LUMC Infection symposium
Buruma auditorium, building 3, LUMC
Program
13.30-13.35: Opening remarks by theme leaders
The virus chair: Hermelijn Smits
- 13.35-14.00: Sars-CoV2 - Major breakthroughs and future expectations
- Jaap van Dissel (Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding, RIVM)
The Disease chair: Hermelijn Smits
- 14.00-14.15: BEAT-Covid: LUMC ultimate collaborative effort
- Anna Roukens & Sesmu Arbous (dept. Infectious Diseases & Intensive Care)
14.15-14.40: Short pitches with fresh results from BEAT-Covid samples/data
- Complement Leendert Trouw (dept. Immunology)
- Cytokines Simone Joosten (dept. Infectious Diseases)
- T-cells Cilia Pothast (dept. Hematology)
- Metabolites Thomas Hankemeier (LACDR)
- Coagulation Jeroen Eikenboom (dept. of Internal Medicine)
14.40-14.55: Questions and discussion
14.55-15.15: Tea break
Interventions chair: Eric Snijder
15.15 -15.45: Immune-modulation in infectious diseases- which choices to make infuture pandemics? Lennie Derde (UMCU)
15.45-16.15: Application of mRNA vaccines in infectious diseases - tbc
16.15-16.45: SARS-CoV-2: from structural insights to development of new antiviral
therapies - Imre Berger (Max Planck Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology and BrisSynBio,
Bristol, UK)
Future perspectives chair: Meta Roestenberg
16.45-17.15: CEPI view on pandemic preparedness – tbc
17.15-17.45: Round the table discussion – Preparing for emerging pathogens
17.45-19.00: Drinks (foyer building 3)
Further information: Laurien Bakker (infection@lumc.nl)