6th International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance
Research
Monday, 25 March 2024 to Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Exeter College, Oxford
For the first time, this significant biennial event is held in the United Kingdom, involving on a broad array of investigators and clinicians from across Europe and beyond.
Founded with the vision of the late Dr Samuel Strober, these workshops have served as a catalyst for innovation and collaboration, focusing on overcoming the longstanding challenges of transplant rejection and the complications arising from immunosuppressive therapies.
This year, we are delighted to incorporate discussions on autoimmunity. By expanding the dialogue, we aim to identify intersections between transplantation tolerance and autoimmune regulation. The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop promises to be an enriching experience, featuring key updates on ongoing trials, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities.
Programme
Sunday 24 March 2024
19:00-21:30 - Welcome Reception
Monday 25 March 2024
8:00-9:00 - Breakfast and Registration
9:00-9:15 - Welcome and Introduction
Chimerism Trials
9:15-9:35 - Tatsuo Kawai – MGH Trials
9:35-9:55 - Stephan Busque – Stanford Trials
9:55-10:15 - Dan Brennan – Medeor Therapeutics update
10:15-10:45 - Coffee Break
10:45-11:05 - Alice Bertaina – Chimerism in Paediatric Kidney Transplantation
11:05-11:25 - Joshua Weiner - ITBMed Clinical Trial
11:25-11:45 - Ephraim Fuchs – FCR/ImmunoFree
11:45-12:05 - Jeffrey Veale – UCLA – Delayed Tolerance Trial
12:05-13:05 - Lunch Break
Cell Therapy Trials
13:05-13:25 - James Markmann – Liver Tolerance with Tregs
13:25-13:45 - Qizhi Tang – Insights from the UCSF Trials
13:45-14:05 - Koichiro Uchida – Juntendo University Treg Trials
14:05-14:25 - Thomas Wekerle – Vienna CKBMT + Tregs Trial
14:25-14:45 - Coffee Break
14:45-15:05 – Fadi Issa – TWO Study update
15:05-15:25 – James Mathew – Northwestern Treg trials
15:25-15:45 - Angus Thomson – Pitt DC Trial
15:45-16:05 - Coffee Break
16:05-16:25 – Aurelie Moreau – Nantes DC Trial
16:25-16:45 - Joseph Leventhal – Northwestern CD34 and FCR trials
16:45-17:05 – Ed Geissler – Lessons learned from the ONE Study
17:05-17:25 – Gilbert Fruhwirth – Imaging cellular therapies
Evening - Formal Dinner, Exeter College
Tuesday 26 March 2024
8:00-9:00 - Breakfast
Autoimmunity
9:00-9:20 - Piotr Trzonkowski – Diabetes
9:20-9:40 - John Isaacs – Challenges of therapeutic tolerance in autoimmunity
9:40-10:00 - Tim Tree – Biomarkers in T1D trials
10:00-10:20 - Elmar Jaeckel – Quell CAR Tregs in transplant and autoimmunity
10:20-10:40 - Coffee Break
CAR/Next Generation Tregs
10:40-11:00 - Megan Levings – CAR Tregs
11:00-11:20 - Sangamo Therapeutics – STEADFAST
11:20-11:40 - Petra Reinke – Charite Next generation Tregs
11:40-12:00 - Carole Guillonneau – Nantes CD8 Treg Trials
12:00-12:20 - Giovanna Lombardi – Thymus Tregs and novel trials
12:20-13:20 – Lunch Break
Immunosuppression Weaning/Biomarkers & Monitoring
13:20-13:40 - Alberto Sanchez Fueyo – IL-2 Trial
13:40-14:00 - Josh Levitsky – Drug minimisation in liver transplantation (virtual)
14:00-14:20 - Megan Sykes – TCRs and Tolerance
14:20-14:40 - Jake Demetris – Immune Synapse Formation as a Biomarker
Afternoon - Walking Tour – A History of Medicine at Oxford