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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
1999 FASEB SUMMER RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Vertebrate Immune System
Sunday July 11-Friday July 16, 1999
Copper Mountain, CO
Convined by:
Dr. Gregory Beck
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
greg.beck at umb.edu
Dr. Manickam Sugumaran
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
manickam.sugumaran at umb.edu
Dr. Edwin L. Cooper
Department of Neurobiology
UCLA Medical Center
cooper at ucla.edu
For Application and Conference Materials:
Adele F. Hewitt
Conference Coordinator
FASEB Summer Research Conferences
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
Phone: 301-530-7010, FAX: 301-530-7014
e-mail: ahewitt at faseb.org, http://www.faseb.org/meetings/
PROGRAM
Day -1 Sunday July 11, 1999
FASEB Conference Office on site registration and distribution of
materials for pre registered attendes.
Welcome reception for participants and guests
Buffet Dinner
Day 1 Monday July 12, 1999
09:00 - 12:30 Session I: Evolution of Recognition Molecules A
MHC Molecules and Shark Immune Responses
Simona Bartl, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
Recognition Molecules in Teleost Adaptive Immunity
L. William Clem, University of Mississippi, Medical Center,
Jackson, MS
Invertebrate Recognition Molecules
Zeev Pancer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Evolutionary Genetics of Allorecognition in a Colonial Hydroid
Richard K. Grosberg, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Immunoglobulin Analogues in Insects
Ingrid Faye, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Evolution of J Chains
Valerie Hohman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
MA
19:30 - 21:30 Session II: Evolution of Recognition Molecules B
Cell Surface Recognition and the Ig Superfamily
John J. Marchalonis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The T-cell Receptor b-chain from Sharks
E. Churchill McKinney, University of Miami, School of Medicine,
Miami, FL
Molecular Origins of Ig µ and v Chains
Samuel Schluter, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Immunoglobulin Genes of Teleost Fish
Gregory Warr, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Day 2 Tuesday July 13, 1999
09:00 - 12:30 Session III. Cellular and Humoral Responses A
Reactive Oxygen Species and Antimicrobial Defenses of Invertebrates
Robert S. Anderson, University of Maryland, Solomons, MD
Studies of the Molluscan Response to Digenean Infection
Eric S. Loker, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Role of Hemocyte-derived Tachylectin in Host Defense of Horseshoe Crabs
Sadaaki Iwanaga, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Host-Parasite Interaction in Insects
Nancy Beckage, University of California, Riverside, CA
Insect Lectins and Innate Immunity
Shunji Natori, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
14:00-16:00 POSTERS
19:30 - 22:00 Session IV. Cellular and Humoral Responses B
C-type Lectins in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses
Gerardo R. Vasta, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Collectin-like Proteins in Tunicates
David Raftos, Macquaire University, NSW, Australia
Immunologic Properties of Heat Shock Proteins are Phylogenetically
Conserved
Jacques Robert, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester,
NY
Conserved Systems of Immunity of Long-lived Animals
Peter B. Armstrong, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Host Defense Molecules Involved in Annelid Immunity
Edwin L. Cooper, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Day 3 Wednesday July 14, 1999
09:00 - 12:30 Session V. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides A
Cytokine-like Molecules and Invertebrate Innate Responses
Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
An IL-6 Cytokine Family Receptor Antagonist from a Marine Sponge
(Callyspongia sp.)
