Retreat 2008 at Seeon

- 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

