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"1st Post-graduate Symposium
on Clinical &Translational Medicine" for Residents/Physicians in training & Post-doctoral researchers Graduate students of the University of Ioannina are welcome to audit the classes (registration is needed) Focus on: Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Immunity and Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Organized by the World Hellenic Biomedical Association Supported by the University of Ioannina February 22-24, 2013 University of Ioannina, Greece |
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Scientific Program
Friday - February 22, 2013
14:00-15.00
Arrival & registration
15.00-16.30
Joint Session: Introduction to Immunity & Inflammation
Dimitrios Boumpas & Clio Mavragani (University of Athens)
14:00-15.00
Arrival & registration
15.00-16.30
Joint Session: Introduction to Immunity & Inflammation
Dimitrios Boumpas & Clio Mavragani (University of Athens)
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17.00-18.30
Venetsanos Mavreas, MD, PhD University of Ioannina 2009-10 epidemiological survey of mental health in Greece Conference Room Α – Ground floor |
17.00-18.30
Clio Mavragani MD, PhD Pathophysiology Department, School of Medicine National University of Athens Sjogren’s syndrome: a prototype disease to study autoimmune reactivity and malignant transformation Meeting Room 1 – 1st floor |
17.00-18.30
George Kitas MD, PhD, FRCP Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Inflammatory arthritis as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease Conference Room B – 1st floor |
19.00-19.15
Opening Ceremony
Amphitheater - Ground floor
Welcoming addresses by:
· Dimitrios Paschos, MRCPsych - Co-chair of the organizing committee
· Triantafyllos Albanis, PhD - Rector of University of Ioannina
· Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD - President of the WHBA
19:15-20:30
Introduction of keynote speaker by Prof Ioannis Papamastorakis, University of Crete
Nomination of Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen as Honorary Fellow of the World Hellenic Biomedical Association
Nomination of Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen as Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Biological Applications & Technologies of the University of Ioannina
Keynote Lecture
Professor Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, 2008
21.00
Reception / Dinner
Opening Ceremony
Amphitheater - Ground floor
Welcoming addresses by:
· Dimitrios Paschos, MRCPsych - Co-chair of the organizing committee
· Triantafyllos Albanis, PhD - Rector of University of Ioannina
· Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD - President of the WHBA
19:15-20:30
Introduction of keynote speaker by Prof Ioannis Papamastorakis, University of Crete
Nomination of Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen as Honorary Fellow of the World Hellenic Biomedical Association
Nomination of Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen as Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Biological Applications & Technologies of the University of Ioannina
Keynote Lecture
Professor Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, 2008
21.00
Reception / Dinner
Saturday - February 23, 2013
Poster session will be open on Saturday from 10:30 until 18:00.
Posters should be mounted by 10:30 and presenters will be available at 10:30-11:00 and 16:00-16:30.
09.00-10.30
Joint Session
Genetics and transcriptomics of complex traits
George Bertsias, Andreas Plaitakis (University of Crete) & Panos Deloukas (UK)
Conference Room Α – Ground floor
Poster session will be open on Saturday from 10:30 until 18:00.
Posters should be mounted by 10:30 and presenters will be available at 10:30-11:00 and 16:00-16:30.
09.00-10.30
Joint Session
Genetics and transcriptomics of complex traits
George Bertsias, Andreas Plaitakis (University of Crete) & Panos Deloukas (UK)
Conference Room Α – Ground floor
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11.00-12.30
Andreas Plaitakis, MD, PhD University of Crete Studies on the etio-pathogenesis of CNS demyelinating disorders in Crete Conference Room Α – Ground floor |
11.00-12.30
George Bertsias, MD, PhD University of Crete Genetics of autoimmune diseases Meeting Room 1 – 1st floor |
11.00-12.30
Panos Deloukas, PhD Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK Genetics of cardiovascular disease Conference Room B – 1st floor |
13:15 - 14:30
"Meet the sponsors"
Angeliki Nikoli, Brand Manager Immunology, UCB Greece
14:30 - 16:00
Joint Session
Introduction to Age-dependent degeneration
Theofilos Kolettis & Alexandros Drosos (University of Ioannina), Dimitris Kardassis, (University of Crete)
Conference Room Α – Ground floor
"Meet the sponsors"
Angeliki Nikoli, Brand Manager Immunology, UCB Greece
14:30 - 16:00
Joint Session
Introduction to Age-dependent degeneration
Theofilos Kolettis & Alexandros Drosos (University of Ioannina), Dimitris Kardassis, (University of Crete)
Conference Room Α – Ground floor
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16.30-18.00
Leonidas Stefanis MD,PhD Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens Biomarkers, genetic and molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases Conference Room Α – Ground floor |
16.30-18.00
Alexandros Drosos MD, FACR University of Ioannina Prognostic factors in Rheumatoid ArthritisMeeting Room 1 – 1st floor |
16.30-18.00
Dimitris Kardassis, PhD University of Crete High Density Lipoproteins: Metabolism, genetics and regulation Conference Room B – 1st floor |
Sunday - February 24, 2013
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10.30-12.00
Diomedes Logothetis, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Search for the biological basis of psychosis: Signaling through heteromeric G protein-coupled receptors. Conference Room Α – Ground floor |
10.30-12.00
Evangelos Andreakos, PhD Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens Regulation and resolution of airway inflammation Meeting Room 1 – 1st floor |
10.30-12.00
Manolis Mavroidis, PhD Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens Innate immunity and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Conference Room B – 1st floor |
12.00 – 13:15
Joint Session
Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD (Columbia university. USA)
Dina Baga (University of Ioannina, Research Committee)
Conference Room Α – Ground floor
Collaborations and Research Funding opportunities in Life Sciences Education and Research in the United States, Europe and Greece
Closing Remarks
Xenofon Baraliakos, MD, PhD - Co-chair of the organizing committee
13.15
Departure
Joint Session
Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD (Columbia university. USA)
Dina Baga (University of Ioannina, Research Committee)
Conference Room Α – Ground floor
Collaborations and Research Funding opportunities in Life Sciences Education and Research in the United States, Europe and Greece
Closing Remarks
Xenofon Baraliakos, MD, PhD - Co-chair of the organizing committee
13.15
Departure