Jane V. Peppard, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Summit, NJ
The Invertebrate Phagocytic Immunocyte and Evolution of Immune and
Neuroendocrine Systems
Enzo Ottaviani, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
Phylogeny of Vertebrate Cytokines
Christopher J. Secombes, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Antibacterial and Cytolytic Peptides of Amoebic Protozoa
Matthias Leippe, Bernhard Nocht Inst. for Tropical Medicine,
Hamburg, Germany
Phylogenetically ancient components of immune response in Anopheles
Elena A. Levashina, EMBL , Heidelberg, Germany
19:30 - 21:30 Session VI. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides B
Humoral Defense Mechanisms in Disease Vectors
Godwin P. Kaaya, The Int. Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology,
Nairobi, Kenya
Antimicrobial Peptides of Tunicates: Styelins and Clavanins
Robert Lehrer, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Antimicrobial Proteins in Crustaceans
Valerie J. Smith, Gatty Marine Laboratory, Fife, Scotland
Day 4 Thursday July 15, 1999
09:00 - 12:30 Session VII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate Host
Defenses A
Prophenoloxidase Cascades as a Defense Mechanism of Insects
Masaaki Ashida, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hemolymph Proteases in Immune Responses of Manduca sexta
Michael R. Kanost, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Cytolytic Molecules in Drosophila Cellular Immunity
A. J. Nappi, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Cellular Immune Responses of Insects
Norman A. Ratcliffe, University College of Swansea, Wales, UK
Control Mechanisms of Prophenoloxidase Cascade in Insects
Manickam Sugumaran, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Eicosanoids Mediate Insect Immune Reactions to Bacterial Infections
David W. Stanley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
14:00-16:00 POSTERS
19:30- 22:00 Session VIII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate Host
Defenses B
Role of the Prophenoloxidase System in Invertebrate Immunity
Kenneth Söderhäll, University of Uppsala, Uppsala Sweden
Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Melanotic Encapsulation of Malaria
Parasites in Mosquitoes
Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Nurse Shark Complement: State of the Art
Sylvia Smith, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Complement Phylogeny and Diversity
John Lambris, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Complement System in Sea Urchins
L. Courtney Smith, George Washington University, Washington DC
Day 5 Friday July 16, 1999
09:00 - 12:30 Session IX. Insect Immunity A
Thor and Dorothy: Unexpected Genes in Drosophila Immunity
Deborah A. Kimbrell, Rice University, Houston, TX
Regulation of Drosophila Immune Gene by Rel and GATA Factors
Ylva Engström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
The Host Defense of Drosophila
Jules A. Hoffman, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Drosophila JAK/STAT Pathway
Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Immune Response in Mosquitoes
Bruce Christensen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
CLOSING REMARKS
Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
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Dr. Gregory Beck
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393
Phone: 617-287-6619, 6684, FAX 617-287-6650
e-mail: greg.beck at umb.edu
home page: manduca.bio.umb.edu
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<FONT SIZE=+1>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS</FONT>
<P>1999 FASEB SUMMER RESEARCH CONFERENCE
<BR>Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Vertebrate Immune System
<P>Sunday July 11-Friday July 16, 1999
<BR>Copper Mountain, CO
<P>Convined by:
<BR>Dr. Gregory Beck
<BR>Department of Biology
<BR>University of Massachusetts - Boston
<BR>greg.beck at umb.edu
<P>Dr. Manickam Sugumaran
<BR>Department of Biology
<BR>University of Massachusetts - Boston
<BR>manickam.sugumaran at umb.edu
<P>Dr. Edwin L. Cooper
<BR>Department of Neurobiology
<BR>UCLA Medical Center
<BR>cooper at ucla.edu
<P>For Application and Conference Materials:
<BR>Adele F. Hewitt
<BR>Conference Coordinator
<BR>FASEB Summer Research Conferences
<BR>9650 Rockville Pike
<BR>Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
<BR>Phone: 301-530-7010, FAX: 301-530-7014
<BR>e-mail: ahewitt at faseb.org, <A HREF="http://www.faseb.org/meetings/">http://www.faseb.org/meetings/</A>
<BR>
<BR>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>PROGRAM</FONT></B>
<P><B>Day -1 Sunday July 11, 1999</B>
<BR>FASEB Conference Office on site registration and distribution of materials
for pre registered attendes.
