Current events

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Upcoming NK related meetings

May 21 2008

• 3rd gamma/delta T cell conference
• Natural Killer Cell Symposium „Harnessing the power of Natural Killer Cells“

October 26 2008

• 11th Meeting of the Society for Natural Immunity - Perth, Australia, 26-30 October 2008

March 23 2009

• 5th International Symposium on CD1/NKT cells, Kamakura, Japan

Past NK related meetings

February 24 2008

• NK and NKT Cell Biology

April 12 2007

• 5th International Cancer Vaccine Symposium, Vienna, Austria 12-14 April 2007
  • SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2007, SESSION 5: NK/NKT/KILER-DCs
    • 09:00 Veronika Groh-Spies (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA): „The role of NKG2D and its ligands in tumor immunity and autoimmune disease“
    • 09:30 Guido Tricot (Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR, USA): “Adoptive transfer of Haplotype-matched NK cells: first clinical experiences”
    • 10:00 Jay A. Berzofsky (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA): “Tumor immunosurveillance: the role of NKT cells“
    • 10:30 Coffee Break
    • 11:00 Laurence Zitvogel (Institut Gustave Rousy , Villejuif, France): „DC and NK cells - a „fascinating“ liaison“
    • 11:30 Georg Stingl (Medical University of Vienna, Austria): “Dendritic cells – more than antigen-presenting cells”

April 11 2007

• 10th Meeting of the Society for Natural Immunity, Cambridge, UK; 11-14 April 2007
  • http://www.immunology.org/attachments/natural_killers_poster_07.pdf

March 22 2007

• 4th International Symposium on the Clinical Use of Cellular Products, "Cellular Therapy 2007", March 22 and 23, 2007, Regensburg
  • NK session: Friday March 23, 2007
    • State of the Art
    • 11.50-12.10: Novel subset of NK cells with unique regulatory functions: complexity in antitumor immunity, L. Zitvogel, Villejuif
    • Preclinical und Clinical Studies
    • 12.10-12.30: NK cell activation: what is natural in Natural Killer cells?, E. Vivier., Marseille
    • 12.30-12.50: KIR genes and NK cell repertoires: role in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, M. Uhrberg, Düsseldorf
    • 12.50-13.10: NK cells in allogeneic cell transplantation, R. Handgretinger, Tübingen
    • 13.10-13.25: G. Multhoff, Regensburg
    • Late-breaking News

February 2 2007

• 4th Nordic NK cell meeting
  • Oslo Travel Blogs

December 6 2006

• Natural Killer Cell Symposium 2006 Heidelberg, GERMANY http://www.nk2006.uni-hd.de

September 21 2006

• 5th Benjamin Franklin Stem Cell Workshop, BERLIN 2006 (including NK and KIR)

June 16 2006

• NK cells - From Bench to Bedside, Leiden University Medical Center

June 8 2006

• 20 th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference in Oslo, 8 - 11 June 2006 (including KIR)