ADF Conference Schedule

Board of directors

Karin Loser, Ralf Ludwig, Kilian Eyerich, Evelyn Gaffal, Christoffer Gebhardt, Rüdiger Eming

Talks

Gastredner
J. Lees, Cambridge (UK)
How and why does Uveal Melanoma differ from Cutaneous Melanoma?

Günter-Goerz-Vortrag
N.Romani, Innsbruck (Österreich)
Langerhans cells –still alive and kickin’ after 150 years

Quo vadis Lecture

C. Ellebrecht, Philadelphia
Go CAART -Immunotherapy for non-cancer applications

A. Roesch, Essen
Overcoming hierarchies: From cancer stem cellsto tumor plasticity

G. Stary, Vienna
Tissue-resident T cells -Built to last

Workshops

Extending the borders of immunity

Board of directors

Karin, Loser, Ralf Ludwig, Kilian Eyerich, Evelyn Gaffal, Christoffer Gebhardt, Rüdiger Eming

Talks

Gastredner
G. Stingl, Wien (Österreich)
Investigative and clinical dermatology: On the threshold of a golden era?

Günther-Goerz-Vortrag
D. Zillikens, Lübeck
Loss of Skin Induced by Autoantibodies
 

Quo vadis Lecture

T. Tüting, Magdeburg
Checks and Balances

A. Ablasser, Lausanne
Sense and Sensitivity

M. Fabri, Köln
Legal Doping – How steroids boost host performance against pathogens

Workshops

Precision Medicine in Dermato-Oncology

Board of directors

Thomas Tüting, Martin Metz, Amir Yazdi, Karin, Loser, Ralf Ludwig, Kilian Eyerich

Talks

Gastredner
J. C. Marine, Leuven (Belgien)
From new insights into melanoma biology to new avenues for therapy

Günther-Goerz-Vortrag
K. Scharffetter-Kochanek, Ulm
Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration

Quo vadis Lecture

K. Ghoreschi, Tübingen
17 & 4

B. Grimbacher, Freiburg
Cluedo – from genetic suspects to clinical scenes.
Satan smote Job with a Mendelian trait of immunodeficiency: The role of Th17 cells in the skin's host defence

M. Collin, Lund
Candy Crush - the impact of carbohydrates on antibody function in health and disease

Workshops

How cells communicate

Board of directors

Thomas Tüting, Martin Metz, Amir Yazdi, Karin, Loser, Ralf Ludwig, Kilian Eyerich

Talks

Guest Lecture
Y. Belkaid, Bethesda (USA)
Role of the skin microbiota in immunity and inflammation

Günther-Goerz-Memorial Lecture
L. Bruckner-Tuderman, Freiburg
Translational Research on skin basement membrane - from disease mechanisms to therapies

Quo vadis Lecture

S. W. Schneider, Mannheim
Platelets are forever

T. Sparwasser, Hannover
A quantum of fat … in immune cell differentiation

Workshops

Skin Imaging - Beyond Histopathology

Board of directors

Sabine Eming, Markus Böhm, Knut Schäkel, Thomas Tüting, Amir Yazdi, Martin Metz

Talks

Guest Lecture
F. Geismann, London (UK)
Development of macrophages and dendritic cells

Guenther-Goerz-Memorial Lecture
T. Schwarz, Kiel
Understanding the sun's language

Quo vadis Lecture

K. Loser, Münster
Costimulation in Control

M. Sixt, Klosterneuburg (Österreich)
Magic migration - mechanisms of immune cell trafficking in the skin

S. Weidinger, Kiel
Barrier and bases

Workshops

Forever together - Stem cells and their niches

Board of directors

Sabine Eming, Markus Böhm, Knut Schäkel, Thomas Tüting, Amir Yazdi, Martin Metz

Talks

Guest Lecture
H. Spits, Amsterdam (Niederlande)
The spectrum of human Innate lymphoid cells

Guenther-Goerz-Memorial Lecture
J. Ring, München
From  pathophysological understanding to patient-management and finally self management

Quo vadis Lecture

M. Gilliet, Lausanne (Schweiz)
Trapped in the NET

C. Has, Freiburg
The fragility code - unravelled?

V. Hornung, Bonn
A novel twist in DNA

Workshops

Extracellular matrix in health and disease

Board of directors

Sabine Eming, Markus Böhm, Knut Schäkel, Thomas Tüting, Amir Yazdi, Martin Metz

Talks

Gastredner
U. von Andrian, Boston (USA)
Not always as expected: Adaptive immune response to viral infections

Günter-Goerz-Vortrag
M. Roecken, Tuebingen
A stony way: From cancer killing to T cell-induced cancer senescence

Quo vadis Lecture

A. Bosserhoff, Regensburg
Mamma MIA, here we go again

J. Distler, Erlangen
I have a dream of softened skin

T. Kuendig, Zuerich
Take a chance on me, immunotherapy

Workshops

The pilosebaceous unit beyond hair loss and acne: A world waiting to be discovered

Board of directors

Esther von Stebut-Borschitz, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Manfred Kunz, Sabine Eming, Knut Schäkel, Markus Böhm

Talks

Gastredner
C.Goding:
Cancer stem cells - lessons from melanoma

Günter-Goerz-Vortrag
J. M. Schröder:
The Epithelial Defense System: Challenges by Commensals and Pathogens

Quo vadis Lecture

S. Martin:
Burning for contact

M. Schaller:
Mission possible? Fighting the fungus

A. Roers:
The mouse, the model and the truth

Workshops

From the Molecule to the Treatment

Board of directors

Esther von Stebut-Borschitz, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Manfred Kunz, Sabine Eming, Knut Schäkel, Markus Böhm

Talks

Gastredner
R. Gallo:
New insights into the layered innate defense system of the skin

Günter-Goerz-Vortrag
C. Orfanos:
40 Jahre ADF-Konzept: Neue Herausforderungen im Spannungsfeld der modernen Medizin

Quo vadis Lecture

M. Schmelz:
Pruritus - itching for insights

H.-U. Simon:
Eos WANTED - dead or alive?

K. Schäkel:
DC subtypes - a question of presentation

Workshops

Targeting signaling pathways of inflammation and cancer

Board of directors

Marcus Maurer, Martin Leverkus, Jens Malte Baron, Esther von Stebut-Borschitz, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Manfred Kunz

Talks

Gastredner
Steven Katz:
The current status of investigative dermatology, II

Günter-Goerz-Vortrag
T. Krieg:
Die extrazellulare Matrix - flexible Strukturen mit dynamischen Funktionen

Quo vadis Lecture

S. Eming:
Zeit heilt alle Wunden - geht's auch schneller?

T. Tüting:
Germany's next melanoma mouse: Modell oder Mode?

T. Biedermann:
Allergie ist TOLL

Workshops

Mechanisms and Models of Autoimmunity