Dear colleague,
As part of the celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Czech Immunological Society, together with the Institute of Microbiology of CAS, v.v.i., is organizing a summer school on Tumor Microenvironment and Immunity. The event will be held in the beautiful setting of Chateau Nové Hrady in South Bohemia from July 12-15, 2023 - detailed travel information can be found here.
This event is aimed at PhD students and recent PhD graduates. The program includes talks by prominent scientists and a hands-on ELISPOT mini-course. If you would like participae more actively, bring your poster (standard A0 portrait tables will be provided) and write the title with a short abstract (400 words) in the registration form.
EFIS supports the CIS-IMIC Summer school on Tumor Microenvironment and Immunity making available bursaries to enable graduate students and post-docs to attend. Each bursary is for up to 200 euros and applicants must provide their first and last name, position, e-mail address, proof of current membership in an EFIS-affiliated immunological society, and a letter of motivation. Preference will be given to active participants with a poster. To apply, send application materials to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with copy to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. By applying, the bursary recipients agree that their names will be published at the event’s website and that their contact details (names, affiliations, email addresses) be provided to EFIS.
Dr. Luca Vannucci, M.D., Ph.D.
CIS President, organizer
How to apply for EFIS-EJI bursary:
Send the following materials to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with copy to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Note, that you can apply even if you are already registered (and you can register your poster as well).
-Name, surname, affiliation, e-mail
-Proof of membership in an EFIS-affiliated immunological society. Simple statement that "you are currently a member of your society (indicate name)" from the executive committee of your society, your secretary, your thesis advisor, etc. (depending on the customs of your society).
-Letter of motivation with a few short sentences explaining why you want to attend the conference and why the scholarship will help you.
Congratulations to the bursary recipients:
Iva Benešová
Tímea Böröczky
Prosenjit Chakraborty
Kateřina Kalkušová
Pavol Lukáč
Lenka Rajsiglová
The registration fee is 6 000 Kč (or 250 EUR) and should be transferred to the ČIS account (see below) as soon as your application is approved by e-mail. The pro-forma invoice will be included in the acceptance e-mail. The payment notice should include your name for easier identification.
The fee includes:
-the main program (lectures + poster session + ELISPOT mini-course)
-accommodation (3 nights in shared room)
-meals + coffee breaks.
We recommend you to register quickly to secure a place, as the capacity of the summer school is only 42 places. Registration form (with additional information) is here. At the moment, only few seats remains.
The lectures (in English) will focus on the interactions between tumor microenvironment structures and immunity, from basic to translational research; perspective approaches for cancer research and therapy will also be discussed.
Invited speakers:
Jiřina Bartůňková (Czech Republic)
Daniel Hadraba (Czech Republic)
Gennaro Ilardi (Italy)
Paul Lehmann (USA)
Graham Pawelec (Germany)
Ondřej Pelák (Czech Republic)
Angel Porgador (Israel)
Blanka Říhová (Czech Republic)
Antonio Sica (Italy)
Karel Smetana (Czech Republic)
Daniel Smrž (Czech Republic)
Marek Šťastný (Czech Republic)
Stephen Todryk (Germany)
