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The chair of our meeting on 19th June this year, will be Dr Richard Williams from Imperial College, London.
Richard Williams has been working for many years at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology on the immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis using animal models. His work contributed to the successful development of TNF blocking biologics, which are now widely used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.
The meeting on Human autoimmune disease will take place at the BioPark, Hertfordshire, and has CPD approval.
The agenda includes:
Immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis: lessons learnt from animal models
Dr Val Corrigall, KCL School of Medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London,
Autoimmune Models of Multiple Sclerosis
Professor David Baker, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Inflammatory mediators and lupus autoimmunity
Professor Rizgar A Mageed, William Harvey Research Institute, St Barts and the Royal London, UK
Animal models for autoimmune diabetes
Dr Lucienne Chatenoud, Hôpital Necker, France
What knockout mice have taught us about the pathogenesis of lupus.
Professor Marina Botto, Imperial College, London, UK
Pre-clinical models of autoimmune connective tissue diseases
Professor David Abraham, University College London ¸UK
If you would like to book a place on the meeting on ‘Human autoimmune disease:learning from models, please visit www.regonline.co.uk/autoimmunemodels09.
If you book Human autoimmune disease: learning from models you will get 50% off the EARLY REGISTRATION FEE for registration to the partner event - Efficient cytokine detection: The Way Forward which will take place on the 3rd July 2009. To find out more about this meeting go to www.regonline.co.uk/cytokines09.
