invited speaker: Tracy Hussell (Manchester, UK)
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09.30 – 09.45: Oral from abstracts
09.45 – 10.00: Oral from abstracts
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10.00 – 10.30: Invited speaker: Charles Frevert (Seattle, USA)
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10.30 – 11.15: Tea & Coffee – Posters and trade stands
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Session 4 - ECM cues and the immune response to infection (Chairs: tbc and ECR)
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11.15 – 11.45: Invited speaker: Hélène Moreau (Paris, France)
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11.45 – 12.00: Oral from abstracts
12.00 – 12.15: Oral from abstracts
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12.15 – 12.45: Invited speaker: Oliver Fackler (Heidelberg, Germany)
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12.45 – 14.00: Lunch - Posters and trade stands
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Session 5 – Hot topics in ECM (Chairs: tbc and ECR)
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14.00 – 14.30: Invited speaker: Anna Blom (Lund, Sweden)
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14.30 – 14.45: Oral from abstracts
14.45 – 15.00: Oral from abstracts
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15.00 – 15.30: Invited speaker: Luisa Martinez-Pomares (Nottingham, UK)
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15.30 – 15.45: Presentation of prizes and meeting close