Viktor Umansky (Germany)
Luca Vannucci (Czech Republic)
Program:
| 12 July 2023 | |
| 13:00-16:00 | REGISTRATION |
| 16:00-16:15 | Welcome and information on the school |
| 16:15-17:10 | Luca Vannucci -Tumor microenvironment and inflammation: an introduction/Remembering Prof. Roni Apte |
| 17:10-17:30 | Karel Smetana - The NUVR project in CZ |
| 17:30-17.50 | Discussion |
| 17:50-18:15 | Free time |
| 18:15-21:00 | Welcome raut |
| 13 July 2023 | |
| 9:00-9:40 | Karel Smetana - Cancer-associated fibroblasts as an important element of tumour microenvironment |
| 9:40-10:20 | Viktor Umansky - Immunosuppression in tumor microenvironment mediated by MDSC and its neutralization |
| 10:20-10:30 | DISCUSSION |
| 10:30-10:45 | coffee break |
| 10:45-11:25 | Antonio Sica - Metabolic features of suppressor myeloid cells in cancer bearers |
| 11:25-12:05 | Blanka Rihova - Participation of ICI inhibitors in antitumor therapy and TMA remodeling |
| 12:05-12:20 | DISCUSSION |
| 12:20-13:45 | lunch |
| 13:45-14:25 | Jirina Bartunkova - Tumor microenvironment in ovarian cancer: impact on the immunotherapy outcome |
| 14:25-15:05 | Graham Pawelec - Ageing and the human immune system in the era of immunomodulatory antibody therapy for cancer: is it all downhill? |
| 15:05-15:20 | DISCUSSION |
| 15:20-15:35 | coffee break |
| 15:35-16:10 | BD lecture: Ondrej Pelak - Expanding your T cell research with confidence |
| 16:10-16:20 | QUESTIONS |
| 16:20-17:30 | Activity: BD demonstration |
| 17:30-18:00 | Free time |
| 18:00-19:00 | POSTER SESSION |
| 19:00-21:00 | Dinner |
| 14 July 2023 | |
| 9:00-9:40 | Daniel Smrz - Beyond the tumor microenvironment: the path to effective cell-based immunotherapy of solid tumors |
| 9:40-10:20 | Paul Lehmann - Monitoring self/tumor antigen-specific memory B cells in circulation, and in the tumor microenvironment |
| 10:20-10:30 | DISCUSSION |
| 10:30-10:45 | coffee break |
| 10:45-11:25 | Daniel Hadraba - Light microscopy and other tools for studying TME |
| 11:25-12:05 | Gennaro Ilardi/Francesco Merolla - A computational approach for tumor microenvironment characterization. |
| 12:05-12:20 | DISCUSSION |
| 12:20-13:45 | lunch |
| 13:45-14:25 | Angel Porgador - Immunotherapy of cancer: are we already there |
| 14:25-15:05 | Marek Stastny - 7 surprises related to cancer immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors |
| 15:05-15:20 | DISCUSSION |
| 15:20-15:35 | coffee break |
| 15:35-16:45 | Brainstorming! |
| 16:45-19:00 | Free time (excurtion in Nove Hrady village) |
| 19:00-21:00 | Dinner |
| 15 July 2023 | |
| 9:00-9:40 | CTL lecture: Stephen Todryk - Detecting rare antigen-specific T cells by ImmunoSpot®: measuring their frequency, affinity, and effector lineage. |
| 9:40-9:50 | Discussion of T cell immunodiagnostic |
| 9:50-12:30 | Activity: CTL workshop on ELISPOT (short coffee break in an intermission): |
| 9:50 -10:30 | Greg Kirchenbaum (Recorded): Detecting rare antigen specific B cells by ImmunoSpot®: measuring their frequency, affinity, and the class/subclass of immune globulin they express. |
| 10:30 -10:40 | Discussion of B cell immunodiagnostic. |
| 10:40 -11:20 | Alexey Karulin (Recorded): Principles of objective multicolor ImmunoSpot® analysis |
| 11:20 -11:30 | Discussion of ImmunoSpot® analysis |
| 11:30-12:20 | Csaba Merschdorf: Live ImmunoSpot® analysis |
| 12:20 -13:40 | lunch, Farewell |
ČIS account for payment in CZK:
Number: 2901016930/2010 (FIO Bank)
IBAN: CZ9120100000002901016930
BIC/SWIFT: FIOBCZPPXXX
ČIS account for payment in Euro:
Number: 2802129059/2010 (FIO Banka)
IBAN: CZ78 2010 0000 0028 0212 9059
BIC/SWIFT: FIOBCZPPXXX
Contacts:
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