Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD)

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Retreat 2008 at Seeon

Seeon Monastery
Kloster Seeon - Kultur- und Bildungszentrum des Bezirks Oberbayern

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008

Up to 10:30
Arrival at the Kloster Seeon

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Reception

11:00 - 12:30 
Welcome and Introduction: 
Oliver Eickelberg

12:30 -13:30 
Lunch

13:30 - 15:30
Group Leader Presentations
Wolfgang Kreyling, Marion Frankenberger, Tobias Stöger, 
Melanie Königshoff, Holger Schulz, Matthias Wjst, Ali Önder Yildirim

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30
Scientific Session A
Chairs: Marion Frankenberger, Ali Önder Yildirim

16:00 - 16:15: Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock
“EvA - Emphysema versus Airway Disease”

16:15 - 16:30: Ingrid Beck-Speier (PI: Tobias Stöger)
“The nasal decongestant oyxmetazoline inhibits and resolves inflammatory reactions in human neutrophils“

16:30 - 16:45: Oana V. Amarie (PI: Oliver Eickelberg)
“TGF-beta superfamily expression and signaling in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension” 

16:45 - 17:00: Manuela Behnke (PI: Wolfgang Kreyling)
“Biokinetics changes due to PEG surface modifications of 5 nm gold nanoparticles (NP)”

17:00 - 17:15: Nikolaus Kneidinger (PI: Melanie Königshoff)
“The Wnt signaling system in COPD”

17:15 - 17:30: Koustav Ganguly (PI: Holger Schulz)
“Genetics of respiratory lung function in mice”  

17:30 - 18:00
Break

18:00 – 19:00
Scientific Session B
Chairs: Holger Schulz, Melanie Königshoff 

18:00 - 18:15: Andrea Beyerle (PI: Tobias Stöger)
“In vitro screening of PEI-based nanocarriers for pulmonary application – Profiling the toxic and proinflammatory potency”  

18:15 - 18:30: Otmar Schmid (PI: Wolfgang Kreyling)
“Controlled exposure of cells to nanoparticles at the air-liquid interface: A novel, efficient, quantitative and easy-to-use method”

18:30 - 18:45: Stefan Karrasch (PI: Holger Schulz)
“Exhaled NO and spirometric values in a in a random population sample of Bavaria, Augsburg (KORA-F4 cohort)”

18:45 - 19:00: Shinji Takenaka (PI: Tobias Stöger)
“Distribution pattern of inhaled gold nanoparticles”


19:00 - 21:00
Dinner

After 21.00
Drinks, Chat

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2008

07:30 - 08:30
Breakfast

08:30 - 10:00
Scientific Session C
Chairs: Matthias Wjst, Tobias Stöger

08:30 - 08:45: Winfried Möller (PI: Marion Frankenberger)
“Inflammationskinetik nach "targeted" LPS-Inhalation - COPD Modell und Wirkung auf die Mukoziliarclearance”

08:45 - 09:00: Anke Lenz (PI: Tobias Stöger)
“Biological responses of human alveolar epithelial cells exposed to agglomerated zinc oxide nano-particles at the air-liquid interface and under submerged conditions“

09:00 - 09:15: Jens Lipka (PI: Wolfgang Kreyling)
“Biokinetics of siRNA/PEI Polyplexes in a mouse model” 

09:15 - 09:30: Thomas Hofer (PI: Marion Frankenberger)
“Verminderte Expression von HLA-DQ auf Blutmonozyten, Sputummakrophagen und von Monozyten abgeleiteten Makrophagen bei Patienten mit Zystischer Fibrose”

09:30 - 09:45: Furong Tian (PI: Tobias Stöger)
“Tracking nanoparticle by confocal microscopy and fluorescent tomography”

09:45 - 10:00: Erwin Karg (PI: Wolfgang Kreyling)
“Whole body exposure system for inhalation of submicrometer und ultrafine particles by rodents” 


10:00 - 11:00
Group Leader Closed Meeting

10:30
Departure by bus

Get together at the atrium building of the monastery during snow flurry