Round table discussion on “Immunology and Psychiatry”
Organizers –WPA section on ‘Immunology and Psychiatry’ together with Sektion Immunologie in der Psychiatrie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biologische Psychiatrie’ (DGBP)
Date – Saturday, 27th of February 2010 Place – Kraepelin Library, Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336, Munich
Proposed programme Morning – 9:00 to 12:30 09:00-09:05 – Welcome (Prof. Norbert Müller, Munich, DE) 09:05 – 09:15 – Opening remarks (Prof. Brian E. Leonard, Galway, IE) 09:15 – 12:30 – Overview on PNI research Chairs: Prof. Norbert Müller (Munich, DE) and Prof. Bernhard Bogerts (Magdeburg, DE) 09:15 – 09:45 – Overview on pharmacological aspects of PNI research (PD Dr. Markus J Schwarz, Munich, DE) 09:45 – 10:15 – Overview on biomarker related PNI research (Dr. Aye-Mu Myint, Munich, DE) 10:15 – 10:45 – Overview on animal experiments in PNI research (Dr. Andrew Harkin, Dublin, IE) 10:45 – 11:00 – Coffee break 11:00 – 11:30 – Overview on in vitro experiments in PNI research (Prof. Dietrich van Calker, Freiburg, DE) 11:30 – 12:00 – Overview on morphological studies in PNI research (PD Dr. Johann Steiner, Magdeburg, DE) 12:00 – 12:30 – Overview on DNA/RNA related PNI research (Prof. Hemmo A Drexhage, Rotterdam, NL) 12:30 – 13:00 – Overview on Infection and Psychiatric Disorders (Prof. Robert Yolken, Baltimore, USA) 13:00 – 13:30 – Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 – Round table discussion with coffee and snacks Chairs – Prof. Brian E Leonard (Galway, IE) and Prof. Volker Arolt (Münster, DE)
Invited discussants (Immunology) Prof. Rainer Straub (Regensburg, DE) Prof. Robert S Jack (Greifswald, DE) Prof. Francisca Fallarino (Perugia, IT) Dr. Ute Meier (London, GB)
Invited discussants (PNI Research) Prof. Mark Rapaport (Los Angeles, USA) Prof. Robert Yolken (Baltimore, USA) Prof. Karl Bechter (Ulm, DE) Prof. Barbara Sperner-Unterweger (Innsbruck, AT) Dr. Thomas O’Connor (Dublin, IE)
17:00 – Closing remarks |
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