<BR>Welcome reception for participants and guests
<BR>Buffet Dinner
<P><B>Day 1 Monday July 12, 1999</B>
<BR><B>09:00 - 12:30 Session I: Evolution of Recognition Molecules
A</B>
<BR>MHC Molecules and Shark Immune Responses
<BR> Simona Bartl, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories,
Moss Landing, CA
<BR>Recognition Molecules in Teleost Adaptive Immunity
<BR> L. William Clem, University of Mississippi,
Medical Center, Jackson, MS
<BR>Invertebrate Recognition Molecules
<BR> Zeev Pancer, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA
<BR>Evolutionary Genetics of Allorecognition in a Colonial Hydroid
<BR> Richard K. Grosberg, University of California,
Davis, Davis, CA
<BR>Immunoglobulin Analogues in Insects
<BR> Ingrid Faye, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
<BR>Evolution of J Chains
<BR> Valerie Hohman, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA
<BR><B>19:30 - 21:30 Session II: Evolution of Recognition Molecules
B</B>
<BR>Cell Surface Recognition and the Ig Superfamily
<BR> John J. Marchalonis, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
<BR>The T-cell Receptor b-chain from Sharks
<BR> E. Churchill McKinney, University of Miami,
School of Medicine, Miami, FL
<BR>Molecular Origins of Ig µ and v Chains
<BR> Samuel Schluter, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
<BR>Immunoglobulin Genes of Teleost Fish
<BR> Gregory Warr, Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, SC
<P><B>Day 2 Tuesday July 13, 1999</B>
<BR><B>09:00 - 12:30 Session III. Cellular and Humoral Responses
A</B>
<BR>Reactive Oxygen Species and Antimicrobial Defenses of Invertebrates
<BR> Robert S. Anderson, University of Maryland,
Solomons, MD
<BR>Studies of the Molluscan Response to Digenean Infection
<BR> Eric S. Loker, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM
<BR>Role of Hemocyte-derived Tachylectin in Host Defense of Horseshoe Crabs
<BR> Sadaaki Iwanaga, Kyushu University, Fukuoka,
Japan
<BR>Host-Parasite Interaction in Insects
<BR> Nancy Beckage, University of California, Riverside,
CA
<BR>Insect Lectins and Innate Immunity
<BR> Shunji Natori, University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan
<BR><B>14:00-16:00 POSTERS</B>
<BR><B>19:30 - 22:00 Session IV. Cellular and Humoral Responses
B</B>
<BR>C-type Lectins in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses
<BR> Gerardo R. Vasta, University of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
<BR>Collectin-like Proteins in Tunicates
<BR> David Raftos, Macquaire University, NSW, Australia
<BR>Immunologic Properties of Heat Shock Proteins are Phylogenetically
Conserved
<BR> Jacques Robert, University of Rochester Medical
Center, Rochester, NY
<BR>Conserved Systems of Immunity of Long-lived Animals
<BR> Peter B. Armstrong, University of California,
Davis, Davis, CA
<BR>Host Defense Molecules Involved in Annelid Immunity
<BR> Edwin L. Cooper, UCLA Medical Center, Los
Angeles, CA
<BR>
<BR><B>Day 3 Wednesday July 14, 1999</B>
<BR><B>09:00 - 12:30 Session V. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides
A</B>
<BR>Cytokine-like Molecules and Invertebrate Innate Responses
<BR> Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts
Boston, Boston, MA
<BR>An IL-6 Cytokine Family Receptor Antagonist from a Marine Sponge (Callyspongia
sp.)
