CIACCO-2016 PROGRAMME / PROGRAM 08:30 – 08:50

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08:50 – 09:00

Mot de bienvenue / Welcome address Subburaj Ilangumaran (U de Sherbrooke)

SESSION - I : Inflammation (Sponsored by CRCHUS) Président(e)s/ Chairs: Alfredo Menendez, Sakina Orkhis 09:00 – 09:10

Sakina Orkhis (U de Sherbrooke) The role of IL-15 trans-presentation in antigen cross-presentation

09:10 – 09:20

Prenitha Mercy Ignatius (U Laval) Myelin­specific CD8+ T cells induce progressive­ like disease in a novel mouse model of multiple sclerosis

09:20 – 09:30

Ayoub Abulkhir (U de Montréal) Inhibitory effects of IL-37 on HIV replication and activation-induced death of T cells

09:30 – 09:40

Claudia Duerr (McGill U) Isolation, ex vivo expansion and transduction of murine bone marrow-derived group 2 innate lymphoid cells

09:40 – 10:00

Subash Sad (U of Ottawa) Cytokine signaling in the alternative pathways of cell death and their impact on pathogen control

10:00 – 10:45

Conférencier invité / Invited speaker Introduction: Alfredo Menendez Mercedes Rincon (University of Vermont) IL-6: a target and a therapy

10:45 – 11:15 Pause-café / Coffee break 11:15 – 12:00

Conférencier d’honneur / Keynote speaker Introduction: Subburaj Ilangumaran Akihiko Yoshimura (Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan) SOCS, tumor and inflammation

SESSION - II : Vieillissement / Ageing Président/ Chair: Gerardo Ferbeyre 12:00 – 12:10

Sebastian Igelmann (U de Montréal) L’utilisation des changements métaboliques dans des cellules sénescentes pour trouver des nouveaux sénolytiques

12:10 – 12:30

Antonis Koramilas, Ph.D (McGill U) Translation initiation factor eIF2α serine 51 phosphorylation antagonizes the induction of premature senescence in response to oxidative stress and pro-oxidant drugs

12:30 - 14:30 Pause dîner - Session d’affiches - Présentation des commanditaires Lunch break - Poster session - Sponsors presentation

CIACCO-2016 14:20 – 14:30

Katia Nadeau (Bio-rad) Droplet Digital PCR: A New Approach to Detect and Quantify Low Abundance Nucleic Acid Targets in Complex Samples with Unprecedented Precision and Sensitivity

SESSION - III : Cancer (Sponsored by CRIODUS) Président(e)s/ Chairs: Caroline Saucier, Emmanuelle Saint-Germain 14:30 – 15:00

Conférencier invité / Invited speaker Introduction: Caroline Saucier Jeffrey Leyton, Ph.D (U de Sherbrooke) IL-5 receptor alpha, an emerging marker and target for invasive bladder cancer

15:00 – 15:10

Alaa Ali (U of Ottawa) Investigation of the inflammatory milieu inducing natural killer cell maturation during virus infection and tumorigenesis

15:10 – 15:20

Karine Brochu-Gaudreau (U de Sherbrooke) Débalancement de la signalisation du TGF en hypoxie : implication de la voie SARA-SMAD3 dans la formation d’invadopode

15:20 – 15:30

Emmanuelle Saint-Germain (U de Montréal) Identification of a novel phosphorylation site on SOCS1 that alters its tumor suppressor activity

15:30 – 15:40

Aurélie Jeanne Tormo (U de Montréal) Interleukin-21 accelerates T-cell reconstitution following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or human cord blood transplantation

15:40 – 16:10 Pause-café / Coffee break SESSION - IV : Obesité et métabolisme / Obesity and metabolism Président(e)s/ Chair(s): Sheela Ramanathan, Sarah Tremblay 16:10 – 16:40

Conférencier invité / Invited speaker Introduction: Sheela Ramanathan Ali Ashkar (McMaster University) IL-15 turns on the furnace in adipocytes

16:40 – 16:50

Sarah Pasquin (U de Montréal) Cardiotrophin-like cytokine (CLCF1), a lipocytokine?

16:50 – 17:00

Volatiana Rakotoarivelo (U de Sherbrooke) Regulation of inflammation and thermogenesis in adipose tissues by pro-inflammatory cytokines

17:00

Mot de clôture / Concluding remarks Gerardo Ferbeyre (U de Montréal)

17:30 – 18:30 Cocktail 18:00

Prize distribution / Distribution des prix Moutih Rafei (U de Montréal)

18:30 – 20:30 Souper / Dinner