<BR> Jane V. Peppard, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Summit,
NJ
<BR>The Invertebrate Phagocytic Immunocyte and Evolution of Immune and
Neuroendocrine Systems
<BR> Enzo Ottaviani, University of Modena, Modena,
Italy
<BR>Phylogeny of Vertebrate Cytokines
<BR> Christopher J. Secombes, University of Aberdeen,
Aberdeen, Scotland
<BR>Antibacterial and Cytolytic Peptides of Amoebic Protozoa
<BR> Matthias Leippe, Bernhard Nocht Inst. for
Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
<BR>Phylogenetically ancient components of immune response in Anopheles
<BR> Elena A. Levashina, EMBL , Heidelberg, Germany
<BR><B>19:30 - 21:30 Session VI. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides
B</B>
<BR>Humoral Defense Mechanisms in Disease Vectors
<BR> Godwin P. Kaaya, The Int. Center of Insect
Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
<BR>Antimicrobial Peptides of Tunicates: Styelins and Clavanins
<BR> Robert Lehrer, UCLA School of Medicine, Los
Angeles, CA
<BR>Antimicrobial Proteins in Crustaceans
<BR> Valerie J. Smith, Gatty Marine Laboratory,
Fife, Scotland
<P><B>Day 4 Thursday July 15, 1999</B>
<BR><B>09:00 - 12:30 Session VII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate
Host Defenses A</B>
<BR>Prophenoloxidase Cascades as a Defense Mechanism of Insects
<BR> Masaaki Ashida, Hokkaido University,
Japan
<BR>Hemolymph Proteases in Immune Responses of Manduca sexta
<BR> Michael R. Kanost, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS
<BR>Cytolytic Molecules in Drosophila Cellular Immunity
<BR> A. J. Nappi, Loyola University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
<BR>Cellular Immune Responses of Insects
<BR> Norman A. Ratcliffe, University College of
Swansea, Wales, UK
<BR>Control Mechanisms of Prophenoloxidase Cascade in Insects
<BR> Manickam Sugumaran, University of Massachusetts
Boston, Boston, MA
<BR>Eicosanoids Mediate Insect Immune Reactions to Bacterial Infections
<BR> David W. Stanley, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE
<BR><B>14:00-16:00 POSTERS</B>
<BR><B>19:30- 22:00 Session VIII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate
Host Defenses B</B>
<BR>Role of the Prophenoloxidase System in Invertebrate Immunity
<BR> Kenneth Söderhäll, University of
Uppsala, Uppsala Sweden
<BR>Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Melanotic Encapsulation of Malaria
Parasites in Mosquitoes
<BR> Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
<BR>Nurse Shark Complement: State of the Art
<BR> Sylvia Smith, Florida International University,
Miami, FL
<BR>Complement Phylogeny and Diversity
<BR> John Lambris, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
<BR>The Complement System in Sea Urchins
<BR> L. Courtney Smith, George Washington University,
Washington DC
<P><B>Day 5 Friday July 16, 1999</B>
<BR><B>09:00 - 12:30 Session IX. Insect Immunity A</B>
<BR>Thor and Dorothy: Unexpected Genes in Drosophila Immunity
<BR> Deborah A. Kimbrell, Rice University, Houston,
TX
<BR>Regulation of Drosophila Immune Gene by Rel and GATA Factors
<BR> Ylva Engström, Stockholm University,
Stockholm, Sweden
<BR>The Host Defense of Drosophila
<BR> Jules A. Hoffman, University of Strasbourg,
Strasbourg, France
<BR>Drosophila JAK/STAT Pathway
<BR> Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA
<BR>Immune Response in Mosquitoes
<BR> Bruce Christensen, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
<BR>CLOSING REMARKS
<BR> Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts
Boston, Boston, MA
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">Dr. Gregory Beck</FONT></B>
<BR><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">Department of Biology</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">University of Massachusetts at
Boston</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">100 Morrissey Blvd.</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">Boston, MA 02125-3393</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">Phone: 617-287-6619, 6684, FAX
617-287-6650</FONT></I>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">e-mail: </FONT> <A HREF="mailto:greg.beck at umb.edu">greg.beck at umb.edu</A>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">home page: </FONT><A HREF="http://manduca.bio.umb.edu">manduca.bio.umb.edu</A>
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